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331. Kings MS 300

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Kings MS 300
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'A PRETIE and mery new Enterlude : called the Disobedient Child. Compiled by Thomas Ingelend late Student in Cambridge': transcript by John Henderson (sale-cat. lot 852) from the edition 'imprinted at London ... by Thomas Colwell' [1570?]. Paper; ff. 30. Quarto. 83/4 in. x 71/4 in. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

332. Kings MS 301

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Kings MS 301
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'THE ISLANDERS, or Mad-Orphan', by John O'Kelly, of the Inner Temple : comedy in five acts, the scene being laid in Jamaica, with prologue and epilogue to the Prince and Princess of Wales [George, afterwards George II, and his wife Wilhelmine Caroline, d. 1737]. Characters, Col. Blithe, Triffler...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

333. Kings MS 302

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Kings MS 302
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'THE CONTRAST, a comedy', in five acts. Ascribed in the sale-catalogue of the library of John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, in 1812, 1Ot 5624, to J Phipps. Characters, Lovegold, Doating, Heartwell Sen. and jun., Lady Trulove, Clarinda, Celia, &c. Apparently autograph. Paper; ff. 73. Quarto. 9 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

334. Kings MS 303

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Kings MS 303
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THE SYCOPHANT, a comedy', in five acts; with the alternative title 'The Phylanthropist' (ff. 47 b, 60b, 75 b). Ascribed in the Roxburghe Catalogue, lot 5626, to J- Phipps, and in the same hand as 302. Characters, Lord Kingly, his son, Smoothly, Meanwell, Lady Kingly, Cecilia Tradewell, Mrs. Haza...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

335. Kings MS 304

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Kings MS 304
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'THE IMPORTANT DISCOVERY, a comedy from The King and no King of Beaumont and Fletcher', in five acts. Ascribed in the Roxburghe Catalogue, lot 5625 (cf nos. 302, 303), to J- Phipps, Paper; ff. 124. Quarto. 91/2 in. x 71/2 in. XVIII cent. Stamp of the Roxburghe arms on f. 3 b.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

336. Kings MS 305

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Kings MS 305
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'COUNT EDMUND, or the Unhappy Marriage', a tragedy in five acts [by Horace Walpole Earl of Orford 1791], generally known as 'The Mysterious Mother' and printed under that title at Strawberry Hill, 1768. Preceded (f. 1) by a 'Postscript to the Mysterious Mother' (somewhat amplified at the end of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

337. Kings MS 306

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Kings MS 306
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IRENE, a tragedy, by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Holograph rough sketch. The play was finished in 1731, but not acted till 1749, when after a run of nine nights it was withdrawn (Dict. Nat. Biogr.). The MS. was given by the author to Bennet Langton, who presented it to the King's Library (ib.). Paper; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

338. Kings MS 307

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Kings MS 307
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IRENE, a tragedy by Dr. S. Johnson. A fair copy of MS. 306. Paper ; ff. 60. Quarto. 91/4 in. x 91/4 in. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

339. Kings MS 308

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Kings MS 308
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'CATALOGUE of all the English Plays in Her Royal Highness' [Caroline, Princess of Wales] Library, 1722'; arranged alphabetically. Includes about 700 plays, with a list (f. 1 b) of the collections in which they are printed. No plays in MS. are mentioned. Paper ; ff. 18. Folio. 121/2 in. x 8 in. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

340. Kings MS 309

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Kings MS 309
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'CATALOGUE of [David] Garrick's plays', so described on the back: a list of about 1,300 plays, arranged in alphabetical order. The collection was bequeathed by Garrick to the British Museum, by will dat. 24 Sept. 1778. Paper; ff. 11. Quarto. 9 in. x 71/4 in. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item