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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Blind Boy |
| Author | Kenney, James |
| Date | 21 Nov 1807 |
| Licence Application Date | 21 Nov 1807 |
| First Performance Date | 23 Nov 1807 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1529 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript with application and cast list. The story of a blind boy named Edmund, who was given away to a farming family at birth. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Harris, Thomas |
| Lord Chamberlain | Legge, George (3rd Earl of Dartmouth) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Actor | Davy, John |
| Genre | Melodrama |
| Acts | Two |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1808. |
| Keywords | family love courtship marriage royalty Europe orphan |
| Additional Information | Compared to 1808 (Kemble-Devonshire collection 422): a few minor differences, mostly in Act II. |
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