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1. Add MS 42865-43038 C

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Add MS 42865-43038 C
Title:
Plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office for licensing under the provisions of the Acts regulating the performance of stage plays (10 Geo. II cap. 28 and 6 & 7 Vic. cap. 68)
Scope & Content:
The present collection covers the whole of the periods of office, as successive Examiners of Plays, of George Colman, junior (appointed 19 Jan. 1824), and Charles Kemble (appointed 2 Nov. 1836), and part of that of John Mitchell Kemble (appointed 24 Feb. 1840); it also contains two misplaced ite...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
Feb 1824-Dec 1851
Extent:
176 items

2. Add MS 43038 B

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Scope & Content:
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. VOL. CLXXIV B (ff. 131). Jan. 1830. ' 'Werner or the Inheritance' and 'Heaven and Earth', Part 1, by Lord Byron (the front cover forms 42899, art. 8). Printed [1824], with manuscript alterations. George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; poet: Plays by: submitted 1830...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1824]
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 42876

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Add MS 42876
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Scope & Content:
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XII (ff. 587). Jan.-Feb. 1826. (1) 'Heads versus Pockets or Knaves over Trumped'. ff. 2-36 b. (2) 'The French Libertine', by J. H. Payne (see also 42875, art. 2). ff. 37-136. (3) 'The Three Hunchbacks or the Sabre Grinders of Damascus', by E. Ball (E. Fitzbal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1826-Feb 1826
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 42879

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Add MS 42879
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Scope & Content:
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XV (ff. 566). July-Sept. 1826, except art. 7 (Sept. 1825). (1) 'Lying made Easy'. ff. 2-21. (2) 'Poor Relations or who's to inherit?' ff. 22-58 b. (3) 'Before Breakfast', by R. B. Peake. ff. 59-91 b. (4) 'Peter Smink or which is the Miller' ('Peter Smink or...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1826-Sep 1826
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 42877

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Scope & Content:
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XIII (ff. 490). March-May 1826. (1) 'Benyowsky'('Benyowsky or the Exiles of Kamschatka'), by J. Kenney. ff. 3-39 b. (2) 'Oberon or the Charmed Horn', by G. Macfarren. ff. 40-117. (3) 'Past and Present or what a Change!'. ff. 118-161. (4) 'Three Deep or All ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1826-May 1826
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 42868

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Add MS 42868
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Scope & Content:
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. IV (ff. 482). Aug.-Oct. 1824. (1) 'The Frozen Lake' altered from 'The Snow-Track', by J. R. Planché. Act. I (see also 42869, art. 4). ff. 2-16b. (2) 'Jonathan in England' ('Americans Abroad'), by R. B. Peake. ff. 17-57. (3) 'Preciosa the Spanish Gypsey'. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1824-Oct 1824
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 42875

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Scope & Content:
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XI (ff. 493). Jan. 1826. (1) 'Babington', by T. Doubleday. Printed (1825), with a manuscript addition. ff. 2-79b. (2) 'Richelieu', by J. H. Payne (see also 42876, art. 2). Licence refused. ff. 80-184. (3) 'The Betrothed', by E. Fitzball. ff. 185-216. (4) 'J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1826
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 42903

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Scope & Content:
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XXXIX (ff. 585). June-Aug. 1830. (1) 'Don Giovanni' ('Don Juan'), by J. B. Buckstone. ff. 1-36 b. (2) 'Le Garde de Nuit ou le Bal Masqué', by 'Monsieur Mélesville' and A. M. B. G. Masson. French. Printed (1829). ff. 37-67 b. (3) 'The Force of Nature', by T. J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1830-Aug 1830
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 42871

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Scope & Content:
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. VII (ff. 509). April-May 1825. (1) 'Preciosa or the Spanish Gipsy', [by W. Ball or G. Soane]. ff. 2-53. (2) 'Tribulation or Unwelcome Visitors', by J. Poole. ff. 54-93 b. (3) 'Love makes an Irishman or the Double Disguise'. ff. 94-154. (4) 'The Battle of Wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1825-May 1825
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 42886

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Scope & Content:
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XXII (ff. 636). Oct.-Nov. 1827. (1) 'Thirty Years or the Life of a Gamester'. ff. 1-48. (2) 'The Gambler's Fate or a Lapse of Twenty (altered from Fifteen) Years', by H. M. Milner. ff. 49-128. (3) 'The Wealthy Widow or they are both to blame' altered from 'Je...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1827-Nov 1827
Extent:
1 item