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[The Tailors, a Tragedy for Warm Weather.] Burlesque, 3 acts


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    The Tailors, A Tragedy for Warm Weather. Burlesque, 2 acts

    Manuscripts

    No application. Prod. (as altered?) Olympic, Feb. 1, 1821. Printed copy, Roach's Edition, n.d.: much MS alteration, deletions, interpolated songs, and new prologue; cast of a performance at Lyceum printed, and new cast inserted in MS. (Dated Olympic, Jan. 26, 1821, in B.C., and described as A Tragical Burletta.) Comp. The Tailors (Or Quadrupeds) a Tragedy for Warm Weather, 1836 (122095): printed portions identical (though a different ed.); alterations not printed. See LA 269 and 1684, the latter another alteration of the same play, using some of the same songs as this MS.

    LA 2202

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    [The Countess of Salisbury.] Tragedy, 5 acts. Hall Hartson

    Manuscripts

    No application. Prod. H2, Aug. 31 (?), 1767 (previously Crow Street, Dublin, May 2, 1765). MS: endorsed Without Dates; pp. 37-40 lacking. Comp. 1767 (Dev HC 10): differs markedly, especially in Act IV.

    LA 270

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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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    Eldred; or, The British Father. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Jackson

    Manuscripts

    No application. Prod. Edinburgh, Feb., 1774; H2, July 7, 1775 (previously, Capel Street, Dublin, Dec., 1773). MS: pp. 17-18 lacking. Comp. Eldred; or, The British Freeholder, Edinburgh, 1782 (K-D 392): some differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: In Larpents List without date but after 1780 is entred a tragedy as licenced under the title of Eldred the British Father.

    LA 367

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    The Devil upon Two Sticks. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel Foote

    Manuscripts

    No application. Prod. H2, May 30, 1768. MS: last two pages of Act II and two pages in Act III lacking; a few corrections in hand of author. Comp. 1778 (K-D 91): slight differences, especially near end of last act.

    LA 282

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    Marcella. Tragedy, 3 acts. William Hayley

    Manuscripts

    No application. Prod. C.G., Nov. 10, 1789. MS: dated Novr. 1789; two copies of prologue, one endorsed Prologue to the Tragedy of Marcella-Covent Garden. Comp. version from Plays of Three Acts, 1784 (Larpent Plays, LA 847): a few discrepancies; prologue not printed. See LA 847 and J.P.C.'s note thereon.

    LA 849