Manuscripts

One Rake in a Thousand! Comedy, 2 acts

Description

No application. Prod. Bristol, Aug. 16, 1783.

MS: prologue.

J.P.C. in B.D.: It appears by Larpens Book of accounts to have been sent from Bath in 1783 & he licensed it on June 4th. 1783.

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 632

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).

Associated organization

Great Britain.

The Bristol Tars; or, A New Way to Get a Wife. Farce, 2 acts

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Bristol, 1792 (?). MS: dated, by J.P.C.(?), June[?] 1st. 1792 Theatre Royal Bristol. J.P.C. in B.D.: The Bristol Tars...was among Larpents MS and was licensed by him, as appears by his account book for the Bristol Theatre.

LA 966

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The Battle of Eddington; or, British Liberty. Tragedy, 3 acts. John Penn

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Richmond (?), 1796 (?); H2, May 10, 1797. MS: numerous corrections; endorsed, by Larpent(?), Theatre Royal Richmond Mr. Wathin Manager; prologue. Comp. 2d ed., with alterations, 1796 (K-D 297): slight differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: It was licensed on 10 Feby 1796 for the Richmond Theatre, Mr. Wathin Manager.

LA 1151

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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

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Angelina. [Walcot Castle.] Musical drama, 2 acts. Mary Goldsmith (?)

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Margate (?), 1804 (?). MS: previous title, Walcot Castle, erased (but so listed in B.C.). J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpent licensed it [Mary Goldsmith's Angelina] to Wilmot Wells Manager of the Margate Theatre 25 August 1804.

LA 1431

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Who Is She Like. Comedy, 5 acts

Manuscripts

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.

LA 977

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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.]

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One Rake in a Thousand! Comedy, 2 acts

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