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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Shepherd's Artifice |
| Author | Dibdin, Charles |
| Date | 28 Apr 1764 |
| Licence Application Date | 28 Apr 1764 |
| First Performance Date | 21 May 1764 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA240 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A dramatic pastoral with words written and music composed by Mr Dibdin, first performed at Covent Garden Theatre with Dibdin as Strephon. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Rich, Priscilla Beard, John |
| Lord Chamberlain | Leveson-Gower, Granville (1st Marquess of Stafford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Chetwynd, William |
| Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application | Capell, Edward |
| Actor | Dibdin, Charles |
| Genre | Pastoral Drama Pastoral Drama |
| Acts | Two |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1765. |
| Keywords | farm shepherd anguish love deception nymph song |
| Additional Information | Manuscript is endorsed with an 'X'. There are marked differences between the manuscript and printed text. |
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