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Title The Deserts of Arabia
Author Reynolds, Frederic  
Date 17 Oct 1806
Licence Application Date 17 Oct 1806
First Performance Date 20 Nov 1806
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1496
Language English
Document Description Manuscript copy with application and character list. The scene is set in Aleppo and opens in Son Uptopio's house.
Theme Race & Religion  Opera  
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  
Actor Lanza, Gesualdo  
Genre Romance  
Acts Two  
Geographical Setting Aleppo  
Printed Edition Printed 1806.
Keywords song  eastern influence  religion  music  
Additional Information Manuscript dated by Larpent October 18; cast. Compared to Airs, Duets, Chorusses, &c., in...The Deserts of Arabia, 1806 (Kemble-Devonshire collection 403): slight differences.
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