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040-002003625

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032-002003539

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. LXXXVI (ff. 629). Feb.-March 1839, except art. 16 (Dec. 1838).

(1) 'The Foreign Prince' ('The Irish Nigger or the African Prince'), by W. L. Rede. ff. 2-11.

(2) 'Oliver Twist', by E. Stirling, Acts 1 and 2. ff. 12-35 b.

(3) 'Petticoat Government', by G. Dance (see also 42919, art. 4). Printed [1836], with manuscript additions. ff. 36-49.

(4) 'Faint Heart ne'er won Fair Lady', by J. R. Planché. ff. 50-67 b.

(5) 'The Jew of Frankfort'. ff. 68-153.

(6) 'The King and the Duke or the Siege of Alençon', by I. Pocock. ff. 154-186.

(7) 'Richelieu or the Conspiracy', by Lord Lytton. ff. 187-224.

(8) 'The Rear Admiral', by W. S. Emden. ff. 225-239.

(9) 'Popularity' ('Popularity or Thespis Winter Review'), by 'W. T. Moncrieff'. Songs on ff. 258, 260, 288 are autograph. ff. 240-288.

(10) 'Three to One or the Colonel's Choice'. ff. 289-302 b.

(11) '[F]riends and Neighbours', by N. T. H. Bayly. Autograph. ff. 303- 345.

(12) 'Lodgings to let', by 'L. Moreton' ('D. Boucicault'). Corrections on ff. 347 b, 348 b, etc., are autograph. ff. 346-375.

(13) 'A Wife for a Day', by W. B. Bernard. ff. 376-428.

(14) 'Farinelli', by C. Z. Barnett. ff. 429-459 b.

(15) 'The Silver Crescent', by E. Stirling. ff. 460-491 b.

(16) 'The Burlington Arcade', by C. Dance. ff. 482-507.

(17) 'Blue Beard, very Far from the Text of George Colman', by J. R. Planché and C. Dance. ff. 508-525.

(18) 'The King of the Mist!' ('The King of the Mist or the Miller of the Hartz Mountains'), by E. Fitzball. ff. 526-546 b.

(19) 'The Young Sculptor', by H. Mayhew. ff. 547-565.

(20) 'Izaak Walton', by C. Dance. ff. 566-592.

(21) 'Jim Crow in his New Place', by T. P. Taylor. ff. 593-602 b.

(22) 'King's Gardener or Nipped in the Bud', by C. Selby (see also 42959, art. 8). ff. 603-629 b.

includes:

ff. 2-11 William Leman Rede, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1833-1849.: Some imperf.
ff. 12-35b (imperf.), 460-481b Edward Stirling, alias Lambert; dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1836-1851.: Some autogr. Some imperf.
ff. 36-49 (printed) George Dance, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1831-1844.
ff. 50-67b, 508-525 James Robinson Planché, Somerset Herald and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1824-1851.
ff. 154-186 Isaac Pocock, painter and dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1826-1839.
ff. 155, 188 Thomas James Serle, actor and dramatist: Letters to C. Kemble: 1838-1839.
ff. 187-224 Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton; afterwards Bulwer-Lytton: Plays by: submitted 1837-1851.
ff. 225-239 William Samuel Emden, theatre manager: Plays by: submitted 1839-1843.
ff. 240-288 (partly autogr.) William Thomas Thomas, called 'W T Moncrieff', dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1824-1847.
f. 303 Nathaniel Thomas Haynes Bayly, author: Letter to E. Hooper: 1839.
ff. 303-345 (autogr.) Nathaniel Thomas Haynes Bayly, author: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1824-1840.
ff. 346-375 (partly autogr.) Dionysius Lardner Bourcicault, called 'Dion Boucicault'; actor and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1839-1851.
ff. 376-428 William Bayle Bernard, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1827-1850.
ff. 429-459b Charles Zachary Barnett, dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1837-1849.: Some autogr. (?).
f. 482 James Vining, actor: Letter to C. Kemble: 1838.
ff. 482-507, 508-525, 566-592 Charles Dance, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1829-1851.
ff. 526-546b Edward Fitzball, formerly Ball; dramatist and writer: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1824-1851.: Some printed. Some autogr.
ff. 547-565 Henry Mayhew, author: Plays by: submitted 1835-1839.
ff. 593-602b Thomas Proclus Taylor: Plays by: submitted 1835-1849.
ff. 603-629b Charles Selby, actor and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1834-1851.

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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 42950 : LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. LXXXVI (ff. 629). Feb.-March 1839, except art. 16 (Dec. 1838). (1) 'The Foreign Prince'…

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English

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Start Date:

1839

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1839

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Feb 1839-Mar 1839

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Barnett, Charles Zachary, librettist and playwright, c 1813-1849
Bayly, Nathaniel Thomas Haynes, poet, dramatist, writer, 1797-1839,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083672793,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27808896
Bernard, William Bayle, dramatist
Bourcicault, Dionysius Lardner, called 'Dion Boucicault'; actor and dramatist
Dance, Charles, civil servant and playwright, 1794-1863
Dance, George, Knight, dramatist, librettist, 1857-1932
Emden, William Samuel, theatre manager and playwright, 1801-1872
Fitzball, Edward, dramatist and writer, 1792-1873
Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, né Bulwer; writer and politician, 1803-1873
Mayhew, Henry, author
Planché, James Robinson, playwright, 1796-1880,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120963961,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/71552941
Pocock, Isaac, painter and dramatist
Rede, William Leman, dramatist
Selby, Charles, actor and dramatist
Serle, Thomas James, actor and dramatist
Stirling, Edward, dramatist al Lambert
Taylor, Thomas Proclus
Thomas, William Thomas, called 'W T Moncrieff', dramatist
Vining, James, actor