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Field name | Value |
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Title | The Black Forest |
Author | Birch, Samuel |
Date | 11 Dec 1798 |
First Performance Date | 11 Dec 1798 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA1236 |
Language | English |
Document Description | Much of the action takes place in a castle and features the imprisonment of characters. No application. Produced as 'Albert and Adelaide'. Manuscript dated Nov. 17 and includes cast list. |
Theme | British Gothic & Medieval History 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 |
Actor | Betterton, Thomas Johnston, H T, Mr Incledon, Mr Emery, Mr Simmonds, Mr Fawcett, Mr Johnston, Mrs Wheatley, Miss |
Genre | Dramatic Romance |
Acts | Three |
Printed Edition | Printed 1798. |
Keywords | marriage song love military nobility prison adventure gothic staging |
Additional Information | Compared to the printed 'Airs, Chorusses, &c., &c., in Albert & Adelaide; or, The Victim of Constancy' of 1798 there are several discrepancies; songs, only, printed. |
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