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Title The School for Guardians
Author Murphy, Arthur  
Date 1 Dec 1766
Licence Application Date 1 Dec 1766
First Performance Date 10 Jan 1767
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA262
Language English
Document Description A comedy performed at Covent Garden Theatre, in which Mary Ann Richley is educated by a potential suitor called Brumpton.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  Women in Eighteenth Century Drama  
Theatre Covent Garden Theatre  
Theatre Manager Rich, Priscilla  Beard, John  
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  
Genre Comedy  
Acts Five  
Printed Edition Printed 1767.
Keywords marriage  comedy  women  education  charm  beauty  love  
Additional Information There are minor differences between the manuscript and printed texts.
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