Manuscripts

Lingo's Wedding. Ballad farce, 2 acts

Description

No application. [1784?]

MS: epilogue.

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Lingo's Wedding-a ballad farce from Edinburgh in 1784-' L.L.

Type

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 683

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).

Darius. Tragedy, 5 acts. Thomas Stratford (?)

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. D.L., 1784 (?). MS. J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Darius a Tragedy-Acted at Drury Lane-The Managers letter signed Thomas Linley 1784. L.L. This is no doubt Dr. Stratfords Tragedy... but the MS, among Larpent's Plays, gives no further information. (See B.D., II, 153.)

LA 678

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Runnamede. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Logan

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Edinburgh, 1784 (?). MS: dated 1784; prologue. Comp. Edinburgh, 1784 (K-D 363): numerous differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpent's List says that it was acted at Edinburgh in 1784.-It was among his MSS. as having been licenced.

LA 684

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The Counterfeit Captain; or, Usurer Outwitted. Farce, 2 acts

Manuscripts

Application Apr. 24 [1781?], Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. MS. J.P.C. in B.D.: The Counterfeit Captain or the Usurer Outwitted a farce in two Acts was among Larpents MSS. R B. Sheridans letter for the license is dated April 24 (1781) It was therefore performed at Drury Lane. [I have found no record of its performance at D.L., 1780-83.]

LA 555

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Hallow Fair; or, The School for Lasses. Interlude, 1 act. [William Woods?]

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Edinburgh, Apr. 17, 1784. MS: described as A Local, Comical, Farcical, Musical Interlude; endorsed, at end, Edina: W:W: 1784. March. (Performed for the benefit of Woods.) J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Hallow Fair or the School for Lasses an Interlude represented at Edinburgh. Managers letter signed Jackson'-n. d in L. L.

LA 653

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The Advertisement; or, A New Way to Get a Husband. Farce, 2 acts. James Fennell

Manuscripts

No application. [1791?] MS: several pages canceled. J.P.C. in B.D.: 'The Advertisement or a new way to get a Husband' a farce in 2 acts was licensed on March 3d. 1791 and according to Larpents accounts played for the benefit of Lee Lewis-Larpents Copy contains some curious erasures of passages against dramatic despotism-

LA 924

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Isipile. Opera (Italian), 2 acts

Manuscripts

No application. [1784?] MS. (Dated in L.L., H1, 1784.)

LA 682

Lingo's Wedding. Ballad farce, 2 acts

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