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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Valentine and Orson |
| Author | Dibdin, Thomas John |
| Date | 10 Mar 1804 |
| Licence Application Date | 10 Mar 1804 |
| First Performance Date | 3 Apr 1804 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1408 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Plot taken from the legend of Valentine and Orson, two twin brothers separated at birth, one is raised a knight in a king's court, and the other a wild man in a bear's den. |
| Theme | Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales Royalty & Aristocracy |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Kemble, John Philip |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Pantominical Romantic Melodrama Pantomime Romance Melodrama |
| Acts | Two |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1804. |
| Keywords | royalty France king family poverty wealth legend magic |
| Additional Information | Manuscript Compared to 1804 (Kemble-Devonshire collection 411): Act II very different; only slight differences in Act I. |
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