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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | La Griselda; or, Virtue in Distress |
| Author | Zeno, Apostolo |
| Date | 13 Jan 1816 |
| Licence Application Date | No application. |
| First Performance Date | 13 Jan 1816 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1902 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Possibly based on a 1702 libretto by Apostolo Zeno. King Gualtier marries his long-term mistress who is a peasant woman. In order to prove her worthiness to be Queen to the nobility, he puts her through a serious of tests on her virtue. |
| Theme | Royalty & Aristocracy |
| Theatre | The King's Theatre, Haymarket |
| Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Actor | Paer, Sig. |
| Genre | Opera |
| Acts | Two |
| Keywords | castle aristocracy love royalty virtue women |
| Additional Information | No Application. Title-page dated January 10, 1816, and signed by D. Waters, The King's Theatre (opera house), Haymarket. |
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