Manuscripts

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

Description

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.)

Type

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 678

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).

Runnamede. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Logan

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Edinburgh, 1784 (?). MS: dated 1784; prologue. Comp. Edinburgh, 1784 (K-D 363): numerous differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpent's List says that it was acted at Edinburgh in 1784.-It was among his MSS. as having been licenced.

LA 684

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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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Lingo's Wedding. Ballad farce, 2 acts

Manuscripts

No application. [1784?] MS: epilogue. J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Lingo's Wedding-a ballad farce from Edinburgh in 1784-' L.L.

LA 683

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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.]

LA 1367

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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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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

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

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