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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
No application. Prod. C.G., May 10, 1803. MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 2; some marks, by Examiner(?); numerous corrections; cast.
LA 1381
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Manuscripts
No application. [1779?] MS: endorsed March the 1st 1779 Wm. Harricks; numerous revisions. J.P.C. in B.D.: 'A Mirror for the Ladies-an Interlude performed at Drury Lane for the benefit of Mr Davis 1779' L.L. (Apparently neither Mr. nor Mrs. Davis had a benefit at D.L. or C.G. in 1779.)
LA 506
Manuscripts
Produced as 'The Hebrew' and dated, by Larpent, Drury Lane, 9th February. Contains no application . Shows some corrections and excisions, possibly by the Examiner. A retelling of the stories of Isaac and Rebecca from Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.
mssLA 2143
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No application. Prod. (as Raising the Wind) C.G., Nov. 5, 1803. MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Oct. 24; slight corrections in another hand, and some deletions, by Examiner (?); prologue. Comp. Raising the Wind, 1803 (K-D 393): practically identical.
LA 1391
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Manuscripts
No application. Prod. C.G., June 6, 1795. MS: title, Masque or Interlude-To be perform'd for the Benefit of Mrs. Clendining on Saty June 6th-(1795) Altered by the author John Gretton Esqr. from his Ode performed at the Pantheon May 4th. in honor of the nuptials of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with Caroline princess of Brunswick.-Sett to Musick by Mr. Spofforth-The Dances by Mr. Byrne[?]; dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 26.
LA 1087
Manuscripts
Manuscript title page states, 'for the opening of the Theatre Royal Haymarket. 1784'. Includes corrections, some marks, by Examiner [?] and prologue and songs. John Payne Collier in Biographia Dramatica: Larpent's copy has the author's corrections and omissions -- It was objected to on account chiefly of personal allusions to the instrumentality of the Duchess of Devonshire in the Westminster. Elect: of 1784. See LA 659.
mssLA 663