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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The West Indian |
| Author | Cumberland, Richard |
| Date | 1 Jan 1771 |
| Licence Application Date | 1 Jan 1771 |
| First Performance Date | 19 Jan 1771 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA315 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Comedy surrounding marriage between people of different social status. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Garrick, David Lacy, James |
| 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 1771. |
| Keywords | slavery marriage merchant family humour West Indies colonialism maritime business theft |
| Additional Information | Manuscript is endorsed with an 'X' and 'Mr Cumberland'. Contains a prologue. There are slight differences between the printed and manuscript versions. |
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