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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Killing No Murder |
| Author | Hook, Theodore Edward |
| Date | 21 Aug 1809 |
| Licence Application Date | No application. |
| First Performance Date | 21 Aug 1809 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1589 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Printed copy, 1809, together with a preface, and the scene suppressed by order of the Lord Chamberlain. Manuscript notes and corrections and marginal comments on the Preface, possibly by Larpent. Notes compare this copy with manuscript copy LA 1582. This text incorporates most of the corrections made in LA 1582, and has the suppressed scene printed at the end. |
| Theme | Censorship & Politics |
| Theatre | The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket |
| Lord Chamberlain | Legge, George (3rd Earl of Dartmouth) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Geographical Setting | A Village |
| Keywords | censorship religion village humour politics |
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Killing No Murder |
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