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Title Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg, Airs, Chorusses, &c., in.
Author Dibdin, Thomas John  Farley, Charles  
Date 18 Dec 1806
Licence Application Date 18 Dec 1806
First Performance Date 26 Dec 1806
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1504
Language English
Document Description Songs from the pantomime 'Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg'. Songs show the progression of the plot from the marriage parade, the dunking of old mother goose for witchcraft, her rewarding the character of Colin with a golden egg, and the transformation of the characters into their harlequinade counterparts.
Theme Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle  Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Covent Garden Theatre  
Theatre Manager Harris, Thomas  
Lord Chamberlain Legge, George (3rd Earl of Dartmouth)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Pantomime  
Acts Seventeen  
Keywords harlequinade  pantomime  magic  humour  clown  dance  queen  
Additional Information Application December 18, 1806, Thomas Harris, Covent Garden Theatre Produced December 26. Manuscript dated by Larpent December 23.
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