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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Busy Body, Epilogue to |
| Author | Centlivre, Susannah |
| Date | 2 Dec 1758 |
| Licence Application Date | No application. |
| First Performance Date | 2 Dec 1758 |
| Document Type | Epilogue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA151 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript copy of the Epilogue to The Busy Body starring David Garrick. |
| Theme | Censorship & Politics Celebrity Culture & Fashion |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Garrick, David Lacy, James |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cavendish, William (4th Duke of Devonshire) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Chetwynd, William |
| Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application | Capell, Edward |
| Genre | Epilogue |
| Acts | One |
| Keywords | celebrity actor humour society |
| Additional Information | David Garrick himself starred in this play as a result of a feud with Robert Dodlesy whose play Cleone, after being rejected by Garrick, was due to premier at the Covent Garden Theatre. Garrick scheduled The Busy Body to premier on the same night, thus dividing the fashionable theatre goers of London. |
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