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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Animal Magnetism |
| Author | Inchbald, Elizabeth |
| Date | 29 Apr 1788 |
| Licence Application Date | n.d. |
| First Performance Date | 29 Apr 1788 |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA802 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | This comedy satirises phony medical practice and old-fashioned attitudes towards women. |
| Theme | Women in Eighteenth Century Drama European Past 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 | Comedy |
| Acts | Three |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1828. |
| Keywords | comedy Paris female author women satire medicine health doctor love disguise |
| Additional Information | Manuscript contains a prologue. Compared to printed 1828 edition (Cumberland's British Theatre), there are numerous slight differences; prologue not printed. |
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