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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Tea's the Twaddle |
| Date | 8 Feb 1785 |
| Licence Application Date | 8 Feb 1785 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA690 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Application was written by Elizabeth Lloyd as Mr Colman 'is not in town'. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| 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 |
| (Other) People | Lloyd, Elizabeth |
| Genre | Interlude |
| Keywords | agriculture family marriage adaptation |
| Additional Information | John Payne Collier in his Biographia Dramatica: 'Tea's the Twaddle', a prelude in one Act performed at the Haymarket in 1785 for the benefit of Elizabeth Lloyd. It is written in imitation of Garrick's 'Farmers Return', and like it is in rhyme [sic]. |
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