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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Campaign; or, Love in the East Indies |
| Author | Jephson, Robert |
| Date | 12 May 1785 |
| Licence Application Date | n.d. |
| First Performance Date | 12 May 1785 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA703 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | This tale revolves around Saib, an East Indian who falls in love with Miss Seymour, a beautiful and wealthy heiress. |
| Theme | Conflict, Empire & the Other Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Covent Garden Theatre |
| Theatre Manager | Harris, Thomas |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Comic Opera |
| Acts | Three |
| Keywords | love courtship Eastern influence wealth colony |
| Additional Information | Peviously produced at Smock Alley, Dublin, January 1784. The title-page has been endorsed as a comic opera written by Robert Jephson Esqre the poetry by Sr Nathaniel Barry. Numerous passages marked for deletion, possibly by the Examiner. |
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