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Title A Devil of a Lover
Date 17 Mar 1798
First Performance Date 17 Mar 1798
Document Type Play  Prologue  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1199
Language English
Document Description A farce which was allegedly founded upon a German novel. An Irish officer named Captain Fitzpatrick assumes the character of a devil to trick the guardian of his mistress.
Theme Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales  Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Covent Garden Theatre  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Actor Munden, Mr  Johnstone, Mr  Fawcett, Mr  Davenport, Mrs  Mountain, Mrs  
Genre Farce  
Acts Two  
Geographical Setting Spain  
Keywords mistress  guardian  farce  music  song  novel  adaptation  Irish  Spanish  devil  
Additional Information Manuscript dated, by Larpent, Feb. 20 and contains a prologue.
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