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Title Godolphin, the Lion of the North
Author Thompson, Benjamin  
Date 28 Sep 1813
Licence Application Date 28 Sep 1813
First Performance Date 12 Oct 1813
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1780
Language English
Document Description Much revised manuscript with cast list. A romantic drama in three acts. The evil Earl of Nottingham falls in love with Lady Victoria and has her husband murdered in an attempt to marry her himself. The drama follows her attempt to escape this fate.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  Women in Eighteenth Century Drama  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Arnold, Samuel James  
Lord Chamberlain Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Operatic Drama  
Acts Three  
Geographical Setting Nottingham, England  
Keywords aristocracy  marriage  love  murder  death  castle  
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