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Title The Hue and Cry
Author Inchbald, Elizabeth  
Date 26 Apr 1791
Licence Application Date 26 Apr 1791
First Performance Date 11 May 1791
Document Type Play  Prologue  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA900
Language English
Document Description Said to be a failure and only performed once in this form. Count Abeville is betrothed to Leonora, they meet without her knowing his true identity but in an altercation with her cousin, Don Juan, the Count is believed to have killed him. This makes his suit problematic.
Theme Royalty & Aristocracy  Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
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  
Geographical Setting Madrid, Spain  
Keywords female author  family  betrothal  marriage  mistaken identity  death  misunderstanding  
Additional Information Manuscript contains a prologue. See LA 1184, an alteration by J C Cross.
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