Manuscripts

Who Is She Like. Comedy, 5 acts

Description

No application. Prod. (as The Tale of the Castle; or, Who Is She Like) Edinburgh, Apr. 6, 1793.

MS: dated Theatre Royal Edinburgh. March 9th. 1793.

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was sent up to be licensed from the T. R. Edinburgh-Larpent entered it in his accounts under date of March 9th. 1793 and that he received it from Mr Eston [Mrs. Esten?] the Manager.

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 977

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).

The Merry Men of Kent. Comedy, 5 acts

Manuscripts

No application. [1789.] MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Manchester, 1789. J.P.C. in B.D.: ...licensed on 23 March 1789 for the Manchester Theatre.

LA 856

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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 Author on the Wheel; or, A Piece Cut in the Green Room. Entertainment, 1 act

Manuscripts

Application n.d. [Apr. 9, 1785?], Thomas Linley, D.L. MS: slight revisions. J.P.C. in B.D.: The Author on the Wheel, a piece cut in the Greenroom was probably played in 1785 as Larpent licensed it on 9th April in that year as appears by his account book-It was only one act. It was sent from the Manager of Drury Lane, Lindly.

LA 695

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Neither's the Man. Comedy, 5 acts. Mrs. Margaret Holford

Manuscripts

Application Oct. 31, 1798, by _____ Ward and _____ Banks, Chester. MS: note: It is requested Mr. Larpent will expedite the Licencing of this Piece, as it is intended merely [?] for a Benefit, in the course of 10 days; another note: This copy to be left at the Lord Chamberlain's Office, as the Author has another Copy at Chester; prologue and epilogue. J.P.C. in B.D.: It was licensed on Nov. 3d. 1798 having been sent by Ward & Banks Managers of the Chester Theatre.

LA 1231

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The Swindler. Comedy, 2 acts

Manuscripts

No application. Printed copy, 1785. J.P.C. in B.D.: It may be doubted whether it was not acted. It was certainly sent to Larpent in order to be licensed, but it does not appear from which Theatre. [The mere presence of an unannotated printed copy, without manager's letter, among Larpent's MSS is not indication that the piece was acted or even sent for license.]

LA 719

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How to Grow Rich. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. C.G., Apr. 18, 1793. MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 27; some corrections; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1793 (K-D 359): slight differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: The Prologue was by Will. Tho. Fitzgerald.

LA 979

Who Is She Like. Comedy, 5 acts

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