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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Garland |
| Author | Hook, Theodore Edward |
| Date | 25 Mar 1805 |
| Licence Application Date | 25 Mar 1805 |
| First Performance Date | 23 Apr 1805 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1445 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Produced as 'The Soldier's Return; of, What cam beauty do?'. The play tells the story of Captain Manly, who is in love with Belinda. Belinda believes her love to have been killed in action abroad and is about to give her hand in marriage to another when Manly returns to challenge his rival. |
| Theme | Conflict, Empire & the Other Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Censorship & Politics |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Wroughton, Richard |
| Lord Chamberlain | Legge, George (3rd Earl of Dartmouth) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1805. |
| Keywords | music humour farce rural life village military family censorship |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent March 28. Compared to The Soldier's Return; etc., 1805 (Kemble-Devonshire collection 409) there are several differences. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica [under The Garland, not identified with The Soldier's Return]: ....several passages were objected to by Larpent according to his Manuscript Copy. |
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