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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Genius of Liverpool |
| Author | Harpley, T |
| Date | 21 Dec 1789 |
| Licence Application Date | No application. |
| First Performance Date | 21 Dec 1789 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA853 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A prelude featuring Neptune, The Genius, and Commerce in a celebration of Liverpool. |
| Theme | Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales |
| Theatre | Liverpool Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Kemble, John Philip |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Prelude |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1790. |
| Keywords | legend Gods commerce trade identity |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated 21st. December 1789. Printed in Dramas and Poems, Liverpool, 1790; there are slight differences. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica: Larpent enters Kemble as Manager of the Liverpool Theatre when this piece was sent up and licensed on the 21st. Decr. 1789. |
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