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Reference (shelfmark):: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 42870
Title:
Scope & Content:: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. VI (ff. 545). Jan.-March 1825. (1) 'Masaniello' ('Masaniello, the Fisherman of Naples'), by G. Soane. ff. 1-68. (2) 'More Blunders than One or the Irish Valet', by G. H. B. Rodwell, new scene (see also 42869, art. 9). ff. 69-83. (3) 'Reverses or the Innocent ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: Jan 1825-Mar 1825
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 42872
Title:
Scope & Content:: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. VIII (ff. 604). May-Sept. 1825 (see also 42873, 42879, art. 7). On f. 1b is part of the autograph draft of a review (?) by W. B. Donne (cf. 42880, f. 1b). (1) 'Grandpapa'. ff. 3-62. (2) 'Redgauntlet', by W. H. Murray, lacking pp. 19, 20, 37, 38. Printed (1824),...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: May 1825-Sep 1825
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 42878
Title:
Scope & Content:: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XIV (ff. 554). May-July 1826. (1) 'Woodstock', [by C. I. M. Dibdin or I. Pocock]. ff. 1-116. (2) 'The Knights of the Cross or the Hermit's Prophecy', by S. Beazley. ff. 117-184. (3) 'Tebaldo ed Isolina', by G. Rossi. Italian. ff. 185-205b. (4) 'The Two Cris...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: May 1826-Jul 1826
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 42881
Title:
Scope & Content:: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XVII (ff. 569). Nov.-Dec. 1826. (1) 'A Card or John Street, Adelphi' altered from 'Cards of Address' ('A Card! 23 John Street, Adelphi'), by J. B. Buckstone. ff. 2-24. (2) 'The Flying Dutchman! or the Phantom Ship!', by E. Fitzball. ff. 25-128. (3) 'The Assig...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: Nov 1826-Dec 1826
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 42883
Title:
Scope & Content:: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XIX (ff. 589). Feb.-May 1827 (see also 42887, art. 12), except art. 12 (May 1830). (1) 'Comfortable Lodgings' ('Comfortable Lodgings or Paris in 1750'), by R. B. Peake (see also 42911, art. 4). ff. 1-43 b. (2) 'The Trial of Love', by G. Soane. ff. 44-115. (3)...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Italian
Date Range:: Feb 1827-May 1827
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 42884
Title:
Scope & Content:: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XX (ff. 697). May-July 1827. (1) 'Ben Nazir the Saracen', by T. C. Grattan, Act 1 (Acts 2 to 5 form 42887, art. 12). ff. 1-16. (2) 'Love and Reason', by M. R. Lacy. ff. 17-95. (3) 'The Minstrel of Lochmaben or the Winter's Night' al. 'The Winter's Night or th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Italian
Date Range:: May 1827-Jul 1827
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 42889
Title:
Scope & Content:: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XXV (ff. 659). Jan.-March 1828. (1) 'Edward the Black Prince or she never told her Love', by F. Reynolds. ff. 1-116. (2) 'Conrad and Christine' altered from 'Conrad and his Rival'. ff. 117- 142. (3) 'In Search of a Wife or Love in Disguise'. ff. 143-162b. (...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: Jan 1828-Mar 1828
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 42901
Title:
Scope & Content:: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. VOI. XXXVII (ff. 672). March-May 1830 (see also 42883, art. 12). (1) 'The Wigwam or the Men of the Wilderness' altered from 'The Delawares', by T. J. Dibdin. ff. 1-29. (2) 'The Dragon's Gift' altered from 'Chip Chow or the Scarf of Flight' ('The Dragon's Gift or the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Italian
Date Range:: Mar 1830-May 1830
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 42906
Title:
Scope & Content:: LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XLII (ff. 635). Jan.-Sept. 1830. Plays in French (except art. 18). All printed. (1) 'Les Rendez-Vous Bourgeois', by F. B. Hoffman (1819). ff. 1-23 b. (2) 'La Laitière de Montfermeil', by 'Monsieur Émile', N. Brazier and R. Périn (1827). ff. 24-67 b. (3) 'Léoni...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Italian
Date Range:: Jan 1830-Sep 1830
Extent:: 1 item

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