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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Quadrupeds; or, The Manager's Last Kick |
| Date | 12 Jul 1811 |
| Licence Application Date | 12 Jul 1811 |
| First Performance Date | 18 Jul 1811 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1684 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript title-page describes the piece as a Grand Tragic Opera-founded on Ancient Dramas & Applied to Modern Events, manuscript alterations, manuscript prelude, songs, and concluding scene. The manager of a struggling theatre come up with a plan to fill its benches. Includes an altered version of 'The Tailors' and actors riding horses and mules created by the machinist. |
| Theme | Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle |
| Theatre | Lyceum Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Arnold, Samuel James |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Burlesque |
| Acts | Two |
| Keywords | retelling theatre theatre politics finance business wealth spectacle animal |
| Additional Information | Application July 12, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Produced July 18. Printed copy of Acts I and II of The Tailors, A Tragedy for Warm Weather, [n.d., but prints cast of 1805 performance at the Haymarket]: Compared to The Tailors (Or Quadrupeds,) A Tragedy for Warm Weather, 1836 (122095): printed portions virtually identical (though a different ed.), alterations not printed.See LA 269 and 2202. |
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| Document linked to |
Man and Wife or, Shakespeare Jubilee |
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