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Title Modern Breakfast; or, All Asleep at Noon
Author Siddons, Henry  
Date 3 Aug 1790
Licence Application Date 3 Aug 1790
First Performance Date 11 Aug 1790
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA878
Language English
Document Description A domestic drama from Henry Siddons.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Interlude  
Printed Edition Printed 1790.
Keywords friendship  servant  fashion  society  deception  family  money  
Additional Information Manuscript contains some corrected passages and includes a cast list. Dated by Larpent Theatre Royal, Haymarket 3d. August 1790. There are only slight differences between the printed prologue not in the manuscript.
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