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Manuscripts
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
No application. Prod. (as Lovers on All Sides) Adelphi, Jan. 7, 1820. MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Jan. 2; one passage deleted; included, a note, dated Jan. 4, regarding a passage in the play not approved by Licenser.
LA 2136
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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 842
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Manuscripts
No application. Prod. C.G., Feb. 4, 1791. MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 2; numerous corrections, excisions, and revisions; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 2d ed., 1791 (K-D 456): a number of differences; some passages deleted in MS are printed.
LA 891
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Manuscripts
No application. [C.G., Oct. 10, 1800.] Not produced. MS: cover endorsed, by Larpent, Withdrawn; several long passages deleted; cast. J.P.C. in B.D.: It was sent to Larpent on 10th. Octr. 1800 & he marked upon his copy Withdrawn-Nevertheless all the parts were cast including Munden, Emery, Fawcett, Incledon, Johnstone, &c. Larpent found it highly objectionable on account of what is said regarding monopolizing corn by framers & others.
LA 1301
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Manuscripts
No application. Prod. C.G., June 16, 1795. Printed copy, 1795: dated, by Larpent, Covent Garden June 7th. 1795-; MS corrections; occasional address deleted. Comp. 1795 (K-D 356): different edition but same press and date; the Larpent copy is apparently earlier, as some of the MS corrections are printed in the K-D copy; it contains songs not in K-D copy, and a different cast.
LA 1089
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Manuscripts
No application. Prod. C.G., June 4, 1794. MS: dated 1794; headed A Loyal Effusion, Consisting of Dialogue Music & Spectacle to conclude with a Song & Chorus in honor of his Majesty's Birth-day written and composed by Mr. Dibdin. J.P.C. in B.D.: The date ought to be 1794 [B.D. gives it 1797] and Larpent enters it in his license-book on 29 May 1794-His copy was also dated 1794.
LA 1030