The Count of Burgundy. Play, 4 acts. Alexander Pope (?), from Anne Plumptre's translation of Augustus von Kotzebue

Description

No application. Prod. C.G., Apr. 12, 1799 (?).

Printed copy of Kotzebue's The Count of Burgundy, tr. Anne Plumptre, 1798: MS alterations, consisting almost entirely of excision of passages; partial cast.

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 1249

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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The Count of Burgundy. Play, 4 acts. Alexander Pope (?), from Anne Plumptre's translation of Augustus von Kotzebue

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