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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A Prior Claim |
| Author | Pye, Henry James Arnold, Samuel James |
| Date | 17 Oct 1805 |
| Licence Application Date | 17 Oct 1805 |
| First Performance Date | 29 Oct 1805 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue Epilogue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1461 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript comedy with application. Includes prologue, epilogue and a collection of songs. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| 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 | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1805. |
| Keywords | song humour servant family society marriage love deceit |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent October 22; prologue and epilogue; songs dated October 27. Compared to 1805 (Kemble-Devonshire collection 408): great differences in Act III; otherwise practically the same. |
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