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Title The Roebuck
Author Peake, Richard Brinsley  
Date 15 Nov 1823
Licence Application Date 15 Nov 1823
First Performance Date 6 Feb 1824
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA2383
Language English
Document Description A comedy which is an adaptation of Augustus von Kotzebue's "Der Rehbuck." It features poachers and gamekeepers.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Covent Garden Theatre  
Theatre Manager Fawcett, John  
Lord Chamberlain Graham, James (3rd Duke of Montrose)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
(Other) People von Kotzebue, Augustus  
Genre Comedy  
Acts Two  
Geographical Setting Germany  
Keywords comedy  hunting  love  family  nobility  adaptation  
Additional Information Produced as "The Poachers." Manuscript dated by Larpent Nov. 17; states, Adapted from the German version.
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