Lamb Papers (Series II). Vol. lxxxix. Incomplete copy of John Dryden ‘Sir Martin Marr-all, or, The Feign’d Innocence’; [printed for Herringman, 1678]. pp.27-60 only (part of Act III and Act IV). Annotated for production. (247/15). 218 x 160mm.
Lamb Papers (Series II). Vols. xc a-c. Manuscript of John Dryden’s ‘Sir Martin Marr-all, or, The Feign’d Innocence’; circa 1820s. In the hand of George Lamb. (247/22-24).
Lamb Papers (Series II). Vol. xci. Prose translation from Torquato Tasso’s Gerusalemme Liberata, entitled ‘The Episod of Sophronia and Olindo in the Second Canto’; in a late seventeenth-century hand, with revisions. (247/5). 234 x 180mm.
Lamb Papers (Series II). Vol. xcii. ‘Antony and Cleopatra: an historical play’, printed by Dryden Leach, 1758. Annotated with notes for the printer and, in a different hand, for production; numbered 1677 on the cover (lot number from the sale of Charles Kemble’s library in 1821 where it was purchase...
Lamb Papers (Series II). Vol. xciii. Manuscript prompt copy of Antony and Cleopatra; circa 1800. Annotated by John Philip Kemble with notes for production. Purchased by George Lamb at the sale of Charles Kemble’s library in 1821. (247/6). 245 x 200mm. John Philip Kemble, actor: Prompt book of Antony...
Lamb Papers (Series II). Vol. xciv. Manuscript prompt book for John Philip Kemble’s ‘Czartoriska: an Opera in Three Acts’; 1794. The title was originally ‘Lodoiska’ but was altered by Kemble. [Adapted from the French by Kemble to music by Storace, with Michael Kelly in the part of Count Floreski, pl...
Lamb Papers (Series II). Vol. xcv. Draft manuscript of ‘The Days of King Arthur or Fairy Land’, a play in two acts; circa 1800 [watermark, 1798]. Written in an unidentified hand with corrections and revisions by George Lamb. Folios 39-47 stuck together with sealing wax. (247/3). 320 x 205mm.
Lamb Papers (Series II). Vol. xcvi. ‘Patient Grissilda: A Musical Entertainment’; circa 1810 [watermark 1803]. Manuscript in two acts. (247/29). 205 x 170mm.
Lamb Papers (Series II). Vol. xcvii a-c. Manuscript copy of ‘The Royal Wooing’. The front cover of Add. 83059 A is annotated ‘The H[onoura]ble G[eorge] L[amb], Whitehall’. Words have been corrected by George Lamb and supplied in blank spaces, suggesting that this volume was copied from George Lamb’s autograph Add. 83060. Volume 83059 A includes a poem in Lamb’s hand; circa 1820s. (247/12-14). 205 x 160mm.
Lamb Papers (Series II). Vol. xcviii. Incomplete autograph of ‘The Royal Wooing’; circa 1820s. The volume is untitled but involves the same characters as 83059; early 19th century. (247/28). 225 x 190mm. 1. f.1v. Opening verses of Act 1 scene I of 83059. 2. ff.2r-9r. Begins in Act 1 scene V (f.53r o...