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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Such Things Are |
| Author | Inchbald, Elizabeth |
| Date | 10 Feb 1787 |
| Licence Application Date | n.d. |
| First Performance Date | 10 Feb 1787 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA761 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Plot focuses on the freeing of long suffering prisoners of an East Indian Sultan from his dungeons. The author, Elizabeth Inchbald, based the plays chief character on John Howard, the well known prison reformer. |
| Theme | Conflict, Empire & the Other |
| 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 | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Keywords | Eastern influence crime contemporary events exploration |
| Additional Information | Compared to the 1788 (Devonshire Collection 8vo 18) edition this is virtually identical. |
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