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Add MS 51362
- Record Id:
- 040-002207887
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001959211
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000123.0x000134
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 51362
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'The Duel! a comedy': autograph manuscript, with a few corrections, of the play by William O'Brien, which was based on Le Philosophe sans le sçavoir by Michel Jean Sedaine. An application for a licence was made on 25 Nov 1772 prior to its first performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 8 Dec. The text shows some slight variations from that of the first edition (1772), several passages in the latter being in a more abbreviated form. Another manuscriptis in the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, california, U.S.A. (See D. MacMillan, Catalogue of the Larpent Plays in the Huntington Library, 1939, no. 341).
Includes correspondence and papers of:
William O'Brien
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001959211
036-002199206
037-002207916
040-002207887 - Is part of:
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Add MS 51352-51362 : Correspondence and papers of Susanna Sarah Louisa, daughter of 1st Lord Ilchester (b 1743, d 1827), and of her husband,…
Add MS 51362 : 'The Duel! a comedy': autograph manuscript, with a few corrections, of the play by William O'Brien, which was based on Le… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001959211[0002]/036-002199206[0002]/037-002207916[0011]/040-002207887
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 51318-52254
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- ff. i + 52
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1767
- End Date:
- 1777
- Date Range:
- c 1772
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)