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Field name | Value |
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Title | Family Jars; or, The Double Mistake and the Triple Discovery |
Author | Lunn, Joseph |
Date | 26 Aug 1822 |
First Performance Date | 26 Aug 1822 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA2306 |
Language | English |
Document Description | In this farce, Mr. Porcelain and his servant plan to retire, but only after their sons are married. Each son brings home a woman of their own and while the servant is pleased with his son's choice, Porcelain is appalled at his son's fiancée. |
Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
Theatre | The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket |
Lord Chamberlain | Graham, James (3rd Duke of Montrose) |
Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
Genre | Farce |
Keywords | love romance courtship family servant farce |
Additional Information | Manuscript dated by Larpent, Aug. 15. Compared to New York, one scene printed not in the manuscript and there are numerous minor differences, chiefly in Act II. |
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