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Field name | Value |
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Title | Wet Weather |
Date | 7 Jul 1819 |
Licence Application Date | 7 Jul 1819 |
First Performance Date | 20 Jul 1819 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA2102 |
Language | English |
Document Description | Manuscript copy, a family drama. The orphan Emily and Captain Bromley are in love. However, stood between them and happiness is Sir Onesiphorus who has inherited Emily's fathers title and wishes to also secure her fortune by concealing her fathers will and forcing her into a marriage. |
Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
Theatre | The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket |
Theatre Manager | Terry, Daniel |
Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
Genre | Farce |
Acts | Two |
Keywords | love family inheritance wealth deceit disguise humour violence orphan marriage |
Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent July 9. |
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