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Title British Gratitude and Hibernian Friendship; or, An Escape from France
Author Cross, James C  
Date 29 Apr 1794
Licence Application Date No application.
First Performance Date 29 Apr 1794
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1019
Language English
Document Description This text relates to popular contemporary fears that France would make an alley of Ireland based on their shared Catholic faith. In it, the author uses an Irishman to embody anti-French sympathies, countering those fears.
Theme Conflict, Empire & the Other  
Theatre Covent Garden Theatre  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Musical Drama  
Acts One  
Keywords French  religion  conflict  exile  wealth  love  family  
Additional Information Produced as British Fortitude and Hibernian Friendship. Appended, Tully's Rambles LA 1020. Compared to British Fortitude, etc., 1794 (Kemble-Devonshire Collectiononshire collection 317) there are a few differences.
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Document linked to Tully's Rambles. [An Irishman's Tour through London
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