Manuscripts

The Merry Men of Kent. Comedy, 5 acts

Description

No application. [1789.]

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Manchester, 1789.

J.P.C. in B.D.: ...licensed on 23 March 1789 for the Manchester Theatre.

Type

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 856

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).

Who Is She Like. Comedy, 5 acts

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. (as The Tale of the Castle; or, Who Is She Like) Edinburgh, Apr. 6, 1793. MS: dated Theatre Royal Edinburgh. March 9th. 1793. J.P.C. in B.D.: It was sent up to be licensed from the T. R. Edinburgh-Larpent entered it in his accounts under date of March 9th. 1793 and that he received it from Mr Eston [Mrs. Esten?] the Manager.

LA 977

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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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The Genius of Liverpool. Prelude. T. Harpley

Manuscripts

No application. [Dec. 21, 1789.] MS: dated 21st. December 1789. Comp. Dramas and Poems, Liverpool, 1790 (K-D 321): slight differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpent enters Kemble as Manager of the Liverpool Theatre when this piece was sent up and licensed on the 21st. Decr. 1789.

LA 853

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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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No Play This Night. Prelude, 1 act

Manuscripts

No application. [Aug. 23, 1797.] Not produced. (License refused.) MS: title-page endorsed not Licensed, and dated by Larpent Aug. 23. J.P.C. in B.D.: No Play this Night, a piece of which the hero was Sylvester Daggerwood in one act. The license was refused on 23 Augt. 1797.

LA 1179

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Alladin; or, The Wonderful Lamp. Romantic drama, 2 acts

Manuscripts

No application. [Norwich, Apr. 4, 1810?] MS: second act marked Act 3rd. (Dated Apr. 6, 1810, in B.C.) J.P.C. in B.D.: Alladin, or the Wonderful Lamp, a Romantic Drama was licensed by Larpent for the Norwich Theatre on 4th. April 1810.

LA 1623

The Merry Men of Kent. Comedy, 5 acts

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