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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Love's Labyrinth |
| Author | Thomson, James |
| Date | 17 Aug 1819 |
| Licence Application Date | 17 Aug 1819 |
| First Performance Date | 1819 [?] |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA2114 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Produced as 'A Cure for Romance' on the 30th August. The characters of Charles Clover and his servant Whisk, set about trying to cure the character of Caroline of the many romantic notions which she has acquired from reading many romance novels. Clover, who Caroline's father wishes her to marry, disguises himself as various romantic characters through which he convinces her that the principles of romance, in practice, are very different to their theory. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Lyceum Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Arnold, Samuel James |
| Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Operetta |
| Acts | One |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1819. |
| Keywords | romance marriage women literature family courtship |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent August 18. Compared to A Cure for Romance, 1819, there are slight differences, chiefly in phraseology. |
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