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Title The Frolics of an Hour
Date 16 Jun 1795
Licence Application Date No application.
First Performance Date 16 Jun 1795
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1089
Language English
Document Description Patriotic musical interlude about the courtships of sailors come to land.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Covent Garden Theatre  
Theatre Manager Harris, Thomas  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Musical Interlude  Musical  Interlude  
Acts One  
Printed Edition Printed 1795.
Keywords music  entertainment  seaside  ship  England  patriotism  Europe  sailors  military  courtship  French Revolutionary War  contemporary events  love  marriage  
Additional Information Dated by Larpent, Covent Garden June 7th. 1795-, manuscript corrections, occasional address deleted. Compared to the 1795 (Kemble-Devonshire Collection 356) edition: different edition but same press and date. The Larpent copy is apparently earlier, as some of the manucript corrections are printed in the Kemble-Devonshire Collection copy. It contains songs not in Kemble-Devonshire Collectionon copy, and a different cast.
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