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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | An Exordium, [Descriptive of... The Roman Puppet Show] |
| Date | 11 Apr 1798 |
| First Performance Date | 11 Apr 1798 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1204 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | John Payne Collier in the Biographia Dramatica states: An Exordium. A piece of a burlesque kind with this title in which Punch, Chrononhotonthologos, Rigdum Funidos & other characters of the same sort were exhibited, in one act was brought out at Covent Garden in April 1798, or at least it was sent to be licensed then. |
| Theme | Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Piece |
| Acts | One |
| Keywords | humour character servant staging ghost royalty murder suicide |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent, Covent Garden, Apr., 1798. |
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