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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | I'll Tell You What |
| Author | Inchbald, Elizabeth |
| Date | 30 Apr 1785 |
| Licence Application Date | 30 Apr 1785 |
| First Performance Date | 4 Aug 1785 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA700 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Family drama revolving around marriages, divorces and inheritance. |
| 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 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1786. |
| Keywords | family children wealth deceit |
| Additional Information | John Payne Collier in his copy of Biographia Dramatica writes: It is very doubtful whether Colman gave the name to it (as Biographia Dramatica reports on hearsay), because in his letter to the Licenser prefixed to Larpent's manuscript he inserted no name, and it was added with a caret in the hand writing of Mrs. Inchbald. |
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