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Title The Gipsey Prince
Author Moore, Thomas  
Date 13 Jul 1801
Licence Application Date 13 Jul 1801
First Performance Date 24 Jul 1801
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1329
Language English
Document Description Returned from his travels and adventures around the world he is made chief of vagabonds. Saves an old Jewish man from officers of the inquisition. Passed the censor as a play on based on Gipsies under Spanish rule, but has been perceived as a satire on the Irish under British rule.
Theme Race & Religion  British Gothic & Medieval History  
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 Kelly, Michael  
Genre Musical Entertainment  Musical  Entertainment  
Acts Two  
Keywords religion  race  morality  adventure  
Additional Information Dated by Larpent July 17. There has been some deletion of text.
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