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Title The Foundling
Author Moore, Edward  
Date 22 Jan 1748
Licence Application Date 22 Jan 1748
First Performance Date 12 Feb 1748
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA68
Language English
Document Description A comedy that the author states 'gives you more of moral than of sport'.
Theme Women in Eighteenth Century Drama  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Garrick, David  Lacy, James  
Lord Chamberlain FitzRoy, Charles (2nd Duke of Grafton)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Chetwynd, William  
Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application Odell, Thomas  
Genre Comedy  
Acts Five  
Geographical Setting London, England  
Printed Edition Printed 1748.
Keywords virtue  morality  innocence  marriage  women  sexuality  
Additional Information Manuscript endorsed with an 'X', it includes some deletions and corrections and some passages marked X. It also includes a prologue. There are minor differences between the manuscript and printed versions throughout; some parts in manuscript are not printed.
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