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Field name | Value |
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Title | Dido |
Author | Reed, Joseph |
Date | 6 Mar 1767 |
Licence Application Date | 6 Mar 1767 |
First Performance Date | 28 Mar 1767 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA266 |
Language | English |
Document Description | A play featuring the tragedy of Dido, which was first performed for the benefit of Mr Holland. |
Theme | Greco-Roman Society Royalty & Aristocracy |
Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
Theatre Manager | Lacy, James |
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 | Tragedy |
Acts | Five |
Printed Edition | Printed 1808. |
Keywords | tragedy Shakespeare palace war Greek myth royalty women funeral treachery violence prince fate liberty foreign death underworld grief |
Additional Information | There are significant differences between the manuscript and printed texts; the manuscript version is much longer. The play was written in 1761, and was mentioned in a letter from the author to Mrs Dancer in the Garrick Papers vol. I. |
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