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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Impostors |
| Author | Cumberland, Richard |
| Date | 17 Jan 1789 |
| Licence Application Date | 17 Jan 1789 |
| First Performance Date | 26 Jan 1789 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA811 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A comedy first performed at Drury Lane Theatre, in which the plot closely resembles that of 'The Beaux' Stratagem' by George Farquhar. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Kemble, John Philip |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Five |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1789. |
| Keywords | comedy love lovers humour friendship nobility trick |
| Additional Information | Manuscript includes a prologue and epilogue. The print and manuscript versions are virtually identical. |
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