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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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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
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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 1192
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Rare Books
A biography of the nineteenth-century naturalist who devoted his life to studying American wildlife, climate, and geology
475884
Manuscripts
A play written by the sister of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It seemed to have been performed only once.
mssLA 1714
Manuscripts
A play which was a Shakespearean hoax written by William Henry Ireland, who had claimed to have been the rightful descendant to one of Shakespeare's plays. In the play, King of the Britons Constantius offers half his crown to his adviser Vortigern.
mssLA 1110
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Manuscripts
Printed copy, 1821 [?]. The title-page is lacking information. Dated by Larpent April, 1821; numerous and extensive deletions; notice states, 'we have so curtailed [it] that I believe not a single objectionable line can be said to exist'.
mssLA 2224
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Manuscripts
The identical lock of hair said by Ireland to have been given to Shakespeare by Anne Hathaway; enclosed in a wood and morocco box.
mssHM 45657