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Title False Appearances; or, My Cousin
Author Kenney, James  
Date 2 Jan 1807
Licence Application Date 2 Jan 1807
First Performance Date 12 Jan 1807
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA1506
Language English
Document Description Produced as 'False Alarms; or, My Cousin'. A domestic drama. Sir Gayland and Lady Gayland are recently married but Sir Gayland is preoccupied with making his ex-wife jealous and pursuing a mystery woman he met at a masquerade. Through a series of deceits and disguises he is taught a lesson.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Wroughton, Richard  
Lord Chamberlain Legge, George (3rd Earl of Dartmouth)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Comic Opera  
Acts Three  
Printed Edition Printed 1807.
Keywords love  family  adultery  disguise  deceit  aristocracy  morality  
Additional Information Manuscript dated by Larpent January 5. Compared to False Alarms, 1807 (Kemble-Devonshire collection 416): numerous differences.
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