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Title The Cooper
Author Arne, Thomas Augustine  
Date 26 May 1772
Licence Application Date 26 May 1772
First Performance Date 10 Jun 1772
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA334
Language English
Document Description A domestic comedy in which Martin is in love with his ward Fanny. However Fanny is in love with Martin's shop man Colin.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  Opera  
Theatre The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket  
Theatre Manager Foote, Samuel  
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 Comic Opera  
Acts Two  
Printed Edition Printed 1772.
Keywords forbidden love  unrequited love  guardian  love  employment  family  money  marriage  
Additional Information There are some insertions and deletions. There are slight differences between the printed and manuscript versions.
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