Manuscripts

Oh! It's Impossible. Comedy, 5 acts. John Philip Kemble, from Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors

Description

Application Feb. 4, 1780, John Kemble for Tate Wilkinson, York. Prod. 1780 (?).

MS: some corrections.

J.P.C. in B.D.: It is an alteration of the Comedy of Errors with the names of the characters all changed and the scene laid in London.

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 511

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 Fair Refugee; or, The Rival Jews. Comedy, 5 acts

Manuscripts

No application. [Apr. 12, 1784?] Prod. H2, 1784 (?). MS. J.P.C. in B.D.: In Larpents MS it is said that the Comedy was written in 1780-It was licenced by Larpents Acct. books on 12 April 1784-It is probable therefore that it was played in the summer of that year.

LA 651

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The Pharo Table. Dialogue and songs. Comedy, 3 acts. From Susannah Centlivre, The Gamester

Manuscripts

Application n.d. [Mar., 1789], Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Faro Table) Apr. 4, 1789. MS: notice states, The following Dialogue & Songs are in [tended?] as the Alteration from a Comedy of Five Acts call'd The Gamester written by Mrs. Centlivre, into a Comedy of Three Acts call'd the Pharo Table...; dated, by Larpent(?), March 1789. J.P.C. in B.D.: Some new songs as well as new dialogues were added and were sent for Licence in March 1789.

LA 820

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The Macaroni. Comedy, 5 acts. Robert Hitchcock

Manuscripts

Application n.d. [Feb., 1773], Tate Wilkinson, York. Prod. 1773 (?). MS: endorsed X and acted at York in Feb. 1773. Comp. York, 1773 (K-D 67): numerous minor differences.

LA 348

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More Ways than Means. Comedy, 4 acts. George Colman, the Younger

Manuscripts

No application. [1786?] Prod. (as Ways and Means; or, A Trip to Dover) H2, July 10, 1788. MS: dated, by J.P.C.(?), 1786. Comp. Ways and Means, 2d ed., 1788 (K-D 107): printed in three acts; numerous differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: More Ways than Means, a Comedy in 4 Acts acted at the Haymarket in 1786.' LL. See 'Ways & Means' & MS note. [And, under Ways and Means in B.D.] It was licenced, as appears by Larpents Account books on 16: Augt. 1786 under the title of 'More Ways than Means, a Comedy in 4 Acts' Qy whether the Printed Copy of 1788 varies from the four act play. See MS note 'More Ways than Means.' Some of the characters were subsequently omitted.

LA 755

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Ridicule; or, Life's a Jest. Comedy, 5 acts

Manuscripts

No application. Not produced? [1795.] MS: endorsed (in author's hand?) at beginning, Begun February 8.-1795, and at end, Ended February 16th. 1795. J.P.C. in B.D.: Ridicule or Lifes a Jest a comedy in 5 Acts in MS is in my hands [he does not say among Larpent's MSS] with the date 1795. It does not appear that it was ever acted.

LA 1102

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The Maid of Honor. Comedy, 5 acts. John Philip Kemble, from Philip Massinger

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 687

Oh! It's Impossible. Comedy, 5 acts. John Philip Kemble, from Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors

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