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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Harlequin and the Swans; or, The Bath of Beauty |
| Author | Farley, Charles |
| Date | 15 Dec 1813 |
| Licence Application Date | 15 Dec 1813 |
| First Performance Date | 1813 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1791 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript copy with application. Rinaldo is in love with the Princess Zoe, but her father will not give him permission to marry her. Through his plotting she becomes trapped in the form of a swan on the pool of beauty. . A fairy arrives and transforms them into their harlequinade characters. |
| Theme | Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Royalty & Aristocracy |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Fawcett, John |
| Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Pantomime |
| Keywords | marriage royalty pantomime supernatural beauty love family music song procession |
| Additional Information | Application Dec. 15, 1813, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Dec. 27. MS: dated by Larpent. |
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