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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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