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Title The Fall of Egypt
Author Hawkesworth, John  
Date 19 Mar 1774
Licence Application Date 19 Mar 1774
First Performance Date 1774
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA369
Language English
Document Description Manuscript title page states, By Docr Hawkesworth LL D. Includes some corrections. Unsigned by Garrick and Lacy.
Theme Race & Religion  Opera  
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 Oratorio  
Acts Three  
Geographical Setting Egypt  
Keywords Judaism  Egypt  religious persecution  plague  Exodus  religion  biblical  Egyptians  chorus  death  aria  chorus  recitative  
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