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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Sleeping Draught |
| Author | Penley, Samson |
| Date | 5 Mar 1818 |
| Licence Application Date | 5 Mar 1818 |
| First Performance Date | 1 Apr 1818 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA2019 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A farce set form dusk to daylight near the Italian city of Padua. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Johnston, Henry Erskine |
| Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Geographical Setting | Near Padua, Italy |
| Keywords | farmer servant son humour doctor |
| Additional Information | Some long passages near end of mauscript not printed. Otherwise virtually the same. |
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