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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Village Lawyer |
| Author | Macready, William |
| Date | 22 Aug 1787 |
| Licence Application Date | 22 Aug 1787 |
| First Performance Date | 28 Aug 1787 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA784 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript copy of a play that had already been performed in France and in many provincial theatres. A rural tale of family and romantic drama. |
| 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 | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Keywords | rural life law marriage family death |
| Additional Information | Compared to the third edition printed 1795 there are detailed differences in dialogue and arrangement of scenes throughout. (John Phillip Kemble has written on the title-page of this edition: This Piece was not written by Mr. Macready. This is a surreptitious Edition.) |
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