Manuscripts
The Czar [Peter]. Comic opera, 3 acts. John O'Keeffe
- Description
No application. Prod. C.G., Mar. 8, 1790.
MS: numerous corrections and deleted passages; cast. Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798: many differences, especially in the songs.
See LA 881, an alteration of this play.
- Production date
- 1737-1824.
- Call number
- LA 860
- 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).
- Associated organization
- Great Britain.
