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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Magpie |
| Author | Dibdin, Thomas John |
| Date | 12 Sep 1815 |
| Licence Application Date | No application |
| First Performance Date | 12 Sep 1815 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1878 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Based off of the French play "La Pie Voleuse," which was written by L.C. Caigniez. A maid is accused of stealing a spoon and a fork from her masters, but, at the last second, the magpie is discovered to be the thief. |
| Theme | European Past Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Dibdin, Thomas John |
| Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Melodramatic entertainment |
| Acts | Three |
| Keywords | melodrama history maid family farm theft romance history adaptation |
| Additional Information | Contains no application; title-page endorsed Sept. 3, 1815, by Alexander Rae and T. Manuscript contains various titles, all erased except "The Magpie." Compared to the 1820 printed edition, the first two acts differ slightly; the last act in the manuscript contains a number of scenes not printed. |
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