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Title The Belle's Stratagem
Author Cowley, Hannah  
Date 15 Feb 1780
Licence Application Date 15 Feb 1780
First Performance Date 22 Feb 1780
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA513
Language English
Document Description There are a number of discrepancies in the dialogue between manuscript and printed version.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  Women in Eighteenth Century Drama  
Theatre Covent Garden Theatre  
Theatre Manager Harris, Thomas  
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 Comedy  
Acts Five  
Printed Edition Printed 1782.
Keywords female author  comedy of manners  romance  social status  class  masquerade  deception  conspiracy  stratagem  
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