Add MS 30964

1. 'The Cake-house': Ballad Farce in 2 Acts; afterwards [1800] converted into a Table Entertainment (see f. 30). Characters: Sandwich, Belfield, Grouse, Trail, Dr. Drylips, Neddy, Nat, Cocks, Majorum, Caleb, Lady Quinze, Miss Chance, Mrs. Volatile, etc. ff. 1-29, 86-92b. 2. 'The Cottage': Comic Opera in 3 Acts; altered from 'The Villain,' or 'Reprisals' (see f. 157). Some of the airs were afterwards [1811] introduced into 'The Round Robin.' Characters: Compass, FitzErin, Gig, Float, Tropic, Staysail, Murdoch, Count Fourbe, General Bellecœur, Nancy, Fanny, Copperkin, Judy, etc. ff. 93-148b, 157, 158-162 (passim), 163-166, 175-180b. 3. Fragments [of 'A Soldier and a Sailor'— see above, Add MS 30963, no. 3]. ff. 149-156b, 174b-166b (reversed). 4. 'The false Dervise,' or 'Harlequin in the Seraglio': Comic Opera in 2 Acts. Characters: The Bashaw, Octavia, Scapin, Angelica, Fatima, etc. f. 181. 5. 'The Islanders' [1780]. Act ii only. Characters: Garcia, Camilla, Domingo, Governor, Gil Perez, Fabio, Orra, Yanko, Elvira, Julina, Flametta, and Felix. f. 196. 6. 'The Lakes,' or 'The Regatta': Comic Opera in 3 Acts (see f. 323). The principal singers (see f. 282b) appear to have been [John] Bannister, [John] Braham, and Ann Storace. Characters: Old Acorn, Shingle, Crush, Dermot, O'Daggerty, Sunburn, Gloriana, Patience, etc. ff. 234-254, 282-323, 324b, 327-337b. 7. 'The Long Odds': Burletta in 2 Acts [1782]. Characters: Jupiter, Juno, etc. ff. 255-281b. 8. 'The Sailor's Plot' (sc. 'Yo yea,' or 'The friendly tars,' 1777): Interlude. Characters: Jack Hawlyard, Staysail, Nell, and Kitty. f. 347. 9. 'The Old Woman of Eighty' [1777]. Characters: Fanny, Dame Dobbins, and John Strong. ff. 355-361. 10. 'Poor Vulcan' [1778]. Imperfect. Characters: Serjeant, Squire Stud, Cicely, Wiseman, Grace, Joe, Pike, Crump, Gauge, etc. ff. 363b-378.