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040-002003647

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032-002003539

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. CVIII (ff. 1138). Jan.-Feb. 1844.

(1) 'Josephine or the Child of the Regiment' ('Josephine or the Fortune of War'), by J. B. Buckstone. ff. 2-24.

(2) 'Mary Graham or a Tale of Sorrow!' altered from 'The Horrors in Winter or the Ladder of Crime', by T. G. Blake. ff. 25-63 b.

(3) 'Love and Crime or the Mysteries of Paris!', Act 1. ff. 64-106.

(4) 'The Old Man's Bride', by C. Webb. ff. 107-149 b.

(5) 'Stella de Rittersdorf or the Captive of Silesia', by C. Z. Barnett. ff. 150-232 b.

(6) 'The Spendthrift or the Last Shilling'. ff. 233-278.

(7) 'Dissolving Views' ('Dissolving Views or the Lights and Shadows of Life'), by C. Selby. ff. 279-290 b.

(8) 'Madelon or the Dancing Master' altered from 'Madelon or the Devil of a Dancing Master', by R. B. Peake. ff. 291-307 b.

(9) 'Les Économies de Cabochard et Sous Clé', by 'P. F. Pinel Dumanoir' and P. Siraudin. French. Printed (1843). ff. 308-312 b.

(10) 'La Permission de Dix Heures', by 'Monsieur Mélesville' and P. F. A. Carmouche. French. Printed (1843). ff. 3I3-326 b.

(11) 'The Slave of Wealth or the Gnome of the Gold Mines' altered from 'The Gnome of the Gold Mines or the Daemon Count and his Devil Lacquey!', by G. D. Pitt. ff. 327-360 b.

(12) 'The Gipsey of Milan' ('The Gipsey of Milan or the Tenant of the Tomb'), by T. L. Greenwood. f. 447 is autograph. ff. 361-447 b.

(13) 'The Milliners or les Trois Fêtes de Bois'. ff. 448-453 b.

(14) 'Matrimony', by C. Derby. Printed (I844). ff. 454-489 b.

(15) 'Quand l'Amour s'en va', by 'Monsieur Laurencin' and M. A. A. Michel. French. Printed [1843]. ff. 490-499 b.

(16) 'My Wife's Lodgings or Landed from China'. ff. 500-512 b.

(17) 'Dolph Heyliger or the Miser's Well!', by R. B. Peake. ff. 513-536 b.

(18) 'La Grâce de Dieu', by 'A. Dennery' and G. Lemoine. French. Printed (1842). ff. 537-557 b.

(19) 'The Profligate', by W. L. Rede. ff. 558-607 b.

(20) 'The Queen's Necklace'. Licence refused. ff. 608-632.

(21) 'Used up', by 'D. Boucicault' and C. J. Mathews. ff. 638-640, 640 b are in the autograph of C. J. Mathews. ff. 633-658 b.

(22) Address for R. and Mary A. Keeley. ff. 659-662.

(23) 'An Attic Story', by J. M. Morton. ff. 663-689.

(24) 'Grace Rivers or the Merchant's Daughter', by R. N.Lee. Autograph(?). ff. 690-797.

(25) 'Christmas Carol', by E. Stirling. ff. 798-829.

(26) 'Le Brasseur des Champs Élysées'. French. ff. 830-837 b.

(27) 'The Eleventh Hour! or the Noble's Son and the Monk's Daughter! [by T. Mildenhall?]. Autograph (?). ff. 838-869 b.

(28) 'Bounce or American Indians' ('Bounce or the Ojibbeway Indians'), by J. Courtney. ff. 870-892 b.

(29) 'Roquelaure ou l'Homme le plus Laid de France', by 'A. de Leuven', C. de Livry and L. Lhérie. French. Printed [1841]. ff. 893-910 b.

(30) 'Blasé or the Man in Search of a Sensation' altered from 'Sensations and Emotions', by T. H. Reynoldson. Autograph (?). ff. 911-943 b.

(31) 'A Christmas Carol' ('A Christmas Carol or the Miser's Warning'), by C. Z. Barnett. ff. 944-975 b.

(32) 'Old Scrooge or the Miser's Dream and the Past, the Present and the Future' ('A Christmas Carol or the Past, Present and Future'), by C. Webb (see also 42973, art. 4). ff. 976-1008.

(33) 'The Last Shilling or the Spendthrift's Fate', by J. S. Faucit. ff. 1009- 1081 b.

(34) 'Elsdale Hall or the Days of Oliver Cromwell' ('Elsdale Hall or the Times of Oliver Cromwell'), by C. H. Oswin. ff. 1082-1138.

includes:

ff. 2-24 John Baldwin Buckstone, called 'H Younge'; actor-manager and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1825-1851.: Some autogr.
ff. 25-63b Thomas G. Blake: Plays by: submitted 1841-1851.: Some imperf.
ff. 107-149b, 976-1008 Charles Webb: Plays by: submitted 1841-1851.
ff. 150-232b, 944-975b Charles Zachary Barnett, dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1837-1849.: Some autogr. (?).
ff. 279, 291, 608 Richard Lawrence, manager of the Strand Theatre: Letters to J. M. Kemble: 1843-1844.
ff. 279-290b Charles Selby, actor and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1834-1851.
ff. 291-307b, 513-536b Richard Brinsley Peake, dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1824-1849.
ff. 308-312b Philippe François Pinel, alias 'Philippe François Pinel Dumanoir'and 'Monsieur Dumanoir': Plays by: submitted 1830-1851.: Fr.: Printed.
ff. 308-312b Paul Siraudin, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1842-1851.: Fr.: Printed.
ff. 313-326b Baron Anne Honoré Joseph Duveyrier,; alias 'Monsieur Mélesville'; dramatist and songwriter: Plays by: submitted 1827-1851.: Fr.: Printed.
ff. 313-326b Pierre François Adrien Carmouche, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1830-1848.: Fr.: Printed.
ff. 327-360b George Dibdin Pitt, actor and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1834-1851.: Some autogr. (?). Some imperf.
f. 328 David Webster Osbaldiston, manager of the Royal Victoria Theatre; lessee of Covent Garden Theatre: Letters to J. M. Kemble: 1844-1850.
ff. 361-447b (partly autogr.) Thomas Langdon Greenwood, dramatist and theatre manager: Plays by: submitted 1824-1851.
ff. 454-489b C. Derby: Play by: submitted 1844.: Printed.
ff. 490-499b Marc Antoine Amédée Michel, alias 'Monsieur Marc-Michel'; writer: Plays by: submitted 1844-1850.: Fr.: Printed.
ff. 490-499b Paul Aimé Chapelle, alias 'Monsieur Laurencin': Plays by: submitted 1837-1848.: Fr.: Printed.
f. 513 Richard Brinsley Peake, dramatist: Letter to J. M. Kemble: 1844.
ff. 537-557b Eugène al. Adolphe Philippe, called 'Adolphe Dennery', dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1842-1848.: Fr.: Printed.
ff. 537-557b Gustave Lemoine, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1836-1848.: Fr.: Printed.
ff. 558-607b William Leman Rede, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1833-1849.: Some imperf.
ff. 633-658b Dionysius Lardner Bourcicault, called 'Dion Boucicault'; actor and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1839-1851.
ff. 633-658b (partly autogr.) Charles James Mathews, actor and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1826-1850.
ff. 659-662 Robert Keeley, actor: Address for, with Mary A. Keeley: submitted 1844.
ff. 659-662 Mary Anne Keeley, widow of Robert Keeley; actress: Address for, with R. Keeley: submitted 1844.
ff. 663-689 John Maddison Morton, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1833-1851.
ff. 690-797 Richard Nelson Lee, actor and dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1834-1851.: Some autogr. (?).
f. 691 Richard Nelson Lee, actor and dramatist: Letter to J. M. Kemble: 1844.
f. 691 J. Johnson, manager of the Royal Pavilion Theatre: Letter, jointly with R. N. Lee, to J. M. Kemble: 1844.
ff. 798-829 Edward Stirling, alias Lambert; dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1836-1851.: Some autogr. Some imperf.
f. 799 Thomas Gladstone, Proprietor of the Adelphi Theatre: Letters to J. M. Kemble: 1842-1844.
f. 831 Mischele, of the St James's Theatre: Letter to J. M. Kemble: 1844.
ff. 838-869b Thomas Mildenhall: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1843-1849.: Some autogr. (?).
ff. 870-892b John Courtney, actor and dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1843-1851.
f. 871 John Medex Maddox, theatre manager and playwright: Letters to J. M. Kemble: 1844-1847.
ff. 893-910b Charles de Livry, called 'Monsieur Charles', dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1831-1844.: Fr.: Printed.
ff. 893-910b Comte Adolphe de Ribbing, called 'Adolphe de Leuven', dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1830-1850.: Fr.: Printed.
ff. 893-910b Léon Lévy Lhérie, called 'Léon Brunswick' and 'Monsieur Léon'; dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1830-1850.: Fr.: Mostly printed.
ff. 911-943b Thomas Herbert Reynoldson, dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1839-1850.: Mostly autogr. (?).
ff. 1009-1081b John Saville Faucit, called 'John Faucit Saville', actor: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1841-1851.
ff. 1082-1138 Charles Hannay Oswin: Play by: submitted [1844?].

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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 42972 : LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. CVIII (ff. 1138). Jan.-Feb. 1844. (1) 'Josephine or the Child of the Regiment'…

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1844

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1844

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Jan 1844-Feb 1844

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Barnett, Charles Zachary, librettist and playwright, c 1813-1849
Blake, Thomas G.
Bourcicault, Dionysius Lardner, called 'Dion Boucicault'; actor and dramatist
Buckstone, John Baldwin, called 'H Younge', actor-manager and dramatist
Carmouche, Pierre François Adrien, dramatist
Chapelle, Paul Aimé, alias 'Monsieur Laurencin'
Courtney, John, actor and dramatist
Derby, C.
Duveyrier, Anne-Honoré-Joseph, alias "Mélesville", playwright and songwriter, 1787-1865
Faucit, John Saville, actor, c 1783-1853
Gladstone, Thomas, proprietor of the Adelphi Theatre, fl 1842-1845
Greenwood, Thomas Langdon, dramatist and theatre manager, fl 1824-1867
Johnson, J., manager of the Royal Pavilion Theatre
Keeley, Mary Anne, widow of Robert Keeley; actress
Keeley, Robert, actor
Lawrence, Richard, manager of the Strand Theatre
Lee, Richard Nelson, actor and dramatist
Lemoine, Gustave, dramatist
Lhérie, Léon Lévy, called 'Léon Brunswick' and 'Monsieur Léon'; dramatist
Livry, Charles, called 'Monsieur Charles', dramatist
Maddox, John Medex, theatre manager and playwright
Mathews, Charles James, actor and dramatist
Michel, Marc Antoine Amédée, alias 'Monsieur Marc-Michel', writer
Mildenhall, Thomas
Mischele, of the St James's Theatre
Morton, John Maddison, playwright, 1811-1891
Osbaldiston, David Webster, manager of the Royal Victoria Theatre, lessee of Covent Garden Theatre
Oswin, Charles Hannay
Peake, Richard Brinsley, writer, 1792-1847
Philippe, Eugène al. Adolphe, called 'Adolphe Dennery', dramatist
Pinel, Philippe-François, playwright and librettist, 1806-1865
Pitt, George Dibdin, actor and dramatist
Rede, William Leman, dramatist
Reynoldson, Thomas Herbert, dramatist
Selby, Charles, actor and dramatist
Siraudin, Paul, dramatist
Stirling, Edward, dramatist al Lambert
Webb, Charles, of Add MS 42959