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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | No Prelude! |
| Author | Elliston, Robert William |
| Date | 11 May 1803 |
| Licence Application Date | 11 May 1803 |
| First Performance Date | 16 May 1803 |
| Document Type | Prelude Prologue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1383 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Prelude entitled 'No Prelude' set on the stage. Three characters, Mr Elliston, Prompter and Messenger. |
| Theme | Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle |
| Theatre | The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket |
| Theatre Manager | Colman the Younger, George |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Prelude |
| Keywords | theatre prompter |
| Additional Information | Application May 11, 1803, George Colman, the Younger, The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket. Produced May 16. Manuscript dated by Larpent May 12, prologue, with separate application, May 15, J. Stokes. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica: No Prelude! a piece for the commencement of the Season 1803 at the Haymarket Theatre was licensed by Larpent on May 12th. 1803. At the end of Larpent's Copy is this note. 'The Prologue is now writing and will be submitted to Mr Larpent the moment it is finished. The unusual hurry of business in arranging an entire new Company of Performers, it is hoped will plead in excuse with Mr Larpent for sending the drama at so late a period.' Colmans letter is dated May 11th. 1803-The only persons concerned in the Prelude were Elliston, Waldron the Prompter, & Messenger. |
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