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Title The Box Lobby Challenge
Author Cumberland, Richard  
Date 14 Feb 1794
Licence Application Date 14 Feb 1794
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1009
Language English
Document Description Manuscript copy. A farcical comedy of manners commenting on the working classes of London.
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 Five  
Geographical Setting London, England  
Keywords class  poverty  humour  
Additional Information Note inserted, Page 11 & 12 scratchd out & not to be performed. The whole scene is expunged. Dated by Larpent and includes prologue and epilogue. Compared to the 3rd printed edition of 1794 (Kemble-Devonshire Collectionon 251) there are slight differences. The expunged passage is printed in full.
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