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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Helpless Animals; or, Bachelors' Fare |
| Author | Parry, John |
| Date | 12 Nov 1819 |
| Licence Application Date | 12 Nov 1819 |
| First Performance Date | 17 Nov 1819 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA2124 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | An old inn keeper, Mulberry, decides to expel all women from his household and his life, including his niece. The niece, upon being expelled from his house, finds her way back in disguised as a male servant, and sets about proving his error. |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| 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 | Musical Interlude Musical Interlude |
| Acts | One |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1819. |
| Keywords | women family disguise humour inheritance wealth |
| Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent 13th November. Compared to 1819, there are some slight differences. |
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