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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Lingo's Opinions on Men & Manners |
| Author | Edwin, John |
| Date | 10 Apr 1787 |
| Licence Application Date | n.d. |
| First Performance Date | 10 Apr 1787 |
| Document Type | Play Interlude Song |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA767 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript collection describes as a 'comical whimsical operatical financial rhapsody'. |
| Theme | Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Booth, J |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Interlude Monologue with Songs |
| Acts | Three |
| Keywords | song humour wit society |
| Additional Information | Application has no date. Manscript notice states, 'to be spoken by Mr. Edwin on his Benefit Night'. Compared to the copy in The Eccentricities of John Edwin [by John Williamanuscript, 1791] (Harvard Library copy) there are numerous and extensive differences. The finale is quite different. |
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