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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Volunteers; [or, Britons Strike Home (?)] |
| Author | Woods, William |
| Date | 5 Aug 1778 |
| Licence Application Date | 5 Aug 1778 |
| First Performance Date | 1778 [?] |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA453 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Biographia Dramatica suggests that this play may have been performed at Edinburgh before it was performed at Hull. As it was licensed for York, it may first have appeared there. |
| Theme | Conflict, Empire & the Other |
| Theatre | York Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Wilkinson, Tate |
| 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 | Farce |
| Acts | One |
| Keywords | military song soldier courtship |
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