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Title Armida
Date 1 Jun 1802
Licence Application Date n.d.
First Performance Date 1 Jun 1802
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1351
Language English
Document Description The story of Armida, a Saracen sorceress and her lover Rinaldo who was a soldier in the First Crusade.
Theme Race & Religion  Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre The King's Theatre, Haymarket  
Theatre Manager Kelly, Michael  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Actor Bianchi, Francesco  
Genre Opera  
Acts Two  
Keywords crusade  love  religion  conflict  
Additional Information Application undated, Michael Kelly, The King's Theatre (opera house), Haymarket. Produced June 1, 1802. Manuscript dated by Larpent, The King's Theatre (opera house), Haymarket, May 29. See LA 734.
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