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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Patience the Best Remedy; or, A Wife in the Right |
| Author | Griffith, Elizabeth |
| Date | 20 Feb 1772 |
| Licence Application Date | 20 Feb 1772 |
| First Performance Date | 09 Mar 1772 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA332 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Husbands are traders with India. Discusses finance but also possible infidelity -- not very sure! |
| Theme | Women in Eighteenth Century Drama |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Colman, 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 | Five |
| Geographical Setting | London, England |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1772. |
| Keywords | women female author feminism marriage society family government money business lawyer forbidden love |
| Additional Information | Produced as 'A Wife in the Right'. Manuscript is endorsed with an 'X'. Compared with the printed 'A Wife in the Right', there are many differences; discrepancies in dialogue, order of scenes, and points of division between acts. John Payne Collier in his Biographia Dramatica: It was sent to the licencer without any title and Capell inserted the name of 'Patience the Best Remedy' in Colman's Letter of Feb 20th. 1772 -- On the outer cover of the MS it is called 'Patience the Best Remedy or a Wife in the Right.' |
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