Manuscripts
The Ward of the Castle. Comic opera, 3 acts. Miss Burke
- Description
No application. Prod. C.G., Oct. 24, 1793.
MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., 1793; numerous canceled passages; cast. Comp. Songs, Duets, Choruses, &c., in The Ward of the Castle, 1793 (Dev 8vo 66): slight differences; songs, only, printed.
- Production date
- 1737-1824.
- Call number
- LA 992
- 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.
