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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Hop; or, Who's Afraid |
| Date | 2 May 1791 |
| Licence Application Date | 2 May 1791 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA903 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A sketch regarding an Irishman in England, his finances, and eventual suicide. |
| Theme | Business & Finance Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Censorship & Politics |
| 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 | Sketch |
| Acts | One |
| Geographical Setting | England |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1791. |
| Keywords | suicide Irish finance death wife money |
| Additional Information | It was not produced. According to John Payne Collier in Biographica Dramatica, many passages were underscored as objectionable in John Larpent's copy. |
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