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Field name | Value |
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Title | Belphegor; or, The Wishes |
Author | Andrews, Miles Peter |
Date | 6 Mar 1778 |
Licence Application Date | 6 Mar 1778 |
First Performance Date | 16 Mar 1778 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA446 |
Language | English |
Document Description | A demon transformed into a man as a punishment by Lucifer leads a life of debt, chased by bailiffs into the forest where he finds an honest woodcutter who takes him in. In return he grants him three wishes. |
Theme | Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales |
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 | Two |
Keywords | magic devil marriage debt |
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