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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Golden Pippin |
| Author | O'Hara, Kane |
| Date | 05 Feb 1772 |
| Licence Application Date | 05 Feb 1772 |
| First Performance Date | Not produced. |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA330 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Not produced as the licence was refused. This burletta centres around the myth of the judgment of Paris. |
| Theme | Censorship & Politics Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Colman, George |
| 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 | Burletta |
| Acts | Three |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1773. |
| Keywords | satire card game Gods myth recitative dragon beauty rivalry song |
| Additional Information | Manuscript states 'Forbid the 17th Febry. 1772. There is one passage deleted by Examiner. There are extensive differences between the print and manuscript versions. John Payne Collier notes in his Biographia Dramatica: 'It was at first forbidden as appears by the following entries in Larpents List "The Golden Pippin-a Burletta to be performed at Covent Garden. Managers letter G. Colman-On Feby 17th. 1772 it was forbid"-"Pippin, the Golden-Altered and offered again-licenced Octr. 1772" Both copies were among Larpents MSS. It was reduced to 2 acts before it was licenced'. |
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