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- 040-001970377
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- 032-001969828
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Althorp Papers. Vol. cdxlvi. 'A Monody' on the death of David Garrick, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; 1779. In a scribal hand, but with a few corrections by Sheridan and initialled by him. Endorsed by Lady Spencer, `. . . inscribed to me'. For its performance at Drury Lane Theatre by Mary Ann Yates on 11 March 1779, see The Plays and Poems of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, ed. R. Crompton Rhodes (Oxford, 1928), III, pp. 207-208, and The London Stage 1660-1800, V, p. 239. The first printed edition, Verses to the Memory of Garrick. Spoken as a Monody at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane (1779), with an inscription to Lady Spencer, incorporates the corrections in the manuscript, and differs from it only in literal details and punctuation. With two Spencer bookplates, from the libraries at Wimbledon and Althorp respectively.
Modern binding of blue morocco, gilt-stamped. 240 x 190 mm.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, MP; dramatist: David Garrick, actor: `Monody' on the death of Garrick by Richard Brinsley Sheridan: 1779: Mostly copy.
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- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
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- 032-001969828
033-001970173
036-001970364
040-001970377 - Is part of:
- Add MS 75301-78155 : Althorp Papers
Add MS 75570-75772 : Papers of the 1st Earl and Countess Spencer.Althorp Papers. Vols. cclxx-cdlxxii. Correspondence and papers of John, 1st…
Add MS 75735-75747 : Miscellaneous Papers.Althorp Papers. Vols. cdxxxv-cdxlv. The subject grouping devised by Lady Spencer herself in her widowhood…
Add MS 75746 : Althorp Papers. Vol. cdxlvi. 'A Monody' on the death of David Garrick, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; 1779. In a scribal hand,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001969828[0006]/033-001970173[0003]/036-001970364[0010]/040-001970377
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1779
- End Date:
- 1779
- Date Range:
- 1779
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Garrick, David, actor and playwright, 1717-1779,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121171982,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/24563
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, MP, dramatist