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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Gretna Green |
| Author | Stuart, Charles |
| Date | 23 Aug 1783 |
| Licence Application Date | 23 Aug 1783 |
| First Performance Date | 28 Aug 1783 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA634 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Title on the manuscript is 'New Gretna Green' and includes a prologue. Compared to the printed version 'Songs, Airs, &c. in the Musical Farce called Gretna Green', 1783, the manuscript contains several songs not printed; a few other discrepancies; dialogue not 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 |
| Actor | Bannister, Mr Edwin, Mr Egan, Mr Ledger, Mr Kenny, Mr Swords, Mr Webb, Mrs Bannister, Mrs Morris, Miss Sestini, Signora |
| Genre | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Geographical Setting | Gretna Green, Scotland |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1783. |
| Keywords | marriage elope aria trade agriculture horse military Scottish betrothal adultery flirtation |
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| Document linked to |
Poster for 'The Merchant of Venice' and 'Gretna Green' |
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