Manuscripts

The Demon of the Woods; or, The Clock Has Struck. Melodrama, 3 acts. Matthew Gregory Lewis (?)

Description

No application. [1807?]

MS.

J.P.C. in B.D., concerning M. G. Lewis, The Wood Daemon (1807): On 13. Novr. 1807 Larpent Licensed the Daemon of the Woods in 3 Acts for the Norwich Theatre in which the pantomime of the Wood Daemon was put into words.

See LA 1514 and 1686.

Type

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 1534

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).

False Shame. Comedy, 3 acts. From Augustus von Kotzebue

Manuscripts

No application. [Norwich, Mar. 17, 1801?] MS: no indication of theatre. Comp. 1799 (K-D 351): MS is apparently a reduction of the translation, printed in four acts, to three acts, accomplished chiefly by cutting the dialogue and inserting a few scenes; other differences are slight. J.P.C. in B.D.: False Shame,..., was sent for License from Norwich Mar 17. 1801 and licensed by Larpent-It was probably founded on LA 100 [i.e., False Shame]. (B.D., II, 220.)

LA 1320

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The Wood Daemon; or, The Clock Has Struck. Melodrama, 2 acts. Matthew Gregory Lewis

Manuscripts

The collection consists of official copies of plays submitted for licensing between 1737 and 1824. Most of copies were written by professional copyists. Approximately 95 of the plays submitted were printed texts, either whole or partial. These have been cataloged individually and may be searched in the online catalog.

LA 1514

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Love and Loyalty. Opera, 2 acts. B. Lindor (?)

Manuscripts

No application. [April, 1795?] Not produced (?). MS: dated Theatre Royal, Norwich. April 1795; endorsed by B. Lindor [?]; some deletions. J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Love and Loyalty, an Opera in 2 Acts by B. Lindor' was sent to Larpent in April 1795 but it was not licensed as he has entered in his account book that the license was 'never taken out.'

LA 1074

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The Wife of a Million. Comedy, 5 acts. Francis Lathom

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Norwich, 1802(?). MS: corrections in another hand, and some cancellations. Comp. Norwich, [1803?] (K-D 398): no material differences. J.P.C. in B.D. states, licensed by Larpent for the Norwich Theatre in March 1802. [Authority presumably Larpent's account books.]

LA 1367

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The Murder'd Maid; or, The Clock Struck Four. Drama, 3 acts

Manuscripts

No application. [Norwich, Apr. 25, 1820.] MS: dated by Larpent.

LA 2148

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Marcella. Tragedy, 3 acts. William Hayley

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. C.G., Nov. 10, 1789. MS: dated Novr. 1789; two copies of prologue, one endorsed Prologue to the Tragedy of Marcella-Covent Garden. Comp. version from Plays of Three Acts, 1784 (Larpent Plays, LA 847): a few discrepancies; prologue not printed. See LA 847 and J.P.C.'s note thereon.

LA 849

The Demon of the Woods; or, The Clock Has Struck. Melodrama, 3 acts. Matthew Gregory Lewis (?)

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