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040-002003609

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032-002003539

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. LXX (ff. 816). Jan.-Feb. 1836.

(1) 'A Ghost Story', by T. J. Serle. ff. 2-69.

(2) 'An Hour or a Carnival Frolic', by N. T. H. Bayly. ff. 70-113.

(3) 'Luke Somerton', by G. Soane. ff. 114-148.

(4) 'Monsr Jaques', by M. Barnett. ff. 149-200.

(5) 'Ambition', by T. Morton, senior. ff. 201 -319.

(6) 'Browne's Horse' altered from 'Tin Donkey', by G. A. A Beckett. ff. 320-341 b.

(7) 'Wife and Child' ('My Wife and Child'). ff. 342-395.

(8) 'Forty and Fifty', by N. T. H. Bayly. ff. 396-416.

(9) 'Quasimodo or Esmeraida, the Gypsey Girl of Notre Dame', by E. Fitzball. ff. 417-443.

(10) 'Rienzi' ('Rienzi the Last of the Tribunes'), by J. B. Buckstone. Songs on ff. 444 b, 477 b, etc., are autograph. ff. 444-489 b.

(11) 'The Mendicant', by G. A. A Beckett. ff. 490-520 b.

(12) 'Bertulphe, the Povost (sic) of Bruges' ('The Provost of Bruges'), by G. W. Lovell. ff. 521-594.

(13) 'The Handsome Husband', by Elizabeth Planché. ff. 595-631.

(14) 'The Rough Diamond'. ff. 632-666.

(15) 'Sigismund Augustus', by H. R. Addison. ff. 667-693 b.

(16) 'The Empty Cottage and the Masquerade or Frolicks in Forty Five' ('Frolics in Forty-Five'), [by R. B. Peake?]. ff. 694-731 b.

(17) 'The Balance of Comfort or Bachelors and Married Men', by R. J. Raymond. ff. 732-769.

(18) 'The Separation', by Joanna Baillie. ff. 770-816.

includes:

ff. 2-69 Thomas James Serle, actor and dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1832-1851.
ff. 70-113, 396-416 Nathaniel Thomas Haynes Bayly, author: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1824-1840.
ff. 114-148 George Soane, writer; son of Sir John Soane: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1824-1848.: Some autogr.
ff. 149-200 Morris Barnett, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1830-1851.
ff. 201-319 Thomas Morton, the elder; dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1826-1836.
ff. 202, 204, 206 John Maddison Morton, dramatist: Letters to G. Colman: 1834-1835.
ff. 320-341b, 490-520b Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, barrister and comic writer: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1834-1848.
f. 347 S. A. Hackett, of the St James's Theatre: Letter to G. Colman: 1836.
ff. 417-443 Edward Fitzball, formerly Ball; dramatist and writer: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1824-1851.: Some printed. Some autogr.
f. 418 David Webster Osbaldiston, manager of the Royal Victoria Theatre; lessee of Covent Garden Theatre: Letters to G. Colman: 1835-1836.
ff. 444, 489b John Baldwin Buckstone, called 'H Younge'; actor-manager and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1825-1851.: Some autogr.
ff. 521-594 George William Lovell, called 'George Wavill Lemoill', dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1835-1848.
ff. 595-631 Elizabeth Planché, wife of James Robinson Planché: Plays by: submitted 1833-1838.
f. 632 John Braham, tenor and composer: Letters to G. Colman: 1836.
ff. 667, 771 Michael Rophino Lacy, musician: Letters to G. Colman: 1835.
ff. 694-731b Richard Brinsley Peake, dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1824-1849.
ff. 732-769 Richard John Raymond, dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1825-1847.
ff. 770-816 Joanna Baillie, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1836.

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Add MS 42865-43038 C : Plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office for licensing under the provisions of the Acts regulating the performance…

Add MS 42934 : LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. LXX (ff. 816). Jan.-Feb. 1836. (1) 'A Ghost Story', by T. J. Serle. ff. 2-69. (2) 'An…

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Latin

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1836

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1836

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Jan 1836-Feb 1836

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Names:

A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, barrister and comic writer, 1811-1856
Baillie, Joanna, poet and playwright, 1762-1851,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083848365
Barnett, Morris, actor and dramatist, 1800-1856
Bayly, Nathaniel Thomas Haynes, poet, dramatist, writer, 1797-1839,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083672793,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27808896
Braham, John, tenor and composer, 1777-1856,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118386843,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27821078
Buckstone, John Baldwin, called 'H Younge', actor-manager and dramatist
Fitzball, Edward, dramatist and writer, 1792-1873
Hackett, S A, of St James's Theatre, fl 1836
Lacy, Michael Rophino, musician
Lovell, George William, called 'George Wavill Lemoill', dramatist
Morton, John Maddison, playwright, 1811-1891
Morton, Thomas, the elder; dramatist
Osbaldiston, David Webster, manager of the Royal Victoria Theatre, lessee of Covent Garden Theatre
Peake, Richard Brinsley, writer, 1792-1847
Planché, Elizabeth, wife of James Robinson Planché, 1796-1846
Raymond, Richard John, dramatist
Serle, Thomas James, actor and dramatist
Soane, George, writer; son of Sir John Soane