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Title The Invisible Bridegroom
Author Jameson, Robert Francis  
Date 29 Oct 1813
Licence Application Date 29 Oct 1813
First Performance Date 1813
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1783
Language English
Document Description Manuscript copy with application. Farce set in Brighton. Captain Squander, who never appears on stage, is a financial troubled man who has managed to manoeuvre himself into a hugely beneficial marriage contract with the daughter of an oil trader. However on the morning of his marriage he is arrested. His servant takes on many disguises in order to obtain the means of freeing him to secure the marriage.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Covent Garden Theatre  
Theatre Manager Fawcett, John  
Lord Chamberlain Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Farce  
Acts Two  
Keywords marriage  courtship  wealth  debt  family  
Additional Information Dated by Larpent 30 October.
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