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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A Wife with Two Husbands |
| Author | Cobb, James |
| Date | 1 Nov 1803 |
| Licence Application Date | 24 Oct 1803 |
| First Performance Date | 1 Nov 1803 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1390 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Musical adaptation from Guilbert Pixérécourt, La Femme à deux Maris. The story follows Eliza, who has married against her fathers wishes. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Bannister, John |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Musical Drama |
| Acts | Three |
| Geographical Setting | Sicily |
| Keywords | peasant servant aristocracy marriage family forbidden love elope |
| Additional Information | Application October 24, 1803, John Bannister, Drury Lane. Produced November 1. Manuscript dated by Larpent. Compared to The Wife of Two Husbands, 2d ed., 1803 (Kemble-Devonshire Collectiononshire collection 412) there are numerous differences. |
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