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Title Nootka Sound; or, Britain Prepar'd
Date 1 Jun 1790 [?]
Licence Application Date 1 Jun 1790 [?]
First Performance Date 4 Jun 1790
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA872
Language English
Document Description Centres around military amateur dramatics.
Theme Conflict, Empire & the Other  
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 Pantomimic, Operatic Farce  Pantomime  Opera  Farce  
Geographical Setting Portsmouth, England  
Keywords maritime  song  chorus  humour  trade  humour  national identity  masculinity  
Additional Information Manuscript contains chiefly songs and disconnected passages of dialogue for insertion in a pantomime; two pages are cancelled. Includes a cast list.
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