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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Roderick Random |
| Author | Ryley, Samuel William |
| Date | 12 Apr 1790 |
| Licence Application Date | 12 Apr 1790 |
| First Performance Date | 20 Apr 1790 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA866 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A comedy based on Smollett's novel of the same name. |
| Theme | Celebrity Culture & Fashion |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Manchester Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Powell, William |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| (Other) People | Smollet, Tobias |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Three |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1798. |
| Keywords | literature adaptation maritime friendship adventure humour |
| Additional Information | Application from William Powell, Theatre Royal in Manchester, however, the manuscript notice, signed by Powell, at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Manuscript is dated by Larpent Drury Lane April 1790. Compared to the printed edition from Huddersfield, 1798 [?], the manuscript lacks the songs and there are slight differences in dialogue. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica states: It was sent to be licensed on April 12, 1790 by W. Powell then prompter at D.L. Theatre who stated that it was to be performed at Manchester-It was probably therefore acted before 1793. |
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