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Title Cheap Living
Author Reynolds, Frederic  
Date 8 Oct 1797
Licence Application Date 8 Oct 1797
First Performance Date 21 Oct 1797
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1181
Language English
Document Description A comedy featuring a man, named Sponge, who eats breakfast at one house, dinner at another and borrows money from the landlord.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Wroughton, Richard  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Comedy  
Acts Five  
Geographical Setting A seaport town  
Printed Edition Printed 1797.
Keywords comedy  poverty  humour  
Additional Information Manuscript dated by Larpent Oct. 9. Compared to the printed verions, there are slight differences.
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