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Title Summer Amusement
Author Miles, William Augustus  Andrews, Miles Peter  
Date 1 Jul 1779
Licence Application Date n.d.
First Performance Date 1 Jul 1779
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA485
Language English
Document Description Manuscript shows a number of corrections. Compared to Songs, Trios, Duetts, and Choruses, in the Comic Opera of Summer Amusement, or, An Adventure at Margate, 3d ed., 1781 there are minor differences including some songs not being printed.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket  
Theatre Manager Colman the Elder, George  
Lord Chamberlain Seymour-Conway, Francis (1st Marquess of Hertford)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application Capell, Edward  
Genre Comic Opera  
Acts Three  
Geographical Setting Margate, England  
Keywords society  fashion  holiday  leisure  marriage; family  
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