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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Wives in Plenty; or, The More the Merrier |
| Date | 19 Nov 1793 |
| Licence Application Date | 19 Nov 1793 |
| First Performance Date | 23 Nov 1793 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA996 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A comedy which revived Charles Molloy's "The Coquet, " featuring several French characters and an English character Bellamy who seeks out love with several women. |
| 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 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Acts | Three |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1793. |
| Keywords | love romance prisoner marriage courtship flirtation |
| Additional Information | Manuscript contains a few deletions. Compared to the Songs, Duets, Choruses, &c., in Wives in Plenty, 1793, the two are virtually the same; the songs only are printed. |
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