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Title Harlequin and Poor Robin; or, The House That Jack Built
Author Farley, Charles  
Date 4 Dec 1823
Licence Application Date 4 Dec 1823
First Performance Date 26 Dec 1823
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA2388
Language English
Document Description A pantomime featuring Poor Robin, who was a ragged, frayed old man and Jack the Miller, who becomes Harlequin.
Theme Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle  
Theatre Covent Garden Theatre  
Theatre Manager Kemble, Charles  
Lord Chamberlain Graham, James (3rd Duke of Montrose)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Pantomime  
Keywords harlequin  pantomime  clown  song  
Additional Information Manuscript dated by Larpent Dec. 5. It contains songs and some dialogue only. Compared to the printed Songs, Chorusses,& etc., there are a few discrepancies.
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