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Field name | Value |
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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 |
Copyright | The Huntington Library |