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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Election of the Managers |
| Author | Colman the Elder, George |
| Date | 2 Jun 1784 |
| First Performance Date | 2 Jun 1784 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA663 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Manuscript title page states, 'for the opening of the Theatre Royal Haymarket. 1784'. Includes corrections, some marks, by Examiner [?] and prologue and songs. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica: Larpent's copy has the author's corrections and omissions -- It was objected to on account chiefly of personal allusions to the instrumentality of the Duchess of Devonshire in the Westminster. Elect: of 1784. See LA 659. |
| Theme | Censorship & Politics |
| Theatre | The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket |
| Theatre Manager | Colman the Elder, George |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Prelude |
| Acts | Two |
| Keywords | politics social commentary satire |
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