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Title Inkle and Yarico
Author Colman the Younger, George  
Date 25 Jul 1787
Licence Application Date 25 Jul 1787
First Performance Date 4 Aug 1787
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA782
Language English
Document Description Based on the known tale on Inkle and Yarico. Inkle, an English trader, finds himself shipwrecked in the West Indies. He only survives after help from an Indian women name Yarico and the fall in love. However, when he returns to civilization he plans to sell her into slavery, and marry another woman to gain social standing.
Theme Conflict, Empire & the Other  Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  Race & Religion  Women in Eighteenth Century Drama  
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  
Actor Arnold, Samuel  
Genre Opera  
Acts Three  
Geographical Setting West Indies  
Keywords shipwreck  trades  West Indies  slavery  marriage  
Additional Information Manuscript prologue, dated 1789. Prologue was not printed in 1787.
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