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Title Blue Beard; or, The Flight of Harlequin, Songs in
Author Colman the Younger, George  
Date 19 Dec 1791
Licence Application Date 19 Dec 1791
First Performance Date 21 Dec 1791
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA923
Language English
Document Description Contains songs in the pantomime of Blue Beard, a pantomime which debuted in the Christmas season and became extremely popular in the next few years.
Theme 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 Pantomime  
Printed Edition Printed 1791.
Keywords hero  music  pantomime  sport  
Additional Information Manuscript was dated by Larpent Dec. 21, 1791.
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