Manuscripts

The Genius of Liverpool. Prelude. T. Harpley

Description

No application. [Dec. 21, 1789.]

MS: dated 21st. December 1789. Comp. Dramas and Poems, Liverpool, 1790 (K-D 321): slight differences.

J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpent enters Kemble as Manager of the Liverpool Theatre when this piece was sent up and licensed on the 21st. Decr. 1789.

Type

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 853

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).

Associated organization

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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The Battle of Eddington; or, British Liberty. Tragedy, 3 acts. John Penn

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Richmond (?), 1796 (?); H2, May 10, 1797. MS: numerous corrections; endorsed, by Larpent(?), Theatre Royal Richmond Mr. Wathin Manager; prologue. Comp. 2d ed., with alterations, 1796 (K-D 297): slight differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: It was licensed on 10 Feby 1796 for the Richmond Theatre, Mr. Wathin Manager.

LA 1151

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The Merry Men of Kent. Comedy, 5 acts

Manuscripts

No application. [1789.] MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Manchester, 1789. J.P.C. in B.D.: ...licensed on 23 March 1789 for the Manchester Theatre.

LA 856

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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 King's Bench. Opera, 3 acts. Joseph George Holman

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. (as Abroad and at Home) C.G., Nov. 19, 1796. MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Nov. 14. Comp. Abroad and at Home, 2d ed., 1796 (K-D 354): numerous differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpent enters the title in his account book as 'The Kings Bench or abroad & at home' and says nothing of any disapprobation. In the copy of the play sent to him it stood only the Kings Bench.

LA 1143

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The Man of Enterprise. Farce, 2 acts. Charles Shillito

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Norwich, 1789 (?). MS: numerous erasures and some corrections; cast. Comp. Colchester, 1789 (K-D 201): numerous slight differences.

LA 855

The Genius of Liverpool. Prelude. T. Harpley

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