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Field name | Value |
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Title | Gustavus Vasa |
Author | Dimond, William |
Date | 20 Nov 1810 |
Licence Application Date | 20 Nov 1810 |
First Performance Date | 29 Nov 1810 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA1642 |
Language | English |
Document Description | Printed copy of Diamond's Hero of the North [6th edition 1806?]: dated by Larpent November 26, notice gives title as Gustavus of Sweden, changed to present title. Contains many manuscript additions and corrections. Inserted, A Prefatory Dedication to the Subscribers [this is the dedication of Brooke’s Gustavus Vasa (1739). An incomplete copy. Gustavus Vasa was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560. |
Theme | Royalty & Aristocracy |
Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
Theatre Manager | Kemble, John Philip |
Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
Genre | Play |
Acts | Three |
Geographical Setting | Sweden |
Keywords | censorship royalty hero Europe history drama |
Additional Information | Application November 20, 1810, John Philip Kemble, Covent Garden Theatre Produced November 29. Compared to The Hero of the North, 4th ed., 1803 (Kemble-Devonshire collection 406): alterations, consisting chiefly of condensation and omission of songs, corrections in Kemble’s hand, to make the text meet such objections of the Examiner as are suggested by Genest (VIII, 225-26).John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica: It was in fact an alteration of Dimonds Hero of the North-The additions were most likely by J. P. Kemble as he has corrected them in his own hand throughout. |
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