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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The True-born Irishman |
| Author | Macklin, Charles |
| Date | 21 Nov 1767 |
| Licence Application Date | 21 Nov 1767 |
| First Performance Date | 28 Nov 1767 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA274 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | This work revolves around a marriage in crisis and, more broadly, the political relationship between England and Ireland. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Conflict, Empire & the Other |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Colman the Elder, George |
| 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 | Two |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1795. |
| Keywords | marriage politics Irish Union conflict family |
| Additional Information | Produced with the title 'The Irish Fine Lady'. The manuscript contains a prologue, is endorsed with an 'X' and contains marginal notes, possible by the Examiner. The prologue was not printed and when comparing the printed and manuscript versions, there are differences in Act I, but Act II is substantially identical. |
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