Manuscripts

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

Description

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.

Type

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 651

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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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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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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Speed the Plough. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Morton

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. C.G., Feb. 8, 1800. MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Jan. 29; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1800 (K-D 368): numerous minor differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpents copy bears the date 29th. Jany 1800 but he does not enter the play among the Licences of that year.

LA 1279

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St. Margaret's Cave. Play, 5 acts. George Charles Carr

Manuscripts

No application. [1804?] MS: prologue and epilogue. J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpents Copy was in the hand writing of the author who thus inscribed it on the cover. 'Written by George Charles Carr of the Theatres Royal York and Hull-John Wilkinson Esq manager.' It was licensed 30th. Decr. 1804. [The original cover, here referred to, has been removed from the MS.]

LA 1432

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The Election of the Managers. Prelude, 2 pts. George Colman

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. H2, June 2, 1784. MS: title-page states, for the opening of the Theatre Royal Haymarket. 1784; corrections; some marks, by Examiner(?); prologue and songs. J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpents copy has the author's corrections and omissions-It was objected to on account chiefly of personal allusions to the instrumentality of the Duchess of Devonshire in the Westr. Elect: of 1784. See LA 659.

LA 663

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

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