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Title The Gnome King; or, The Giant Mountains
Date 27 Sep 1819
Licence Application Date 27 Sep 1819
First Performance Date 4 Oct 1819
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA2116
Language English
Document Description Manuscript copy with application. Dated by Larpent September 29th. The scene opens in the centre of the earth, where Gnomes are singing.
Theme Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales  
Theatre Covent Garden Theatre  
Theatre Manager Harris, Thomas  
Lord Chamberlain Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Dramatic legend  
Acts Two  
Printed Edition Printed 1819.
Keywords legend  fairy tale  song  gnome  scenery  
Additional Information Compared to 1819, there is one scene in printed copy which is not in the Manuscript, otherwise they are virtually the same.
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