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Field name | Value |
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Title | The Cady [of Bagdad] |
Author | Portal, Abraham |
Date | 9 Feb 1778 |
Licence Application Date | 9 Feb 1778 |
First Performance Date | 19 Feb 1778 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA445 |
Language | English |
Document Description | Selmire attempts to take revenge on the philandering Cady by pretending to be somebody else, when he discovers her deception he goes back to his original abandoned wife. |
Theme | Royalty & Aristocracy |
Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
Theatre Manager | Sheridan, Richard Brinsley |
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 | Three |
Keywords | love aristocracy betrayal Eastern influence infidelity |
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