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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Christmas Tale |
| Author | Garrick, David |
| Date | 13 Dec 1773 |
| Licence Application Date | 13 Dec 1773 |
| First Performance Date | 27 Dec 1773 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA363 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript is endorsed with an 'X'. There are numerous deletions, corrections, and additions, some by author and is accompanied by a prologue and epilogue. Compared to A Christmas Tale, 1774 there are numerous differences, particularly in last part. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica: The prompter who wrote the body of the letter to the licenser did not know what species of production to call it and leaving a blank Garrick filled it up with the words 'Musical Entertainment.' The letter was dated Decr. 13. 1773 The MS in Larpent's collection was corrected by Garrick. The account of this piece in the Biographia Dramatica was the authorship of Stevens. |
| Theme | Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle Myths, Legends, Folk Tales & Fairy Tales |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Theatre Manager | Garrick, David 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 | Musical Entertainment Musical Entertainment |
| Acts | Five |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1774. |
| Keywords | Christmas celebration religion family magician spirit song |
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| Document linked to |
The Christmas Tale, Epilogue to The Christmas Tale, Prologue to |
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