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Field name | Value |
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Title | The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old |
Author | Colman the Younger, George |
Date | 3 Aug 1789 |
Licence Application Date | 3 Aug 1789 |
First Performance Date | 11 Aug 1789 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA840 |
Language | English |
Document Description | An experimental play which mixed forms and divided opinion. |
Theme | Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle British Gothic & Medieval History |
Theatre | The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket |
Theatre Manager | Colman the Younger, George |
Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
Genre | Play with music |
Acts | Three |
Printed Edition | Printed 1790. |
Keywords | music history battle historical figures legend humour song nationalism |
Additional Information | Act III is lacking in the manuscript. Compared to the printed edition, Dublin 1790, endorsed by Kemble, this is a pirated Copy, and shamefully incorrect, and compared to the 1808 printed edition there are numerous unimportant differences between manuscript and printed editions. |
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