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Title The Peasant Boy; or, Innocence Protected
Author Dimond, William  
Date 21 Jan 1812
Licence Application Date 21 Jan 1812
First Performance Date 31 Jan 1811
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1655
Language English
Document Description Manuscript copy including list of dramatis personae, songs and choruses.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Lyceum Theatre  
Theatre Manager Arnold, Samuel James  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Operatic Drama  
Acts Three  
Geographical Setting The Alps, Italy  
Printed Edition Printed 1811.
Keywords melodrama  aristocracy  soldiers  servant  Europe  rural life  
Additional Information Application January 12, 1812 [1811?], Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (Theatre Royal Drury Lane Company). Produced January 31, 1811. Manuscript included, Songs Duets &c Not inserted in the Copy of the Opera of The PeasantBoy, dated January 24, and signed by William Powell. Compared to The Peasant Boy, 1811 (Kemble-Devonshire collection442) there are slight differences.
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