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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Earls of Hammersmith; or, Infant Maturity |
| Author | Poole, John Lawler, Dennis |
| Date | Jan. 17, 1814 (?) |
| Licence Application Date | No Application . |
| First Performance Date | Jan. 17, 1814 (?) |
| Document Type | Play Prologue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA1799 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Produced at the Olympic Theatre on the 17th January, 1814 and was previously performed at Surrey on the 1 October 1811. Manuscript copy with many corrections. Contains prologue. Title page states ' A Grand Serious Romantic Pantomime Heroic Spectral Spectacle with Songs, Duets Choruses etc.' Drama centres around the kidnapping and aftermath of the rightful Earl of Hammersmith. |
| Theme | Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle Censorship & Politics Royalty & Aristocracy Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Olympic Theatre |
| Lord Chamberlain | Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis (2nd Marquess of Hertford) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Burlesque |
| Acts | One |
| Keywords | aristocracy kidnap castle children education politics humour marriage deceit |
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