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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Minor |
| Author | Foote, Samuel |
| Date | 20 Nov 1760 |
| Licence Application Date | 20 Nov 1760 |
| First Performance Date | 22 Nov 1760 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA177 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A satire of the Methodist movement. Manuscript corrections and insertions in Garrick's hand; passages marked for omission, apparently by Examiner. |
| Theme | Race & Religion |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Garrick, David Lacy, James |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cavendish, William (4th Duke of Devonshire) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Chetwynd, William |
| Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application | Capell, Edward |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Three |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1760, third edition. |
| Keywords | religion humour satire |
| Additional Information | John Payne Collier in his Biographia Dramatica: There were at least three editions in 1760, this being the third. It was licensed for Garrick & Lacy, who sent it to Chetwynd on 20th. November 1760, after the run at the Haymarket. Capell who acted for Chetwynd objected to many parts and they were omitted in the performance, including the chief part of Shift's Epilogue. Garrick himself made two alterations on a separate piece of paper. It appears from a letter from the Duke of Devonshire Collectiononshire Collectiononshire to Garrick dated 25th. Octr. 1760 that the Archbishop of Canterbury had objected to the performance of the Minor. (Vide Garrick Papers Vol I) Private Correspondence, I, 120. |
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