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The Hurly Burly; or, The Fairy of the Well. Pantomime, 18 scenes. James Cobb and Thomas King

Description

Application n.d. [1785], Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Jan. 2, 1786 (?).

MS: one correction and one speech deleted; note, dated Dec. 24, 1785: Mr King's best respects wait on Mr Larpent-hopes the alteration made in the enclosed Copy will do away whatever may have been thought exceptionable. Comp. copy (no date, no title-page), apparently printed for distribution in the theater (K-D 630): only first few pages of MS, a few songs, and concluding speeches are printed, such parts of it as have an immediate relation to the plot; no differences in part printed.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1737-1824.
Call number
LA 715
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.
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