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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Mistakes of a Day |
| Author | Colls, J H Callcot, John W |
| Date | 31 Jan 1787 |
| Licence Application Date | 31 Jan 1787 |
| First Performance Date | 1787 [?] |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA760 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript copy of 'Mistakes of a Day' a Musical Entertainment in two acts as submitted for application. Includes cast list and the song 'The Sail-Yards Whistle in the Wind'. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Norwich |
| Theatre Manager | Barrett, G L |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Musical Entertainment Musical Entertainment |
| Acts | Two |
| Keywords | family servant music humour |
| Additional Information | John Payne Collier in his copy of Biographia Dramatica writes: It was licensed by Larpent to G. L. Barrett Manager of the Norwich Theatre on 31 January 1787. Query if not by J. H. Colls who wrote Election Squibs at Norwich under the name of Pater Pendon June (T. A.) [Thomas Amyot?]. |
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