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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Harlequin Touchstone [The Touchstone], New Airs, Songs & Chorusses in |
| Author | Dibdin, Charles |
| Date | 19 Nov 1789 |
| Licence Application Date | 19 Nov 1789 |
| First Performance Date | Not produced. |
| Document Type | Play |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA851 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica states: It was revived in 1789 or rather attempted to be revived but when the songs &c were sent to the Licenser they were 'forbidden' and that word is written on the copy in Larpent's manuscript -- No reason is apparent. See LA 464. |
| Theme | Censorship & Politics |
| 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 | Pantomime |
| Acts | Two |
| Keywords | censorship song revival Harlequin humour |
| Additional Information | Licence refused. Manuscript has two [plays] bound together; some of the same airs appear in both; cover to first endorsed New Airs Songs & Chorusses &c in the revived Pantomime of Harlequin Touchstone, C.G., Nov., 1789; cover to second endorsed Songs Dialogues & Chorusses in the revived Pantomime of Touchstone, C.G., Nov., 1789, and (by Larpent) Forbidden. |
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