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Title False Delicacy
Author Kelly, Hugh  
Date 16 Jan 1768
Licence Application Date 16 Jan 1768
First Performance Date 23 Jan 1768
Document Type Play  Prologue  Epilogue  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA277
Language English
Document Description A comic play by Irish playwright Hugh Kelly, in which Lord Windworth and Lady Betty Lambton fall in love, but are too shy to admit it.
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 Comedy  
Acts Five  
Printed Edition Printed 1768.
Keywords love  lovers  Aristocracy  comedy  elegance  
Additional Information Slight differences between manuscript and print. The manuscript version contains a prologue and epilogue.
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