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Title The Contract; or, Female Captain
Author Cobb, James  
Date 29 Mar 1779
Licence Application Date 29 Mar 1779
First Performance Date 5 Apr 1779
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA476
Language English
Document Description Cobb's first dramatic work. Taken from the French of Marivaux.
Theme Women in Eighteenth Century Drama  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Sheridan, Richard Brinsley  
Lord Chamberlain Seymour-Conway, Francis (1st Marquess of Hertford)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application Capell, Edward  
(Other) People de Marivaux, Pierre  
Genre Farce  
Acts Two  
Keywords maritime  women  humour  
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