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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Charity Boy |
| Author | Cross, James C |
| Date | 2 Aug 1796 |
| Licence Application Date | 2 Aug 1796 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1139 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | A musical drama featuring protagonist Will Circle and his courtship of Fanny, who he hopes to marry. |
| 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 |
| Actor | Bannister, Mr Suett, Mr Davies, Mr Harlowe, Mrs Leak, Miss |
| Genre | Musical Drama |
| Acts | Two |
| Keywords | music marriage courtship love family credit |
| Additional Information | Apparently not performed. Manuscript dated by Larpent Aug. 2 and contains numerous cancellations and a cast list. In Biographia Dramatica, John Payne Collier said that "it was first licensed for the Haymarket on Aug. 2. 1796 but whether it was played or not does not appear. It was afterwards brought forward at Drury Lane in Nov. 1796 with some alterations." See LA 1142. |
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