Manuscripts

Curiosity. Comedy, 3 acts. Francis Lathom

Description

No application; endorsed to be performed at Norwich by ye Norwh Comy. Mr Hindes Manager. [Prod. Norwich, 1800 or 1801?]

MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, Nov. 18, 1800; previous titles, The Spanish Duel and they can't-[?], erased; endorsed the Author Mr F Lathom; cast. Comp. 1801 (K-D 630): slight differences.

Type

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 1310

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 Dash of the Day. Comedy, 5 acts. Francis Lathom

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Norwich, 1800. MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Norwich, July 25, 1800; previous title, Life in a Mirror, Or, the dash of the day, deleted. Comp. Norwich, 1800 (Dev 8vo 8o): a number of differences.

LA 1311

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Orlando and Seraphina; or, The Funeral Pile. Play (heroic drama), 5 acts. Francis Lathom

Manuscripts

No application. Endorsed Theatre Royal Norwich 10th. March 1801, and For Mr [?] Hindes Manager of the Theatre Royal. Norwich. Prod. Norwich, 1801 (?). MS: a number of deletions. (Not listed in B.C.) Comp. [1799] (K-D 421): printed in three acts; MS a considerably expanded version. Bound with LA 1323

LA 1317

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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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False Shame. Comedy, 3 acts. From Augustus von Kotzebue

Manuscripts

No application. [Norwich, Mar. 17, 1801?] MS: no indication of theatre. Comp. 1799 (K-D 351): MS is apparently a reduction of the translation, printed in four acts, to three acts, accomplished chiefly by cutting the dialogue and inserting a few scenes; other differences are slight. J.P.C. in B.D.: False Shame,..., was sent for License from Norwich Mar 17. 1801 and licensed by Larpent-It was probably founded on LA 100 [i.e., False Shame]. (B.D., II, 220.)

LA 1320

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The British Soldier; or, Life's Campaign. Comedy, 5 acts

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Norwich, Mar. 16, 1805. MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, Feb. 14[?]; endorsed Mr Lawler.

LA 1443

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The Poor Gentleman. Comedy, 5 acts. George Colman, the Younger

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. C.G., Feb. 11, 1801. MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Dec. 31, 1800; numerous deletions. Comp. 1802 (K-D 396): slight differences.

LA 1316

Curiosity. Comedy, 3 acts. Francis Lathom

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