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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Bristol Tars; or, A New Way to Get a Wife |
| Date | 1792 (?) |
| First Performance Date | 1792 (?) |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA966 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A farce featuring Lord Cosson, who resides in India, and his quest for a new wife. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Conflict, Empire & the Other |
| Theatre | Bristol Theatre |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Farce |
| Acts | Two |
| Geographical Setting | India |
| Keywords | love romance marriage India beach colonialism |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated, by John Payne Collier, June 1, 1792 Theatre Royal Bristol. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica: "The Bristol Tars...was among Larpent's manuscripts and was licensed by him, as appears by his account book for the Bristol Theatre." |
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