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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Platonic Wife |
| Author | Griffith, Elizabeth |
| Date | 12 Jan 1765 |
| Licence Application Date | 12 Jan 1765 |
| First Performance Date | 24 Jan 1765 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA244 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Based on the stories of Jean-François Marmontel, the female protagonist makes extravagant romantic demands of her husband, causing them to separate. |
| Theme | Women in Eighteenth Century Drama Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Conflict, Empire & the Other |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Lacy, James |
| Lord Chamberlain | Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, William (3rd Duke of Portland) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Chetwynd, William |
| Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application | Capell, Edward |
| (Other) People | Marmontel, Jean-François |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1765. |
| Keywords | servant marriage romance sexuality women jealousy conspiracy |
| Additional Information | There are numerous corrections and deletions in the manuscript. A few cancelled passages in the manuscript have not been printed. |
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