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Field name | Value |
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Title | The Female Duellist |
Date | 12 May 1793 |
Licence Application Date | 12 May 1793 |
First Performance Date | 22 May 1793 |
Document Type | Play |
Library/Archive | The Huntington Library |
Collection Name | John Larpent Plays |
Reference | LA985 |
Language | English |
Document Description | An afterpiece telling the tale of Clara, who had disguised herself as a male, named Lucio. |
Theme | Royalty & Aristocracy Women in Eighteenth Century Drama |
Theatre | The King's Theatre, Haymarket |
Theatre Manager | Kemble, John Philip |
Lord Chamberlain | Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury) |
Examiner at time of Licence Application | Larpent, John |
Actor | Whitfield, Mr Suett, Mr Jordan, Mrs |
Genre | Afterpiece |
Acts | Two |
Geographical Setting | Seville, Spain |
Printed Edition | Printed 1793. |
Keywords | love duel masculinity women monarch king family disguise cross-dressing |
Additional Information | Manuscript contains slight corrections and cast liisting. Compared to 1793 printed edition, there are a few differences. |
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