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040-002003630
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032-002003539
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Add MS 42955
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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XCI (ff. 974). March-June 1840 (see also 42958, art. 31).

(1) 'The Bald Head', by T. Browne. ff. 2b-40.

(2) 'A Royal Commission' ('A Royal Commission from Paris'). ff. 4 1-80.

(3) 'How to pay the Rent', by W. G. T. Power. ff. 81-93.

(4) 'Spartacus or the Roman Gladiator', etc., by J. Jones. Printed (1837). ff. 94-128 b.

(5) 'Legacy Hunting or an Uncle from India', by J. F. Smith. ff. 129- 175.

(6) 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood', by J. R. Planché. ff. 176-229.

(7) 'The Devil in London' ('The Devil in London or Sketches in 1840'), by R. B. Peake and J. B. Buckstone. ff. 230-257.

(8) 'The House of Ladies', by M. Lemon. ff. 258-293.

(9) 'The Irish Attorney or 'tis Fifty Years since' ('The Irish Attorney or Galway Practice in 1790'), by W. B. Bernard. ff. 294-332.

(10) 'The Noble Troubadour'. ff. 333-344.

(11) 'The Place-Hunter', by F. Webster. ff. 345-392 b.

(12) 'Bamboozling or my Wife Polly!', by T. E. Wilks. Autograph (?). ff. 393-442.

(13) 'Das Nachtlager in Granada', by J. K. Braun von Braunthal (see also 42957, art. 34). German. ff. 443-466.

(14) 'My Friend the Captain', by J. S. Coyne. ff. 467-478 b.

(15) 'A Captain pro Tem' ('Captain (Query?)'), by M. Lemon. ff. 479- 517.

(16) 'Faust', by J. K. Bernard. German. ff. 518-585 b.

(17) 'Glencoe or the Fate of the Macdonalds', by Sir T. N. Talfourd. ff. 586-655.

(18) 'Summer and Winter', by J. Ebsworth. ff. 656-743.

(19) 'The Younger Son'. ff. 744-762 b.

(20) 'Der Alte Feldherr' ('Kosciuzko'), by K. von Holtei. German. ff. 763-814 b.

(21) 'Joseph und seine Brüder'. German. Licence refused. ff. 815-842 b.

(22) 'Il Giuramento' al. 'The Oath', by G. Rossi. Italian, with English translation by F. M. Doca. Printed (1840). ff. 843-881 b.

(23) 'Helen Oakleigh', by J. S. Coyne. ff. 885-918, 939 are autograph. ff. 882-939.

(24) 'Mr Thomas Thumb' al. 'Ye Seconde Parte of ye Tragycall Hystorie of Thomas Thumbe'. ff. 940-974 b.

includes:

  • ff. 2b-40 Thomas Browne: Play by: submitted 1840.
  • ff. 81-93 William Grattan Tyrone Power, actor: Plays by: submitted 1831-1840.
  • ff. 94-128b (printed) Jacob Jones, barrister: Plays by: submitted 1840, 1844.
  • ff. 129-175 John Frederick Smith: Plays by: submitted 1834-1840.
  • ff. 176-229 James Robinson Planché, Somerset Herald and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1824-1851.
  • f. 177 George Bartley, comedian: Letters to J. M. Kemble: 1840-1842.
  • ff. 230-257 Richard Brinsley Peake, dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1824-1849.
  • ff. 230-257 John Baldwin Buckstone, called 'H Younge'; actor-manager and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1825-1851.: Some autogr.
  • ff. 258-293, 479-517 Mark Lemon, editor of 'Punch': Plays by: submitted 1836-1851.
  • ff. 294-332 William Bayle Bernard, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1827-1850.
  • ff. 345-392b Frederick Webster, actor: Plays by: submitted 1840, 1842.
  • ff. 393-442 (autogr.?) Thomas Egerton Wilks, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1836-1848.
  • ff. 443-466 Johann Karl Braun von Braunthal, writer: Play by: submitted 1840.: Germ.
  • ff. 467-478b, 882-939 (partly autogr.) Joseph Stirling Coyne, dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1836-1851.
  • ff. 518-585b Josef Karl Bernard, journalist: Play by: submitted 1840.: Germ.
  • ff. 586-655 Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, judge and author: Plays by: submitted 1835-1840.
  • ff. 656-743 Joseph Ebsworth, dramatist and musician: Plays by: submitted 1825-1849.
  • ff. 763-814b Karl von Holtei, writer and actor: Play by: submitted 1840.: Germ.
  • ff. 843-881b Federico Massimiliano Doca, translator: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1834-1848.: Ital. and Engl.: Printed.
  • ff. 843-881b (printed) Gaetano Rossi, librettist: Plays by: submitted 1825-1840.: Ital.
  • ff. 883, 941 Charles W. Baker, stage-manager of the Lyceum Theatre: Letters to J. M. Kemble: 1840.

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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 42955 : LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. XCI (ff. 974). March-June 1840 (see also 42958, art. 31). (1) 'The Bald Head', by T.…
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Languages:
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German
Italian
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Latin
Start Date:
1840
End Date:
1840
Date Range:
Mar 1840-Jun 1840
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CE
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Names:
Baker, Charles W., stage-manager of the Lyceum Theatre, fl 1840
Bartley, George, stage comedian, 1782?-1858
Bernard, Josef Karl, journalist
Bernard, William Bayle, dramatist
Braun von Braunthal, Johann Karl, writer
Browne, Thomas, of Add MS 42955
Buckstone, John Baldwin, called 'H Younge', actor-manager and dramatist
Coyne, Joseph Stirling, dramatist
Doca, Federico Massimiliano, translator and poet, fl 1834-1859
Ebsworth, Joseph, playwright and musician, 1788-1868
Holtei, Karl, writer and actor
Jones, Jacob, barrister
Lemon, Mark, editor of 'Punch'; playwright, 1809-1870
Peake, Richard Brinsley, writer, 1792-1847
Planché, James Robinson, playwright, 1796-1880,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120963961,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/71552941
Power, William Grattan Tyrone, actor
Rossi, Gaetano, librettist
Smith, John Frederick
Talfourd, Thomas Noon, judge and author
Webster, Frederick, actor
Wilks, Thomas Egerton, dramatist