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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The New Peerage; or, Our Eyes May Deceive Us |
| Author | Lee, Harriet |
| Date | 10 Nov 1787 |
| Licence Application Date | n.d. |
| First Performance Date | 10 Nov 1787 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA787 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | The comedy tells the tale of two friends, a Citizen and a Peer, who, having just returned from Europe, swap names so that the citizen may address a lady of quality. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Royalty & Aristocracy |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Linley, Thomas |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Keywords | female author aristocracy marriage courtship deceit travel |
| Additional Information | Manuscript contains the prologue and two epilogues. Compared to 1787 (Kemble-Devonshire Collection 97) there are slight differences. The Author, Harriet Lee, has a sister who was also an author, and a father who was an actor. |
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