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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Justice; or, The Caliph and the Cobler |
| Author | Faucit, John Saville |
| Date | 20 Nov 1820 |
| Licence Application Date | 20 Nov 1820 |
| First Performance Date | 28 Nov 1820 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA2179 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A Caliph, hearing the woes of a poor cobbler who is about to loose his love for lack of money and friends, comes up with a cunning plan to help him secure both. He promotes the cobbler to the powerful rank of Vizier, and all sorts of relations suddenly appear, bearing gifts to prove their loyalty. Once the Vizier has gained a handsome fortune in gifts, the Caliph fires him, and he returns to be a cobbler, now happy, living with his love off of the profits of the gifts. |
| Theme | Royalty & Aristocracy |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Winston, James |
| Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Drama |
| Acts | Two |
| Geographical Setting | Bagdad |
| Keywords | melodrama disguise trades slavery family sacrifice humour adventure |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent November 21; passage marked, by Larpent(?), perhaps objectionable in the present times but not in common times. |
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