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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Marriage of Figaro |
| Author | Holcroft, Thomas |
| Date | 14 Dec 1784 |
| Licence Application Date | n.d. |
| First Performance Date | 14 Dec 1784 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA675 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Holcroft's translation of Beaumarchais's famous French play. |
| Theme | Royalty & Aristocracy Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Harris, Thomas |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| (Other) People | Beaumarchais, Pierre |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1785. |
| Keywords | adaptation translation French marriage servant nobility love unrequited love |
| Additional Information | Produced as 'The Follies of a Day', the manuscript includes a prologue. Compared to the printed version 'The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro', 1785 there are slight differences. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica: Holcroft told me that he took down the dialogue &c in the first instance in the theatre at Paris, then wrote it out & sent the piece to England. See LA 2077. |
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