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Title Rob Roy; or, The Traveller's Portmanteau
Date 12 Feb 1818
Licence Application Date 12 Feb 1818
First Performance Date 16 Feb 1818
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA2013
Language English
Document Description A seriocomic melodramatic romance in two acts. An adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy.
Theme Royalty & Aristocracy  Conflict, Empire & the Other  
Theatre Olympic Theatre  
Theatre Manager Grove, D  
Lord Chamberlain Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
(Other) People Scott, Sir Walter  
Genre Seriocomic Melodramatic Romance  Melodrama  Romance  
Acts Two  
Geographical Setting Scotland  England  
Keywords adaptation  literature  family  love  courtship  nobility  Scotland  army  military  inheritance  
Additional Information Dated by Larpent 14 February.
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