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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Register Office |
| Author | Reed, Joseph |
| Date | 25 Apr 1761 |
| Licence Application Date | n.d. |
| First Performance Date | 25 Apr 1761 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA196 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript notice states, There are so many Alterations and Omissions since your Perusal of this Piece that We have ventur'd to lay it again before You; some erasures and corrections; text marked with brackets and X; prologue. An earlier copy of this play was refused licence. |
| Theme | Censorship & Politics |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Lacy, James Garrick, David |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cavendish, William (4th Duke of Devonshire) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Chetwynd, William |
| Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application | Capell, Edward |
| Genre | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Geographical Setting | London, England |
| Keywords | censorship aristocracy fashion society military |
| Additional Information | John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica : The Scene of the Yorkshire servant maid [inserted in this MS] was a subsequent addition probably Garrick ['s]-The scene of Mrs. Doggrel [also inserted in this MS] was certainly Garricks and in the Licensers Copy it is corrected throughout by him-The scene of the Yorkshire Servant Maid & of Mrs. Doggrel were both licensed at different dates-But see Reads letter to Garrick Feb 11th. 1767 in which he mentions the new part of Mrs Doggrel, as if it were his. Compared to 1761 (Dev HC 24) there are slight differences in phraseology; characters and order of scenes do not exactly correspond; one additional scene in the manuscript was not printed. See LA 189. |
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| Document linked to |
The Universal Register Office |
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