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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | We Fly by Night; [or, Long Stories] |
| Author | Colman the Younger, George |
| Date | 20 Jan 1806 |
| Licence Application Date | 20 Jan 1806 |
| First Performance Date | 28 Jan 1806 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1472 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Written by George Colman under the assumed name of Arthur Griffinhook. The second title, long stories, comes from an ascend in the first act where the blind veteran tells stories so long that his whole family falls asleep. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Kemble, John Philip |
| Lord Chamberlain | Legge, George (3rd Earl of Dartmouth) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1806. |
| Keywords | family courtship inn humour |
| Additional Information | Compared to Songs Choruses, &c., in We Fly by Night...[1806] (Kemble-Devonshire collection 628): slight differences. |
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