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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Country Girl |
| Author | Garrick, David |
| Date | 20 Oct 1766 |
| Licence Application Date | 20 Oct 1766 |
| First Performance Date | 25 Oct 1766 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA258 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A derivative play adapted from 'The Country Wife' by William Wycherley, featuring a romance between a young aristocrat and an unmarried country girl. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Royalty & Aristocracy |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Garrick, David |
| Lord Chamberlain | Seymour-Conway, Francis (1st Marquess of Hertford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Chetwynd, William |
| Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application | Capell, Edward |
| (Other) People | Wycherley, William |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1766. |
| Keywords | adaptation comedy romance marriage love rural life countryside courtship law family modesty |
| Additional Information | Printed sheets of Wycherley's play, with numerous MS revisions, bound with MS pages. There are numerous corrections, interpolations, and epilogue in Garrick's hand. There are numerous differences between manuscript and printed text; alterations indicated in the manuscript are incorporated in the printed text. |
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