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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | She Would Be a Duchess |
| Author | Stuart, Charles |
| Date | 8 Aug 1791 |
| Licence Application Date | 8 Aug 1791 |
| First Performance Date | Not produced. |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA915 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Initially banned by the Lord Chamberlain because of its allusions to the flirtation of Miss Elizabeth Gunning with the eldest sons of the Dukes of Marlborough and Argyll. Features the adventures of Kilmainham, an Irishman in Spain. |
| Theme | Censorship & Politics 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 |
| Genre | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Geographical Setting | Spain |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1791. |
| Keywords | flirtation courtship love Irish hero adventure |
| Additional Information | Not produced as its licence was refused. The manuscript was endorsed by Larpent. It was prohibited on August 13, 1791. The Title was changed to the Irishman in Spain; the title page twice marked X and also endorsed by Larpent suppressed, with date and new title; numerous slight passages marked X throughout. (Bound with The Irishman in Spain [LA 917], under which this manuscript is included in the Bridgewater House Library Catalogue of Larpent Dramatic MSS.) |
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The Irishman in Spain |
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