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Field name | Value |
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Title | Too Curious by Half; or, Marplot in Spain |
Author | Planché, James Robinson |
Date | 5 Aug 1823 |
Licence Application Date | 5 Aug 1823 |
First Performance Date | 27 Aug 1823 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA2362 |
Language | English |
Document Description | An alteration of the Busy Body, an eighteenth century play written by Susannah Centlivre. Features protagonist, Marplot, who always gets in the way of others. |
Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
Theatre | Lyceum Theatre |
Theatre Manager | Arnold, Samuel James |
Lord Chamberlain | Graham, James (3rd Duke of Montrose) |
Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
Genre | Musical Drama |
Acts | Two |
Keywords | drama family noblemen Spanish |
Additional Information | Mauscript. The title-page states: "Altered from Mrs. Centlivre by J. R. P. London. 1823." The year, on the title-page and at beginning of Act II, has been altered from 1822 to 1823 and several passages deleted. See LA 2256, another version of this play, without the songs. |
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Marplot in Spain |
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