''The Days of Yore'' is a British

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. It was first staged at the

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on 13 January 1796. The work is set in the

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era. The work was possibly influenced by

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novel '' The Mysterious Mother''.Frank p.256 It ran for five performances.

References

Bibliography

* Chew, Samuel C. & Altick, Richard Daniel. ''A Literary History of England, Volume IV: The Nineteenth Century and After''. Meredith Publishing Company, 1967. * Frank, Frederick S (ed.). ''The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother''. Broadview Press, 2003. * Watson, George. ''The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800. Cambridge University Press, 1971. Plays by Richard Cumberland 1796 plays West End plays Plays set in the Middle Ages Plays set in England {{18thC-play-stub