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Title The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
Author St George Skeffington, Lumley  
Date 10 Oct 1805
Licence Application Date 10 Oct 1805
First Performance Date 6 Dec 1805
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1460
Language English
Document Description Manuscript copy. Based on the French 'La Belle au bois dormant', 'The Beauty in the Sleeping Wood' by Charles Perrault .
Theme Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales  
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 Melodrama  
Acts Two  
Geographical Setting England  
Printed Edition Printed 1805.
Keywords fairy  knight  village  forest  
Additional Information Manuscript dated by Larpent October 22. Compared to Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c., in The Sleeping Beauty, 1805 (Devonshire Collection 8vo 68): slight differences.
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