Manuscripts

The Whim. Comedy, 3 acts. Eglantine, Lady Wallace

Description

No application. [Published after license had been refused.]

Printed copy, Margate, 1795: with an Address to the Public, upon the arbitrary and unjust Aspersion of the Licenser against its political sentiments. Offered to be acted..., but refused the Royal License; passages in the Address underscored in MS. Comp. same ed. (Dev 8vo 21): identical.

See LA 1093.

Type

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 1104

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 Whim. Comedy, 2 acts. Eglantine, Lady Wallace

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 1093

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The Duke's Coat. Musical entertainment, 1 act

Manuscripts

Application n.d. [1815?], Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Not produced. (License refused.) MS: endorsed by Larpent August 29th. 1815 Licence refused. Comp. The Duke's Coat; or, The Night after Waterloo: A Dramatick Anecdote; prepared for representation on the 6th September, at the Theatre-Royal, Lyceum, and Interdicted by the Licenser of Plays, 1815 (K-D 503): numerous slight differences.

LA 1899

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The Man of the World. Comedy, 5 acts. Charles Macklin

Manuscripts

Application Aug. 2, [1770,] Samuel Foote, H2. Not produced. (License refused.) MS: endorsed Thought unfit to be licensed. Comp. 1793 (K-D 346): great differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: The entry in Larpents List regarding this play is as follows 'Man of the World, from the Little Theatre Haymarket. Manager S. Foote. This piece was refused the license in 1770.' Afterwards we have these entries-'Man of the World from Covent Garden. Author Macklin. Manager T. Harris-The license refused -1779'-'Man of the World from Covent Garden-Author Macklin-License allowed 1781'-... In 1779 there was a correspondence on the Subject between Macklin & Lord Hertford. See LA 500 and 558.

LA 311

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The Ward of the Castle. Comic opera, 3 acts. Miss Burke

Manuscripts

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.

LA 992

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The Death of the Queen of France. Play, 4 acts

Manuscripts

No application. Not produced. (License refused.) MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, May 7, 1804, and marked Refused.

LA 1413

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No Play This Night. Prelude, 1 act

Manuscripts

No application. [Aug. 23, 1797.] Not produced. (License refused.) MS: title-page endorsed not Licensed, and dated by Larpent Aug. 23. J.P.C. in B.D.: No Play this Night, a piece of which the hero was Sylvester Daggerwood in one act. The license was refused on 23 Augt. 1797.

LA 1179

The Whim. Comedy, 3 acts. Eglantine, Lady Wallace

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