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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Vicar of Wakefield |
| Author | Dibdin, Thomas John |
| Date | 20 Sep 1823 |
| Licence Application Date | 20 Sep 1823 |
| First Performance Date | 27 Sep 1823 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA2368 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | An opera adaptation of a novel written by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. Dr. Charles Primrose, a wealthy vicar, lives in the countryside with his family. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket |
| Theatre Manager | Morris, David Edward |
| Lord Chamberlain | Graham, James (3rd Duke of Montrose) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Actor | Terry, Mr Cooper, Mr Johnson, Mr Gibbs, Mrs |
| Genre | Pastoral Opera Pastoral Opera |
| Acts | Three |
| Keywords | religion melodrama rural life society song music scenery family clergy novel marriage |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent Sept. 21; extensive revision and deletion; cast. Compared to Dibdin’s "The Vicar of Wakefield," 1817, there are extensive differences in scenes and characters; the manuscript is in part a prose paraphrase of the printed versification. See LA 1985. |
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