Manuscripts

Tears and Smiles. Musical romance, 2 acts. Edmund John Eyre

Description: The collection consists of official copies of plays submitted for licensing between 1737 and 1824. Most of copies were written by professional copyists. Approximately 95 of the plays submitted were printed texts, either whole or partial. These have been cataloged individually and may be searched in the online catalog.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: May 6, 1809, Richard Wroughton, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as The VintagersH2,
Call number: LA 1576
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).

The Dreamer Awake; or, The Pugilist Match'd. Farce, 2 acts. Edmund John Eyre

Manuscripts

The collection consists of official copies of plays submitted for licensing between 1737 and 1824. Most of copies were written by professional copyists. Approximately 95 of the plays submitted were printed texts, either whole or partial. These have been cataloged individually and may be searched in the online catalog.

LA 905

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