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The Step Mother; or, Fraternal Friendship. Tragedy, 5 acts

Description

No application. Prod. Edinburgh, 1814 (?).

MS: endorsed, by Larpent(?), Edinburgh, Feb. 11, 1814; notice to Mr. Murray, directing him to secure from Lord Chamberlain's office permission to perform, and stating that the source of the story is the History of the Ottoman Empire; prologue.

Type
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Production date
1737-1824.
Call number
LA 1839
Creator
Larpent, John (1741-1824)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased with the Ellesmere collection from John Francis Granville Scroop Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, through the agency of George D. Smith and Sotheby's of London, 1917. The collection was purchased by John Payne Collier. In 1853, he sold it to Francis Egerton, Viscount Brackley and 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857).
Associated organization
Great Britain.
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