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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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