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Title Gretna Green
Author Beazley Jr, Samuel  
Date 17 Aug 1822
Licence Application Date 17 Aug 1822
First Performance Date 31 Aug 1822
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA2305
Language English
Document Description An operetta set in Gretna Green, a village which was famous for housing clandestine marriages in the 18th and 18th centuries, featuring a runaway maid and her lover.
Theme Opera  Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Lyceum Theatre  
Theatre Manager Arnold, Samuel James  
Lord Chamberlain Graham, James (3rd Duke of Montrose)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Operetta  
Acts One  
Geographical Setting Gretna Green, Scotland  
Keywords marriage  love  secret  Scottish  maid  opera  
Additional Information Manuscript.
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