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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Rosalinda |
| Author | Lockman, John |
| Date | 18 Dec 1739 |
| Licence Application Date | 18 Dec 1739 |
| First Performance Date | 4 Jan 1740 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA17 |
| Language | English; French |
| Document Description | The application is noted on the title page as '18 Decr. 1739 This piece is to be represented at my House. Jas. Hugford'. Produced Hickman's Room, 4 Jan 1740. The plot follows the life of Garcia, a nobleman and officer and Rosalinda, the daughter of his king, and Garcia's secret love. |
| Theme | Conflict, Empire & the Other European Past |
| Lord Chamberlain | FitzRoy, Charles (2nd Duke of Grafton) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Chetwynd, William |
| Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application | Odell, Thomas |
| (Other) People | Hugford, Jas |
| Genre | Dramatic Poem |
| Geographical Setting | Castile |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1740. |
| Keywords | nobility forbidden love royalty marriage military war death |
| Additional Information | The manuscript has some corrections, in hand of author (?) and includes: an Argument, Imitations, Argument, to ye, following Sonnet; an account of the circumstances attendant upon the composition of a sonnet by Henault, who speaks to ye Embrio in ye Person of Madlle de Guerchi; and the sonnet, in French. The manuscript and printed versions are virtually identical. |
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