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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Inkle and Yarico, Prologue to |
| Date | 1787 [?] |
| Licence Application Date | No application. |
| Document Type | Prologue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA782pro |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Prologue to Inkle and Yarico. Based on the known tale on Inkle and Yarico. Inkle, an English trader, finds himself shipwrecked in the West Indies. He only survives after help from an Indian women name Yarico and the fall in love. However, when he returns to civilization he plans to sell her into slavery, and marry another woman to gain social standing. |
| Theme | Conflict, Empire & the Other Courtship, Family & Domestic Life Race & Religion Women in Eighteenth Century Drama |
| Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
| Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
| Genre | Prologue |
| Keywords | shipwreck trades West Indies slavery marriage |
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Inkle and Yarico |
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