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Field name | Value |
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Title | The Island of St Marguerite |
Date | 4 Nov 1789 |
Licence Application Date | 4 Nov 1789 |
First Performance Date | 13 Nov 1789 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA848 |
Language | English |
Document Description | This is the second draft of this opera which alludes to the fall of Bastille in 1789 and uses the story of the 'Man in the Iron Mask' as a vehicle for social commentary on the burgeoning French revolution. The licence was granted for this version as politically charged allusions and passages were removed. |
Theme | Censorship & Politics Opera |
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 | Opera |
Acts | Two |
Printed Edition | Printed 1789. |
Keywords | censorship military French French Revolution prison social commentary historical figure execution politics rebellion |
Additional Information | Manuscript includes a prologue. This manuscript follows LA 845 rather than the printed text, but contains a prologue and one song not in LA 845 but printed. The alterations called for by corrections in LA 845 are made in this manuscript. |
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