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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error |
| Author | Lewis, Matthew Gregory |
| Date | 22 Apr 1807 |
| Licence Application Date | 22 Apr 1807 |
| First Performance Date | 30 Apr 1807 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue Epilogue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1518 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Printed copy, 2d edition dated 1806. Contains some manuscript corrections and a manuscript prologue and epilogue dated 27 April. Author explains the plays historical inaccuracies in the preface. The scene is set as Otranto and the Action passes in the Year 1080. |
| Theme | Conflict, Empire & the Other European Past |
| 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 | Tragedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Keywords | history military Greece Italy royalty aristocracy |
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