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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Vampire Giovanni |
| Author | Planché, James Robinson |
| Date | 8 Jan 1821 |
| Licence Application Date | 8 Jan 1821 |
| First Performance Date | 15 Jan 1821 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA2197 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Produced as 'Giovanni, the Vampire; or, How Shall We Get Rid of Him'. A piece combining the popular Don Juan myth with that of the fashionable vampire theme. Set around the Adelphi theatre, the character list includes the manager, prompter, master carpenter and the managers daughter. |
| Theme | Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales |
| Theatre | Adelphi Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Lee, William |
| Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Burletta |
| Acts | Two |
| Keywords | gothic supernatural Don Juan theatre manager family ghost |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent 10 January included, Introductory Vision, with its cast given. Compared to Songs, Duets, Glees, Chorusses, &c., in...Giovanni the Vampire; etc., 1821 (Kemble Devonshire Collection 508): virtually the same |
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