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Field name | Value |
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Title | Chains for the Heart; or, The Slaves of Centa |
Author | Hoare, Prince |
Date | 9 Dec 1801 |
Licence Application Date | No application. |
First Performance Date | 9 Dec 1801 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA1334 |
Language | English |
Document Description | A Portuguese nobleman has been captured as a slave by the King of Ceuta. His son tries to sell himself to save his father but is not worth enough, so must sell his mistress too. |
Theme | Opera |
Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
Genre | Opera |
Acts | Three |
Printed Edition | Printed 1802. |
Keywords | slavery royalty aristocracy soldier military love religion |
Additional Information | No application. Produced as Chains of the Heart, or, The Slave by Choice Covent Garden, December 9, 1801. Manuscript dated by Larpent November 27, cast. Compared to Chains of the Heart, etc., 1802 (Kemble-Devonshire Collectiononshire collection 395): a number of differences. |
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