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Title The Disbanded Officer; or, The Baroness of Bruchsal
Author Johnstone, James  
Date 26 Jun 1786
Licence Application Date 26 Jun 1786
First Performance Date 24 Jul 1786
Document Type Play  Prologue  Epilogue  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA738
Language English
Document Description A soldier and a Baroness fall in love but when he is sent away on service. When they are reunited he finds himself, through kindness, in a difficult financial situation and feels unworthy of her affection, a situation from which the comedy ensues.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  
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 Comedy  
Acts Five  
Keywords love  military  courtship  finance  wealth  marriage  deceit  aristocracy  
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