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Title The Beggar's Opera, Prelude to
Author Colman the Elder, George  Keate, George  
Date 2 Aug 1781
Licence Application Date 2 Aug 1781
First Performance Date 8 Aug 1781
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA565
Language English
Document Description Manuscript is entitled 'Prelude To the Beggars Opera Haymarket 1781'.
Theme Censorship & Politics  Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle  
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 Trail, J  
Genre Prelude  
Keywords stage direction  opera  European  
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