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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Northern Lass; or, Days of Good Queen Bess |
| Author | Kemble, Stephen |
| Date | 20 Jul 1791 |
| Licence Application Date | 20 Jul 1791 |
| First Performance Date | 16 Aug 1791 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA914 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Captain Talbot and Ingram quarrel over the love of Joan, but Joan prefers Ingram. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket |
| Theatre Manager | Colman the Younger, George |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Actor | Palmer, R Palmer, Mr Williamson, Mr Bannister, Mr Wewitzer, Mr Abbot, Mr Kemble, Mrs Fontenelle, Miss |
| Genre | Piece |
| Acts | Two |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1791. |
| Keywords | courtship love mistress alcohol debt marriage |
| Additional Information | Manuscript was dated by Larpent July 23; it contains a cast list and separate prologue. (Performed for Mrs. S. Kemble's benefit.) According to John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica: "It was strongly cast, according to Larpent's MS, including R. Palmer, Palmer, Bannister Junr. Wewitzer, Mrs Kemble." |
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| Document linked to |
Prologue to the Northern Lass |
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