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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Widow of Malabar |
| Author | Starke, Marianna |
| Date | 21 Apr 1790 |
| Licence Application Date | 21 Apr 1790 |
| First Performance Date | 5 May 1790 |
| Document Type | Play Epilogue |
| Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
| Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
| Reference | LA869 |
| Language | English |
| Document Description | Adapted from Lemierre's 'La Veuve de Malabar' in which an Indian woman, the widow of the title, attempts to burn herself on her husband's funeral pyre and is rescued by an Englishman. |
| Theme | Modes of Performance: Costume, Scenography & Spectacle 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 |
| (Other) People | Lemierre, Antoine-Marin |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Acts | Three |
| Printed Edition | Printed 1791. |
| Keywords | Indian widow wife marriage suicide adaptation |
| Additional Information | Produced May 5 (previously, privately at Camberwell, 1790). Manuscript includes an epilogue and a cast list. An address for Miss Brunton is also included, LA 869add. Some passages in the manuscript are not printed; otherwise only a few differences between the manuscript and printed versions. Application is included with LA 870. |
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| Document linked to |
The Widow of Malabar, Address for Miss Burnton The Crusade |
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