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The Jubilee. Interlude, 2 pts. David Garrick


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    Harlequin's Invasion. Pantomime. David Garrick

    Manuscripts

    No application. Prod. D.L., Dec. 31, 1759. MS: incomplete, containing only one scene. Printed in full in Three Plays by David Garrick, ed. Elizabeth P. Stein (1926), from a MS in the Boston Public Library.

    LA 166

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    The Election of the Managers. Prelude, 2 pts. George Colman

    Manuscripts

    No application. Prod. H2, June 2, 1784. MS: title-page states, for the opening of the Theatre Royal Haymarket. 1784; corrections; some marks, by Examiner(?); prologue and songs. J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpents copy has the author's corrections and omissions-It was objected to on account chiefly of personal allusions to the instrumentality of the Duchess of Devonshire in the Westr. Elect: of 1784. See LA 659.

    LA 663

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    Six English plays by David Garrick and others

    Manuscripts

    Bound volume containing handwritten late 18th century copies of six English plays in various hands, collated by John Philip Kemble in 1800. The titles consist of Fortune's Taske, or The Fickle Fair One by John Horne (HM 11); The Meeting of the Company; or Baye's Art of Acting by David Garrick (HM 12); The Jubilee by Garrick (HM 13); The Nice Wanton (HM 14); A Warning for Faire Women (HM 15); and The Marriage of Witte and Science (HM 16). Laid in are two clipped engravings: one of men and a woman standing in a room with a dog in the foreground by J. Clark and "The Wonder" by Burney, printed for J. Bell, 1792. The title page of each play has the handwritten note of John Philip Kemble: "Collated & Perfect, J.P.K. 1800."

    mssHM 11-16

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    Modern Breakfast; or, All Asleep at Noon. Interlude. Henry Siddons

    Manuscripts

    No application. Prod. H2, Aug. 11, 1790. MS: some corrected passages; dated by Larpent Theatre Royal, Haymarket 3d. August 1790; cast. Comp. 1790 (K-D 102): only slight differences; prologue not in MS.

    LA 878

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    Linco's Travels. Interlude, 1 act. David Garrick

    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 268

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    The Order of the Garter. Masque, 3 pts. David Garrick

    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 327