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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Walking Statue; or, The Devil in the Wine Cellar |
| Author | Hill, Aaron |
| Date | 25 Jul 1786 |
| Licence Application Date | No application. |
| First Performance Date | 25 Jul 1786 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA741 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Play with no application. Opens with a male servant disguised a an exchange girl in order to smuggle a letter to his masters lover, past her suspecting Father. |
| 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 | Farce |
| Acts | One |
| Geographical Setting | London, England |
| Keywords | love aristocracy forbidden love servant cross-dressing family knight |
| Additional Information | The Walking Statue is in Larpent's List as licensed for the Haymarket in 1786-It was a revival with alterations as appears by the Copy in his Collection. |
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