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Field name | Value |
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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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