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Title The Talisman
Date 1784 [?]
First Performance Date 1784 [?]
Document Type Play  Prologue  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA685
Language English
Document Description A one act farce including a prologue that references prominent theatrical figures.
Theme Celebrity Culture & Fashion  
Theatre The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket  
Theatre Manager Colman the Elder, George  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Farce  
Acts One  
Keywords theatre politics  humour  marriage  guardian  family  death  song  
Additional Information Manuscript contains some corrections and a prologue.
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