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Title The Island of Darkness; or, The Black Enchanter
Date 13 Mar 1815
Licence Application Date 13 Mar 1815
First Performance Date 18 Mar 1815
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1855
Language English
Document Description A play featuring kings of two separate isles, Morad and Rajam, and "Black Enchanter," who has demons attendant upon him.
Theme Royalty & Aristocracy  Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales  
Theatre Olympic Theatre  
Theatre Manager Grove, D  
Lord Chamberlain Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Melodramatic Burletta  Melodrama  Burletta  
Acts Two  
Keywords melodrama  king  devil  pirate  nobility  family  fairy  
Additional Information Manuscript dated by Larpent Mar. 13.
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