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Title The Adopted Child
Author Samuel Birch  
Date 24 Apr 1795
Licence Application Date 24 Apr 1795
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1070
Language English
Document Description The tale of a Ferryman who raises the heir to Milford, and exposes villainy.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  Royalty & Aristocracy  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Kemble, John Philip  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Musical Drama  
Acts Two  
Keywords children  family  aristocracy  hero  
Additional Information Application April 24, 1795, John Philip Kemble, Drury Lane. Produced May 1. Manuscript dated by Larpent April 25. Compared to undated (Devonshire Collectiononshire Collection 12mo 54): a number of differences.
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