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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Tears and Smiles |
| Author | Eyre, Edmund John |
| Date | 5 May 1809 |
| Licence Application Date | 5 May 1809 |
| First Performance Date | 1 Aug 1809 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1576 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Produced as 'The Vintagers'. Manuscript dated by Larpent Lyceum Theatre (Theatre Royal Drury Lane ) Strand May 8th. A new scene has been inserted, with a separate application, July 26, stating 'New Farce called 'Tears and Smiles' which received the Lord Chamberlain's Licence to be performed by the Drury Lane Company-and which Farce is now intended to be Represented at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, under the Title of the Vintagers'. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket |
| Theatre Manager | Wroughton, Richard |
| Lord Chamberlain | Legge, George (3rd Earl of Dartmouth) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Musical Romance Musical Romance |
| Acts | Two |
| Geographical Setting | Bourdeaux, France |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1809. |
| Keywords | aristocracy soldier music love courtship |
| Additional Information | Compared to The Vintagers, 1809 (Kemble-Devonshire collection 438): slight discrepancies. |
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