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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Plain Dealer, Alterations and Additions to |
| Author | Bickerstaffe, Isaac |
| Date | 25 Nov 1765 |
| Licence Application Date | 25 Nov 1765 |
| First Performance Date | 7 Dec 1765 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA250 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Originally written by William Wycherley, this is the bowdlerised version by Isaac Bickerstaffe in which the title character, Captain Manly, doubts the motives of everyone he meets. |
| Theme | Censorship & Politics Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Lacy, James Garrick, David |
| 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 | Wycherley, William |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1766. |
| Keywords | bowdlerise mistrust adaptation censorship French cuckold |
| Additional Information | Manuscript contains the major portion of Bickerstaffes's alterations, with minor differences. |
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