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Field name | Value |
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Title | Bermecides |
Author | Milner, Henry M |
Date | 27 Oct 1818 |
Licence Application Date | 27 Oct 1818 |
First Performance Date | 1818 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA2052 |
Language | English |
Document Description | Produced as 'Barmecide; or, The Fatal Offspring'. Dated by Larpent 28 October. An earlier title, Ruins of Babylon has been deleted. A prince marries his Vizier to his sister under the contract that he must never enjoy the privileges of a husband, as his inferior blood must not mix with hers. The couple fall passionately in love after their wedding and have a secret child. |
Theme | Royalty & Aristocracy Conflict, Empire & the Other |
Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
Theatre Manager | Kemble, Stephen |
Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
Genre | Dramatic Romance |
Acts | Three |
Keywords | family marriage royalty deceit love children death murder |
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