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Field name | Value |
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Title | The Fate of Sparta; or, The Rival Kings |
Author | Cowley, Hannah |
Date | 1 Jan 1788 |
Licence Application Date | No application. |
First Performance Date | 1 Jan 1788 |
Document Type | Play Prologue Epilogue |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA791 |
Language | English |
Document Description | Prologue states that this play is not set in the heroic days of Sparta, but in the latter days of luxury and weakness. The story deviates from history and is completely fictional by the author. |
Theme | Greco-Roman Society |
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 | Tragedy |
Acts | Five |
Keywords | history female author violence |
Additional Information | In the title, Siege has been erased and Fate written in. |
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