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Record Id:

040-002003627

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002003539

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x000197

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. LXXXVIII (ff. 678). June-Sept. 1839.

(1) 'The Organ of Order'. ff. 2-17.

(2) 'Foreign Airs and Native Graces', by 'W. T. Moncrieff'. ff. 18-30.

(3) 'The Loves of Lord Bateman and the Fair Sophia', by C. Selby. ff. 31-70.

(4) 'Seth Slope or Done for a Hundred'. ff. 71-120.

(5) 'The Village Doctor or the Mind's Disease', by B. N. Webster. ff. 121-156 b.

(6) 'Les Trois Bals', by J. F. A. Bayard. French. Printed [1839]. ff. 157- 173 b.

(7) 'Single Life', by J. B. Buckstone. ff. 174-212 b.

(8) 'Snap-Apple Night! or a Kick-Up in Kerry', by S. Lover. ff. 213- 234.

(9) 'My Cousin the Minister!'. ff. 235-246.

(10) 'The Ballad Singer', by 'W. T. Moncrieff'. ff. 247-327.

(11) 'A Good Night's Rest'('A Good Night's Rest or Two in the Morning'), by Catherine G. F. Gore. ff. 328-358.

(12) 'The Tourists or a Supper for Three!'. ff. 359-373 b.

(13) 'The Scottish Chiefs (not Miss Porter's)', by E. Stirling. ff. 374- 382 b.

(14) 'The Little Back Parlour', by E. Stirling. ff. 383-393 b.

(15) 'Scaramuccia' ('Scaramuccia or the Villagers of San Quintino'), by E. Fitzball. ff. 394-415.

(16) 'The First of September or Going out a' Shooting', by W. H. Oxberry and F. L. Phillips. ff. 416-476.

(17) 'The Hall Porter', by S. Lover. ff. 477-525.

(18) 'Jane Lomax or a Mother's Crime', by E. Stirling. Autograph. ff. 526-556 b.

(19) 'Behind the Scenes or Actors by Lamplight', by C. Selby. ff. 557- 574.

(20) 'Marceline or the Soldier's Legacy', by C. Selby. ff. 575-585 b.

(21) 'A Turn among the Knights of Chivalry in the Days of not Lang syne', by C. A. Somerset. Autograph. ff. 586-604 b.

(22) 'The Lass of Gowrie', Act I. ff. 605-614.

(23) 'The Goldsmith of Grenoble' ('Mount St Bernard or the Goldsmith of Grenoble'), by 'W. T. Moncrieff'. ff. 615-678.

includes:

ff. 18-30, 247-327, 615-678 William Thomas Thomas, called 'W T Moncrieff', dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1824-1847.
ff. 31-70, 557-574, 575-585b Charles Selby, actor and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1834-1851.
ff. 121-156b Benjamin Nottingham Webster, actor and dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1831-1851.
ff. 157-173b Jean François Alfred Bayard, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1827-1850.: Fr.: Printed.
ff. 174-212b John Baldwin Buckstone, called 'H Younge'; actor-manager and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1825-1851.: Some autogr.
ff. 213-234, 477-525 Samuel Lover, song-writer, novelist and painter: Plays by: submitted 1835-1841.
ff. 214, 236, 384, 395, 478 Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and singer: Letters to C. Kemble: 1839-1841.
ff. 328-358 Catherine Grace Frances Gore, novelist and dramatist; wife of Captain C A Gore: Plays by: submitted 1831-1844.
ff. 374-382b, 383-393b, 526-556b Edward Stirling, alias Lambert; dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1836-1851.: Some autogr. Some imperf.
ff. 394-415 Edward Fitzball, formerly Ball; dramatist and writer: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1824-1851.: Some printed. Some autogr.
ff. 416-476 Frederic Laurence Phillips: Plays by: submitted 1839-1846.
ff. 416-476 William Henry Oxberry, actor and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1836-1848.
ff. 586-604b Charles A. Somerset, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1828-1851.: Some autogr. Some imperf.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002003539
040-002003627

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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 42952 : LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. LXXXVIII (ff. 678). June-Sept. 1839. (1) 'The Organ of Order'. ff. 2-17. (2) 'Foreign…

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032-002003539[0088]/040-002003627

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Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1839

End Date:

1839

Date Range:

Jun 1839-Sep 1839

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Names:

Balfe, Michael William, Irish composer and singer, 1808-1870
Bayard, Jean François Alfred, dramatist, 1796-1853
Buckstone, John Baldwin, called 'H Younge', actor-manager and dramatist
Fitzball, Edward, dramatist and writer, 1792-1873
Gore, Catherine Grace Frances, novelist and dramatist; wife of Captain C A Gore
Lover, Samuel, writer, painter and composer, 1797-1868
Oxberry, William Henry, actor and dramatist
Phillips, Frederic Laurence, of Add MS 42952
Selby, Charles, actor and dramatist
Somerset, Charles A, dramatist
Stirling, Edward, dramatist al Lambert
Thomas, William Thomas, called 'W T Moncrieff', dramatist
Webster, Benjamin Nottingham, actor and dramatist