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Title Britons Strike Home; or, The Sailor's Rehearsal
Author Phillips, Edward  
Date 5 Dec 1739
Licence Application Date 5 Dec 1739
First Performance Date 31 Dec 1739
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA16
Language English
Document Description This farce focuses on a ship of English sailor's and their conflict with Spanish sailors, along with a performance they are planning.
Theme Conflict, Empire & the Other  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Fleetwood, Charles  
Lord Chamberlain FitzRoy, Charles (2nd Duke of Grafton)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Chetwynd, William  
Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application Odell, Thomas  
Genre Farce  
Acts One  
Printed Edition Printed 1739.
Keywords maritime  actor  family  military  nationalism  song  Spain  scenery  
Additional Information The manuscript is endorsed with an 'X'. The title page is endorsed 'by Mr. Phillips. Damned'. There are numerous passages deleted with some marked X in margin and some corrections. There are numerous minor differences between the manuscript and printed texts. Some lines deleted in the manuscript appear in the printed version.
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