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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Ward of the Castle |
| Author | Burke, Miss |
| Date | 24 Oct 1793 |
| First Performance Date | 24 Oct 1793 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA992 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A comic opera in which a ward named Matilda and her loyal maid Jacquinetta contemplate their confinement within a castle. |
| Theme | Opera Censorship & Politics Women in Eighteenth Century Drama |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Actor | Johnson, Mr Munden, Mr Clandillan, Mrs Martyr, Mrs |
| Genre | Comic Opera |
| Acts | Three |
| Geographical Setting | A fortified castle in Normandy, France |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1793. |
| Keywords | castle history myth women comedy opera king |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated, by Larpent, 1793; there are numerous cancelled passages and it contains a cast list. Compared to printed version 'Songs, Duets, Choruses, &c., in The Ward of the Castle', 1793, there are slight differences and songs, only, are printed. |
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