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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Bristol Sailor; or, The Whimsical Ladies |
| Author | Bernard, John |
| Date | 9 May 1786 |
| Licence Application Date | No application. |
| First Performance Date | 9 May 1786 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA732 |
| Language | English |
| Theme | Courtship, Family & Domestic Life |
| Theatre | Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Musical Entertainment Musical Entertainment |
| Acts | Two |
| Geographical Setting | Bristol, England |
| Keywords | maritime health alcohol humour music women courtship |
| Additional Information | Manuscript shows numerous corrections and additions. John Payne Collier in his copy of Biographia Dramatica writes: 'The Bristol Sailor or the Whimanuscriptical Ladies, a Musical Entertainment in 2 Acts performed at Bath. Manager Mr Palmer. 1786.' On the title page of the manuscript has been written 'By J. Bannister' but carefully erased so as to leave only the initials very legible. The name of the author, erased by closely placed diagonal strokes in two directions, read under the compound binocular microscope with the aid of a lamp and a dichloric filter, appears to be Bernard, and is certainly not Bannister, and Genest (VI, 420) states that Bernard is the author of the piece. Bernard was this year a member of Palmer's Bath company, and Bannister was playing at Dury Lane. |
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