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Title Thelyphthora; or More Wives than One
Author Pilon, Frederick  
Date 7 Mar 1781
Licence Application Date 7 Mar 1781
First Performance Date 8 Mar 1781
Document Type Play  Prologue  Epilogue  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA549
Language English
Document Description Previous subtitle 'Wives Provok'd' erased, and 'More Wives than One' substituted. Begins with a prologue.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  Race & Religion  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 Trail, J  
Genre Farce  
Acts Two  
Keywords voyage  marriage  wife  wives  divorce  housewife  husband  polygamy  religion  family  money  law  love  women  marriage contract  minstrel  eunuch  infidelity  sexuality  drunk  
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