Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Heavily censored and then refused licence. The play ridicules the Emperor of Morocco, jeopardising political relationships.
mssLA 1037
Manuscripts
Not produced as the licence was refused. Manuscript copy endorsed, by Larpent 'Licence refused'. Some deletion and underscoring.
mssLA 2031
Manuscripts
Not produced as the licence was refused. This burletta centres around the myth of the judgment of Paris.
mssLA 330
Manuscripts
Application of 05 Feb 1772 was had the licence application refused. This burletta centres around the myth of the judgment of Paris.
mssLA 339
Manuscripts
The licence for this play was refused. The manuscript is endorsed 'Thought unfit to be licenced'. There are great differences between this manuscript version and the printed version.
mssLA 311
Manuscripts
This opera alludes to the fall of Bastille in 1789 and uses the story of the 'Man in the Iron Mask' as a vehicle for social commentary on the burgeoning French revolution. The licence was refused until political allusions were removed.
mssLA 845