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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Upholsterer; or, What News |
| Author | Murphy, Arthur |
| Date | 16 Mar 1757 |
| Licence Application Date | 16 Mar 1757 |
| First Performance Date | 30 Mar 1758 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA131 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript copy of this popular farce. Shown first at Drury Lane and then revived at Covent Garden. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Conflict, Empire & the Other |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Garrick, David Lacy, James |
| Lord Chamberlain | FitzRoy, Charles (2nd Duke of Grafton) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Chetwynd, William |
| Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application | Capell, Edward |
| Genre | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Keywords | religion love humour wealth marriage war |
| Additional Information | It was played at Covent Garden Theatre afterwards. Priscilla Rich and John Beard in 1763 requested from the Lord Chamberlain licence to act it as 'altered & added to'. In 1791 it appears to have been revived at Covent Garden Theatre and Harris the Manager sent 'Additions to the Upholsterer a Farce' to Larpent to be licensed. The additions are stated to have been by Murphy. |
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Upholsterer The Upholsterer, Additions to |
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