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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Spoilt Child |
| Author | Bickerstaffe, Isaac |
| Date | 13 Mar 1790 |
| Licence Application Date | 13 Mar 1790 |
| First Performance Date | 22 Mar 1790 |
| Document Type | Play Prologue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA862 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A farce that focuses on Little Pickle and his various bad behaviours. Catalogue attributes this play to Bickerstaffe, but also states 'Attributed also to Dorothy [Dorothea] Jordan and to James Ford.' |
| Theme | Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle |
| 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 | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1805. |
| Keywords | authorship class humour maritime women servant child parent love family behaviour |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent Mar. 15 and includes a prologue. Compared to the 1805 printed edition, there are a number of slight differences. The Dublin printed edition of [1799] is in some respects closer to the Manuscript. |
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