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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The School for Wives |
| Author | Kelly, Hugh |
| Date | 29 Nov 1773 |
| Licence Application Date | 29 Nov 1773 |
| First Performance Date | 11 Dec 1773 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA362 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript is endorsed with an 'X' and includes numerous corrections and deletions. There are many differences between the printed and manuscript versions. The manuscript contains long passages not printed and certain passages deleted in manuscript are printed, others are not. |
| 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 1774. |
| Keywords | marriage women family secret virtue nobility military forbidden love adultery betrothal trick |
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