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Field name | Value |
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Title | The Fool |
Author | Topham, Edward |
Date | 15 Apr-14 Dec 1785 |
Licence Application Date | n.d. |
First Performance Date | 15 Apr-14 Dec 1785 |
Document Type | Play Prologue Epilogue |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA697 |
Language | English |
Document Description | Manuscript farce with nationalist overtones. |
Theme | Conflict, Empire & the Other |
Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
Theatre Manager | Linley, Thomas |
Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
Genre | Farce |
Acts | Two |
Printed Edition | Printed 1786. |
Keywords | women humour folklore national identity |
Additional Information | The manuscript includes a separate application for a prologue and additional scene from Harris. The original application is also included from Linley. There are slight differences between the printed and manuscript versions; the Covent Garden alterations and additional scene of the manuscript are in printed version, but the epilogue and prologue are not printed. |
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