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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Marcella |
| Author | Hayley, William |
| Date | 10 Nov 1789 |
| Licence Application Date | No application. |
| First Performance Date | 10 Nov 1789 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA849 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Produced at both the Drury Lane and the Covent Garden in competition. |
| Theme | Celebrity Culture & Fashion European Past |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Harris, Thomas |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Acts | Three |
| Geographical Setting | Barcelona, Spain |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1789. |
| Keywords | theatre politics government Spanish love family betrothal suicide death prison |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated Novr. 1789; two copies of prologue, one endorsed Prologue to the Tragedy of Marcella-Covent Garden. Compared to the version from Plays of Three Acts, 1784 (Larpent Plays, LA 847) there are a few discrepancies and the prologue is not printed. See LA 847. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica states: The date of Kemble's letter, (as Manager of Drury Lane) to Larpent is Nov. 4th. 1789--The two Theatres brought it out in rivalry of each other. See LA 849. |
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