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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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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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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No application. Prod. H2, Aug. 29, 1786. Printed copy of Atkinson's play, 1785: extensive MS corrections and additions; MS prologue and epilogue. Comp. Tit for Tat, 1788 (K-D 96): except for some slight differences, the revisions are incorporated.
LA 744
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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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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.
LA 511
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No application. Prod. C.G., Feb. 11, 1801. MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Dec. 31, 1800; numerous deletions. Comp. 1802 (K-D 396): slight differences.
LA 1316