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Title The Distress'd Baronet
Author Stuart, Charles  
Date 11 May 1787
Licence Application Date n.d.
First Performance Date 11 May 1787
Document Type Play  Prologue  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA776
Language English
Document Description Manuscript copy including prologue. An example of Jewish characters in Eighteenth century literature.
Theme Courtship, Family & Domestic Life  Race & Religion  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Linley, Thomas  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Farce  
Acts Two  
Keywords wealth  Jewish  aristocracy  servant  love  
Additional Information Manuscript includes prologue. Compared to the 2d edition, 1787 (Kemble-Devonshire Collection 357): there are numerous and extensive differences.
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