Manuscripts

Marcella. Tragedy, 3 acts. William Hayley

Description

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.

Type

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 849

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).

Marcella. Tragedy, 3 acts. William Hayley

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 847

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Eudora. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Hayley

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. C.G., Jan. 29, 1790. MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. Three Plays, Chichester, 1811 (K-D 515): prologue and epilogue not printed; slight differences.

LA 857

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Phaedra. Tragedy, 5 acts. Thomas Morris, from Racine

Manuscripts

No application. [1793?] MS: prologue and epilogue, Written by Capt. Thomas Morris. J.P.C. in B.D. quotes from Larpent's account books (?), Phaedra, a Tragedy in five Acts for the benefit of the Literary Fund Feb. 7th 1793. (The same statement and date are repeated in B.C.)

LA 1004

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Darius. Tragedy, 5 acts. Thomas Stratford (?)

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. D.L., 1784 (?). MS. J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Darius a Tragedy-Acted at Drury Lane-The Managers letter signed Thomas Linley 1784. L.L. This is no doubt Dr. Stratfords Tragedy... but the MS, among Larpent's Plays, gives no further information. (See B.D., II, 153.)

LA 678

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The Demon of the Woods; or, The Clock Has Struck. Melodrama, 3 acts. Matthew Gregory Lewis (?)

Manuscripts

No application. [1807?] MS. J.P.C. in B.D., concerning M. G. Lewis, The Wood Daemon (1807): On 13. Novr. 1807 Larpent Licensed the Daemon of the Woods in 3 Acts for the Norwich Theatre in which the pantomime of the Wood Daemon was put into words. See LA 1514 and 1686.

LA 1534

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Goodwin. Tragedy, 5 acts. Anne Yearsley

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Bath, [Oct.?] 1789. MS: much revised; endorsed By Mrs. Yearsley the Bristol Milkwoman. Octr. 1789; prologue and epilogue, each dated October 1789. Comp. Earl Goodwin, 1791 (K-D 472): numerous differences.

LA 846

Marcella. Tragedy, 3 acts. William Hayley

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