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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Oath |
| Date | 7 May 1816 |
| Licence Application Date | No application. |
| First Performance Date | 7 May 1816 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue Epilogue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1924 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript containing prologue and epilogue inserted at the start. Manuscript states 'The events on which the following Drama is founded are supposed to have happened about the middle of the 16th Century. The scene is laid in the neighbourhood of Grenada. The time is about 36 hours'. |
| Theme | Race & Religion |
| Theatre | Newcastle Theatre |
| Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Drama |
| Acts | Five |
| Geographical Setting | Grenada |
| Keywords | Moor religion royalty love family women soldier |
| Additional Information | Dated May 7th, 1816 in Bridgewater House Library Catalogue, T. R. Newcastle upon Tyne. |
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