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Field name | Value |
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Title | The Portrait; or, The Painter's Easel |
Author | Colman the Elder, George |
Date | 22 Nov 1770 |
First Performance Date | 22 Nov 1770 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA313 |
Language | English |
Document Description | Burletta surrounding farcical characters and who Isabella should marry -- her guardian Pantaloon or her love Leander. |
Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
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 | Burletta |
Acts | Three |
Printed Edition | Printed 1770. |
Keywords | Pantaloon Pierrot Colombine humour aria beauty courtship money marriage |
Additional Information | Manuscript is endorsed with an 'X'. The printed and manuscript versions are virtually identical. |
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