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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Wedding Night; or, Tamer Tam'd |
| Author | Fletcher, John |
| Date | 13 Dec 1740 |
| Licence Application Date | 13 Dec 1740 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA24 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A comedy altered from Beaumont and Fletcher -- this was originally a sequel, or reply, to Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew'. |
| Theme | Women in Eighteenth Century Drama Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Fleetwood, Charles |
| Lord Chamberlain | FitzRoy, Charles (2nd Duke of Grafton) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Chetwynd, William |
| Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application | Odell, Thomas |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Keywords | revival marriage wife wedding feminism sexuality women power abstinence sexual politics |
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