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Add MS 42722
- Record Id:
- 040-002003344
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002003341
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x0000ad
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 42722
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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(ff. III). SHERIDAN PAPERS. Vol. III. Legal papers, viz.:-
(i) Draft of agreement between R. B. Sheridan as executor of Thomas 5-2
Linley and members of the Linley family, regarding their interests in Drury Lane theatre; 1795. ff. 1-45 b;-(2) Assignment by R. B. Sheridan of his interests in Drury Lane theatre as security for a debt; 1799. Draft, with autograph notes. ff. 46-70; (3) Pleadings, opinions, etc., relating to a Chancery action regarding the disposal of profits from private boxes under the Lord Chancellor's order of 1802 (cf. Add. MS. 42723 below); circ. 1804. ff. 71-92b;-(4) Legal opinions on the rights of the theatre patentees and the powers of the Lord Chamberlain to license independent performances; 23 Feb. 1808. ff. 93-105b;-(5) Draft scheme to reintroduce opera at the Haymarket theatre; n.d. (watermark 1806). CL W. Sichel, Sheridan, ii, p. 275, n. 1. ff. 106-III.
includes:
- f. 1 Thomas Linley, senior: Agreements by, and by his heirs, rel. to Drury Lane theatre: 1791-1795.: Copies.
- ff. 1-92b Richard Brinsley Sheridan, MP; dramatist: Legal papers conc. his interests in Drury Lane theatre, etc.: 1795-1809.
- ff. 106-110 London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Theatre Royal, Haymarket: Proposals of R. B. Sheridan for the reintroduction of opera at: 1809.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003341
040-002003344 - Is part of:
- Add MS 42720-42723 : PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS SHERIDAN (1775- 1817), son of the dramatist; 1795-1812. The papers relate to the…
Add MS 42722 : (ff. III). SHERIDAN PAPERS. Vol. III. Legal papers, viz.:- (i) Draft of agreement between R. B. Sheridan as executor of Thomas… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003341[0003]/040-002003344
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 42720-42723
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1795
- End Date:
- 1809
- Date Range:
- 1795-1809
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Linley, Thomas, senior
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, MP, dramatist
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London