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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Three Miles from Paris |
| Author | Dibdin, Charles Isaac Mungo |
| Date | 6 Jan 1818 |
| Licence Application Date | 6 Jan 1818 |
| First Performance Date | 15 Jan 1818 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA2006 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | An English Colonel, in love with the rich niece of a poor widow inn keeper living near Paris, employs his servant (Denning) to convey his love to her. To elude the vigilance of the aunt, he assumes successively the garb of a French courier, an English grenadier, a tourist, and a sailor. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Harris, Henry |
| Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Interlude |
| Keywords | disguise love courtship inn servant family wealth |
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