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Field name | Value |
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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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