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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Wedding Ring |
| Author | Dibdin, Charles |
| Date | 14 Jan 1773 |
| Licence Application Date | 14 Jan 1773 |
| First Performance Date | 1 Feb 1773 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA343 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Avaro wishes to marry his daughter to a wealthy suitor while she wishes to marry another. Her maid impersonates her and the suitor falls in love with her. |
| Theme | Celebrity Culture & Fashion Opera 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 | Comic Opera |
| Acts | Two |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1773. |
| Keywords | theatre politics aria family money will inheritance betrothal disguise love forbidden love marriage |
| Additional Information | Manuscript is endorsed with an 'X' and includes numerous revisions. There are a minor differences between the printed and manuscript versions. |
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