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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Appearance Is Against Them |
| Author | Inchbald, Elizabeth |
| Date | 22 Oct 1785 |
| Licence Application Date | n.d. |
| First Performance Date | 22 Oct 1785 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA708 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript copy shows the play was once entitled 'The Shawl'. The opening scene includes a discussion of society tastes and fashion for beauty and virtue in a woman. |
| Theme | Women in Eighteenth Century Drama Celebrity Culture & Fashion |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Harris, Thomas |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Keywords | female author love marriage society |
| Additional Information | The title on the first page reads 'The Shawl'. Prologue shows slight differences with the 1785 version in the Kemble-Devonshire Collection of plays in the Huntington Library. |
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