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Title The Cunning Man
Author Burney, Charles  
Date 13 Nov 1766
Licence Application Date 13 Nov 1766
First Performance Date 21 Nov 1766
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA261
Language English
Document Description This is a translation and adaption of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's opera 'Le devin du village'.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Lacy, James  Garrick, David  
Lord Chamberlain Seymour-Conway, Francis (1st Marquess of Hertford)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Chetwynd, William  
Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application Capell, Edward  
Genre Musical Entertainment  Musical  Entertainment  
Printed Edition Printed 1766.
Keywords love  infidelity  conspiracy  disguise  marriage  deception  revival  adaptation  
Additional Information Manuscript endorsed with an 'X'. There are slight differences between the printed and manuscript versions.
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