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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 86
Manuscripts
This farce focuses on a ship of English sailor's and their conflict with Spanish sailors, along with a performance they are planning.
mssLA 16
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No application. [Apr. 10, 1795.] MS: cover, in Larpent's hand, reads: Love & Money A Farce in 2 [sic] Acts Theatre Royal, Norwich, 10th April, 1795.
LA 1066
Manuscripts
Manuscript farce focused on the wedding of the two eponymous characters.
mssLA 689
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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
Manuscripts
Manuscript title page states, 'For the opening of the Theatre Royal Haymarket 1784'. There are some corrections, by author [?], and passages marked for omission, by Examiner [?]. See LA 663, of which this is apparently a copy, with some corrections made.
mssLA 659
