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).

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Application Dec. 4, 1823, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. Dec. 26. MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 5; songs and some dialogue only. Comp. Songs, Chorusses, &c....in Harlequin and Poor Robin, 1823 (K-D 536): a few discrepancies.
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Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Application Dec. 16, 1822, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Dec. 26. MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 17. Comp. 1822 (K-D 509): extensive differences.
LA 2324
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[Harlequin and Quixote; or, The Magic Arm, Songs in.] Pantomime. James C. Cross
Manuscripts
No application. Prod. C.G., Dec. 26, 1797. MS: endorsed New Pantomime, and dated by Larpent Dec. 15.
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No application. Prod. C.G., Dec. 19, 1796. MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 10; a note, dated C.G., Dec. 10, requesting that one song be omitted, having been licensed before.
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Harlequin's Habeas; or, The Hall of Spectres. Pantomime. Thomas John Dibdin
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No application. Prod. C.G., Dec. 27, 1802. MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Dec. 17. Comp. Songs, Chorusses,... &c., in Harlequin's Habeas; etc., 1802 (K-D 392): only slight variations.
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