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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | More Ways than Means |
| Author | Colman the Younger, George |
| Date | 1786 [?] |
| Licence Application Date | 1786 [?] |
| First Performance Date | 10 Jul 1788 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA755 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Two beaux follow two sisters that they spot in Bath Society back to their residence in Dover in order to try and make their acquaintance. |
| 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 | Four |
| Geographical Setting | Dover, England |
| Keywords | censorship critic love courtship society fashion humour |
| Additional Information | Produced as Ways and Means, or, A Trip to Dover) July 10, 1788. Manuscript has been dated by John Payne Collier 1786. Compared to 'Ways and Means' 2d edition printed in 1788 there are numerous differences. John Payne Collier in his copy of Biographia Dramatica writes: More Ways than Means, a Comedy in 4 Acts acted at the Haymarket in 1786. It was licenced, as appears by Larpent's Account books on 16: August 1786 under the title of 'More Ways than Means, a Comedy in 4 Acts' Query whether the Printed Copy of 1788 varies from the four act play. See Manuscript note 'More Ways than Means.' Some of the characters were subsequently omitted. |
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