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Catalogue of the John Larpent Plays 


San Marino, California 

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Date Completed: 

1939 

© 2000 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. 

Descriptive Summary 

Title: John Larpent Plays 

Collector: Larpent, John 

Repository: The Huntington Library 


Language: English. 

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Preferred Citation 

[Identification of item], John Larpent Plays, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. 

Prefatory Note 

The licensing act of 1737 required that copies of all plays and other entertainments designed to be performed on the stage 

in Great Britain be submitted to the Lord Chamberlain for license fourteen days before their presentation. In order to carry 

out the provisions of the new law, the office of Examiner of Plays was established, the first Examiner, William Chetwynd, 

being appointed on March 10, 1738. Chetwynd acted almost entirely through deputies, first Thomas Odell 1 and second 

Edward Capell. 2 At his death, April 3, 1770, apparently no successor was designated; and Capell acted as Examiner until 

the appointment of John Larpent on November 20, 1778. Larpent died in office on January 18, 1824. 

The official copies of plays submitted to the Examiner between 1737 and January, 1824, in Larpent's possession at the time 

of his death, were bought about 1832 by John Payne Collier and Thomas Amyot. 3 In An Old Man's Diary, 4 under the date 

of March 11, 1832, Collier states: 

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My friend Amyot and I, between us, have bought all Larpent's Dramatic Manuscripts... but, on the whole, they are 

hardly worth the money we have given for them (¥400).... The Larpent Manuscripts fill six or eight immense bundles, 

and I hardly know how to find them house-room, particularly as Amyot leaves his share in my keeping. 

During the years that he owned the collection, Collier referred to it twice in published articles; 1 and in January, 1854, there 

was an announcement in the Athenaeum 2 that the collection had been bought by the Earl of Ellesmere. The plays had 

been offered (by Collier?), the notice continued, to the Trustees of the British Museum, who declined to purchase them; 

they will, therefore, form a distinguishing feature in the library of his Lordship's new mansion in the Green Park, and no 

doubt will be accessible to all who wish to consult the plays for literary and historical purposes. Then, forgotten, they lay in 

the library of Bridgewater House for sixty-three years; and, overshadowed by the Chaucer Manuscript and the Shakespeare 

first folio, passed unheeded into the Huntington Library in 1917. 3 At last they were recalled to the attention of students in 

1927, with the publication of references to the collection in Allardyce Nicoll's A History of Late Eighteenth Century Drama, 

and were described as the real feature of the [Bridgewater House] library in its later period by George Sherburn in an 

account of Huntington Library Collections in 1931. 4 

Presumably, all new plays performed between June 24, 1737, and January 18, 1824, were licensed as the law required; and 

one might expect to find them in the collection in the Huntington Library. But, enormous as the collection still is, it is not 

now entirely complete. The extent and causes of the shrinkage are difficult to determine, but from time to time, apparently, 

individual pieces were abstracted. 5 

In the Bridgewater House Library the plays were bound in blue paper covers, neatly labeled, and shelved in boxes of four 

sizes (designated Large, Extra, Middle, and Small), stamped Larpent Dramatic MSS., and bearing on the spine lists of the 

contents. Within the sizes, the arrangement was roughly chronological. Three scrapbook volumes contained occasional 

prologues and epilogues, addresses, and undated or unidentified short pieces. Presumably under Collier's direction, there 

was made a manuscript catalogue, 1 which sometimes conveys information not found upon the copy itself, but which is 

inaccurate and not quite complete. 

The copies sent to the Examiner are generally clearly written by professional copyists attached to the theatres, though 

some are partly, or entirely, in the authors' handwriting. Most copies are accompanied by a formal application for license to 

perform, signed by the manager of the theatre; and the name of the author only rarely appears upon the play, except on 

title-pages of printed copies, submitted instead of manuscripts. Originally, manuscripts were bound in a rough, whity-brown 

paper cover, upon which the Examiner often made notes. Before Larpent took office the mark that was used to indicate 

that the play had been examined seems to have been an X on this paper cover; but Larpent usually entered upon it the 

name of the theatre from which the play was submitted and a date, presumably that on which he licensed the play, 

generally a day or two after the date of the application. 1 On some copies the marks of the Examiners indicate 

objectionable passages, and most suppressed plays bear endorsements which state that the license was not granted. 

While Collier had access to the collection, he inscribed many of the copies with notes, most of them partly in shorthand, 

recording his opinions as to such matters as authorship, handwriting, or date. Though many of these notes are right, they 

are often mistaken and sometimes unintelligible. 

The fact that these plays are official copies sent by the managers of the theatres, not the authors, to the office of the 

Examiner, places them in a different category from that of most literary texts. Their relation on the one hand to the acted 

version and on the other to the published work raises complicated problems that can be solved only individually. What 

liberties actors took with the text after it had been approved, one cannot say, but it seems likely that in general the 

licensed text was presented on the stage. The printed play, however, was generally set from copy provided by the author; 

and in it he had the opportunity to restore what the manager had eliminated, or to revise the piece in the light of its 

reception. The Larpent text, thus, may represent a state of composition either later or earlier than the first acted version. 

An examination of the manuscripts will show that the Examiner's copy seldom conforms entirely to the published text. 

In the preparation of this Catalogue, information has been derived from numerous and diverse published works. In addition 

to playbills and periodicals, the following have been extensively used: 

David Erskine Baker, Isaac Reed, and Stephen Jones, Biographia Dramatica. 1812 

Two interleaved copies of the Biographia Dramatica in the Huntington Library have been used: 

(1) A copy, formerly the property of John Payne Collier, containing manuscript notes by him and by the sixth 

Duke of Devonshire. Facing the title-page of Vol. II Collier has made the following note: 

With the assistance of Reed's original M.S. I have marked all the principal articles and passages furnished 

by Steevens up to 1782. 

In this vol: the Duke of Devonshire has transcribed from his Catalogue all the notes &c. of J. P. Kemble, 

with additions by his Grace. To the 2d. vol. I transcribed them myself. 

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I have also made many additions of plays and corrections of errors by the aid of Larpents License Books 

and the MS. plays &c which were sent to him and to his predecessors for perusal from 1737 downwards. 

(2) A copy, originally owned by Kemble, referred to by Collier in his note, above. This is the 

Kemble-Devonshire copy. It contains manuscript notes by Kemble, with some additions by the Duke of 

Devonshire, mostly titles, etc., of plays in the Kemble-Devonshire Collection of Plays published after the 

Biographia Dramatica appeared and therefore not listed therein. This copy apparently served Kemble, and 

later the Duke, as a catalogue to his collection of plays, as it gives the number of the volume, in that 

collection, in which each play may be found. 

T. L. G. Burley, Playhouses and Players of East Anglia. Norwich, 1928 

H. J. Eldrege [Reginald Clarence], The Stage Cyclopaedia. 1909 

James C. Dibdin, The Annals of the Edinburgh Stage. Edinburgh, 1888 

The Drama Recorded; or, Barker's List of Plays (referred to as Barker's List). 1814 

John Genest, Some Account of the English Stage from the Restoration in 1660 to 1830. Bath, 1832 

Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (3d ed., edited by H. C. Colles). New York, 1935 

Allardyce Nicoll, A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama (2d ed.). Cambridge, 1935 

Allardyce Nicoll, A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama. Cambridge, 1930 

Allardyce Nicoll, A History of Late Eighteenth Century Drama. Cambridge, 1927 

Thomas Sheppard, Evolution of the Drama in Hull and District. Hull, 1927 

Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, Catalogue of Opera Librettos Printed before 1800. Washington: Government 

Printing Office, 1914 

The items in the present Catalogue of Larpent plays are divided into two sections: (1) the plays and identified prologues, 

etc. (Numbers 1-2399); and (2) unidentified addresses, prologues, epilogues, etc. (Numbers 2400-2502). In the first section 

entries are arranged chronologically in accordance with the date of the application for license, or, if that is not available, 

the date of first performance. Prologues, epilogues, and other related documents are included in the same entry as the 

plays to which they belong, if the latter are found in the collection, even though they may be bound and shelved 

separately. The unidentified items are arranged alphabetically. 

In each entry the title of the play is given first as it appears upon the manuscript, even though it may be better known 

under another title. After the title is a descriptive phrase indicating the type of play, taken either from the copy itself or 

from contemporary descriptions, which have been followed even to the vaguest of designations, such as piece, in 

preference to editorially supplied terms. The name of the author, which seldom appears on the copy, is given, when known. 

The second part of the entry gives the date of application for license, the name of the manager, and the theatre, and the 

date of first production, from such authorities as may be regarded as generally reliable. (Theatre and year are not repeated 

unless they differ from those appearing in the application.) It is then stated whether the copy is a manuscript or printed; 

and noteworthy peculiarities of the copy are mentioned. Collier's notes written on the plays are given only rarely, as they 

usually repeat those in his copy of Biographia Dramatica. 

Following the description of a manuscript is a statement of the result of a comparison of manuscript and printed text, made 

whenever there was a printed copy of the play in the Huntington Library. 1 The edition compared is indicated, and in 

parentheses is given the Huntington Library accession number of the copy used; and a phrase points out the nature or 

extent of the differences between the two texts. As these notes represent only a hasty comparison and are not to be taken 

as the results of careful collation, they are intentionally expressed in the most general terms. The absence of comparison 

with a printed text does not necessarily indicate that the play was unpublished, but merely that no copy was available for 

comparison. 

Finally, relevant parts of Collier's notes in his copy of the Biographia Dramatica are printed, and care has been taken to 

quote all of the new or suggestive material from them. No attempt has been made to indicate calligraphic peculiarities; and 

superior letters, as in M r. or w th., are lowered. Indexes of titles and authors, with references to entries in the Catalogue, 

are appended. 

In order to clarify this explanation of entries, the following expansion of entry 2 is given: 

Art and Nature, a comedy in five acts, by James Miller: The play is accompanied by a note of application for license to 

perform, addressed to the Examiner of Plays (or to the Lord Chamberlain), dated January 12, 1737/8, and signed by 

Charles Fletewood, manager of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The play was produced at that theatre on February 16 

of the same year. The copy in question is a manuscript, in which the Examiner has marked certain passages for 

omission from the performance. The epilogue is included with the text of the play, and the cast is given with the 

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dramatis personae. A rapid comparison of the text of this manuscript with the 1738 edition (copy in the Huntington 

Library, Kemble-Devonshire Collection of Plays, Vol. 240) shows that the manuscript contains a number of passages, 

including those marked for deletion by the Examiner, that have not been printed. A manuscript note by John Payne 

Collier in his copy of the Biographia Dramatica (1812) calls attention to The Pigeon Pie (1738), which Collier states is 

a satire upon Miller. 

Two groups in the collection have been treated less completely than the compilers could have wished. The larger consists 

of the Italian operas, which have not been adequately identified because of the scarcity of accurate information on the 

subject of Italian opera in England and the lack of opera librettos in the Huntington Library, outside the Larpent Collection. 

The other group is of plays submitted from provincial theatres, concerning whose productions little information is available. 

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The principal task of the compilers of this Catalogue was to identify the plays: although authors' names had to be found and 

an astonishing number of changed titles was encountered, a greater measure of success was achieved than had been 

originally anticipated. The second place in the attention of the compilers was given to the comparison of manuscript and 

printed texts. The almost complete success of this endeavor has been made possible by the presence under the same roof 

of both the Larpent manuscripts and the Kemble-Devonshire plays. Some inaccuracies and errors doubtless remain, even 

after careful revisions; that they are not more numerous, the principal compiler gratefully realizes is because of the care 

and skill of his associates, Mrs. Marion Tinling and Miss Dorothy Bowen, and of other members of the staff of the Huntington 

Library. 

Dougald MacMillan 

Footnotes: 

11738-49. 

2Appointed in 1749, Capell was deputy until 1781. 

3I have been unable to find a record of the first sale of the plays. A notice in The Athenaeum (No. 1367, Jan. 7, 1854, p. 21), 

possibly based on information supplied by Collier, states that Larpent's widow being anxious to sell them in 1825, they 

were bought for 180l. But Lt. Col. Lionel de Hochepied Larpent, great-grandson of John Larpent, has kindly informed me 

that the collection was sold by Larpent's executors, his two sons (Sir George de Hochepied Larpent, Bart., and Baron J. J. de 

Hochepied Larpent), presumably when John Larpent's effects were disposed of at the death of his widow in 1832; so Collier 

and Amyot may have secured the plays at this time, and there may have been no sale in 1825. Unfortunately, Colonel 

Larpent has not found documentary evidence of the disposition of the collection; and the statement in the Athenaeum 

concerning a sale for ¥180 is unsupported. 

4Printed for strictly private circulation (London, 1871); pp. 49-50. 

1 New Monthly Magazine, XXXIV (1832), 174 (The Poetical and Literary Career of the Late John Philip Kemble) and 568 (New 

Facts Regarding Garrick and his Writings). 

2 Loc. cit. 

3In 1857 a query ( Notes and Queries, 2d Ser., IV, 269) mentions the supposed existence of the collection and asks in 

whose possession these MSS. now are. This is all that was known of it by W. A. J. Archbold when he wrote the life of Larpent 

in the Dictionary of National Biography, where he states Larpent is said... to have left behind him manuscript copies of all 

the plays submitted to the inspector from 1737 to 1824. Nor were the Larpent plays mentioned in the account of the 

Bridgewater Sale to Henry E. Huntington in 1917 by W. N. C. Carlton ( Notes on the Bridgewater House Library, privately 

printed [New York, 1918]). 

4 Huntington Library Bulletin, Number 1 (May, 1931), pp. 49-50. 

5Through the kindness of Mr. William A. Jackson, of the Harvard College Library, and with the generous consent of Mr. Carl 

H. Pforzheimer, the owner, I have been allowed to examine a manuscript Alphabetical Catalogue with Notes of Theatrical 

representations &ca Submitted for Licensing From The Year 1737, to the Year 1787 inclusive. This list, in the handwriting of 

Larpent and of his second wife, contains some 28 titles that I have not been able to identify with any now in the Huntington 

Library Larpent collection; but a large number of titles in that collection are not in this manuscript list. 

It is perhaps noteworthy that the most conspicuous of the plays of the period not now in the Huntington Library collection 

(e.g., The Clandestine Marriage and The School for Scandal) are not listed by Larpent-from which one may infer that the 

copies of these pieces were removed from the Examiners' papers before Larpent took office. Others appear to have been 

either returned to the managers or given away by Larpent or by Collier. For instance, J. P. Kemble was by 1800 already in 

possession of two (Nos. 298 and 378 in the present Catalogue), which he bound with his plays and later sold to the sixth 

Duke of Devonshire, who himself had become the owner of three others (Nos. 471, 918, and 1474). These have now come 

into the Huntington Library from a source different from that of the main body of the collection; and the Examiner's copy of 

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Goldsmith's The Grumbler (No. 354) was in the Hoe collection. 

1The title-page, Catalogue of the Larpent Dramatic MSS. 1602-1824, is misleading, as many of the plays are printed, and as 

the collection contains no manuscript earlier than 1737. Some earlier printed copies and some eighteenth-century 

prologues to be used with earlier plays are found. 

1Sometimes, strangely enough, it is considerably after the first performance-which may mean nothing except that as 

Larpent progressed towards fourscore years he became either careless of his duties or ignorant of the calendar. 

1In a few cases (which are indicated), copies were kindly lent by other libraries. 

1For dates of several provincial performances I am indebted to F. T. Wood, Unrecorded XVIII Century Plays, Notes and 

Queries, CLXX (1936), 56-58, 319. 

Abbreviations and Symbols 

In addition to conventional abbreviations, the following are used with special meaning in this Catalogue: 

ApplicationFormal letter of application for license to perform addressed to the Examiner of Plays (or to the Lord 

Chamberlain). In some cases an endorsement upon the title-page is interpreted as equivalent to a letter of 

application. 

B.C.Bridgewater House Library Catalogue of Larpent Dramatic MSS. (See p. ix.) 

B.D.Biographia Dramatica. (See pp. x-xi.) 

C.G.Covent Garden Theatre 

Comp.Compared 

DevDevonshire Collection of plays in the Huntington Library 

D.L.Theatre Royal Drury Lane 

H1The King's Theatre (opera house), Haymarket 

H2The Little Theatre (or Theatre Royal), Haymarket 

J.P.C.John Payne Collier 

J.P.K.John Philip Kemble 

K-DKemble-Devonshire collection of plays in the Huntington Library 

L.L.Used by J.P.C. in B.D. to indicate Larpent's List-i.e., the MS Alphabetical Catalogue made by Larpent and his 

second wife. (See p. viii, n. 5.) 

Prod.Produced 

Abbott, William1988, 2093 

Addington, William370 

Ainslie, Whitelaw2295 

Allen, Whitelaw217 

Allingham, John Till1258, 1295, 1375, 1392, 1464, 1470, 1540, 1569, 1641 

Amherst, J. H.2282 

Andrei, Antonio460, 509, 593, 929 

Andrews, Miles Peter372, 380, 446, 485, 522, 550, 562, 607, 645, 863, 1054, 1359 

Anelli, Angelo2069 

Arne, Thomas Augustine85, 243, 333, 334, 340, 347 

Arnold, Samuel James1033, 1090, 1146, 1176, 1314, 1420, 1461, 1562, 1580, 1585, 1593, 1617, 1634, 1669, 1716, 1778, 

1802, 1821, 1829, 1853, 1864, 1876, 1932, 1934, 1980, 2106, 2108, 2109, 2163, 2183 

Atkinson, Joseph744 

Auvigny, Jean du Castre d'664 

Ayscough, George Edward422 

Ayton, Richard2039 

Baddeley, Robert374 

Badini, Charles Francis319, 483, 520, 733, 773, 803, 871 

Baillie, Joanna1287, 1557, 1846, 1971 

Ball, Edward. See Fitzball, Edward 

Banim, John2228 

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Bannister, John1483 

Barker, James N.2189 

Barlocci, Giovanni83 

Barlow, Giovanni2152 

Barrett, C. F.1591, 1638, 1640 

Barrett, Eaton Stannard1872 

Barry Nathaniel703 

Barrymore, William1826, 2066 

Bate, Henry [Bate Dudley]384, 400, 452, 583, 892, 1010, 1760, 1787 

Beaumarchais, de675, 837, 2046, 2077 

Beaumont, Francis80, 276, 614, 894, 1858, 1949, 2203 

Beazley, Samuel, Jr.1687, 1927, 1930, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1984, 2033, 2037, 2040, 2041, 2094, 2098, 2106, 2140, 2162, 

2305, 2395 

Behn, Aphra861 

Bell, Robert1939 

Bellamy, Thomas839 

Bennett, George1543, 1756 

Benson, George1036, 1092 

Bentley, Richard199, 610 

Berio, Richard2355 

Berkeley, George Monck770 

Bernard, John732 

Berry, Mary1344 

Bertati, Giovanni460, 832, 888, 928, 1005, 1349 

Bickerstaffe, Isaac187, 250, 278, 280, 285, 286, 312, 397, 862, 2103 

Bidlake, John2152 

Birch, Samuel983, 1011, 1070, 1122, 1182, 1236 

Bishop, Henry Rowley1916, 2077 

Boaden, James970, 1014, 1085, 1222, 1232, 1355, 1388 

Boggio, G.978 

Bonnor, Charles664, 886 

Bottarelli, Giovanni Gualberto316, 317, 373, 474 

Brand, Hannah896, 932 

Brandon, Isaac1539 

Brewer, George1034, 1135, 1260, 1683 

Bridges, Thomas325, 391 

Bromley, George Percival1859, 1915 

Brooke, Frances545, 612, 805 

Brooke, Henry181 

Brown, Henry1132 

Brown, Anthony13 

Brown, Charles Armitage1793 

Brown, John115, 124 

Bucke, Charles2083 

Buckingham, J. S.2203 

Bunn, Alfred2214 

Buonaiuti, B. Serafino1323, 1598, 1600, 1614, 1616, 1653, 1707 

Buonavoglia, B. Serafino1810 

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Burges, James Bland1609, 1632 

Burgoyne, John381, 540, 746, 758 

Burke, Miss992 

Burney, Charles261 

Burton, Charles1700 

Burton, Philippina308 

Butler, Richard, Earl of Glengall2310 

Byron, George Gordon, Lord1737, 2224 

Caigniez, L. C.1876, 1877, 1878 

Calcraft, John William2289, 2351 

Calsabigi, Ranieri dei1072, 1208, 1682 

Caravita, Giuseppi1345, 1658 

Carey, George Saville949 

Carey, Henry11 

Carr, George Charles1432, 1467 

Carr, John1458, 1554 

Celesia, Dorothea314 

Centlivre, Susannah820, 2256, 2362, 2364 

Challis, Henry W.2385 

Chambers, Marianne1663 

Chapman, George396 

Cheney, Miss. See Mrs. Gardner 

Cherry, Andrew1397, 1403, 1451, 1457, 1471, 1474, 1494, 1516, 1541 

Chiari, Pietro394 

Cibber, Colley1133, 2103 

Cibber, Susannah Maria94 

Cibber Theophilus59 

Cigna, V. A.593 

Clarke, C.1767 

Clarke, Stephen1693 

Clive, Catherine86, 174, 190, 220, 247 

Cobb, James476, 530, 556, 567, 698, 710, 715, 757, 780, 796, 850, 887, 918, 961, 1032, 1050, 1111, 1233, 1292, 1304, 

1347, 1362, 1390, 1599 

Code, H. B.1733 

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor1753 

Collier, George421 

Collins, John950 

Colman, Francis180 

Colman, George179, 208, 225, 273, 288, 296, 297, 313, 326, 337, 364, 403, 414, 430, 431, 436, 450, 490, 524, 532, 565, 

600, 659, 663, 744, 826 

Colman, George, the Younger598, 631, 704, 755, 782, 840, 913, 951, 989, 1086, 1116, 1165, 1177, 1191, 1205, 1239, 

1262, 1300, 1316, 1371, 1387, 1421, 1448, 1472, 1480, 1553, 1590, 1633, 1646, 1685, 1822, 1983, 2290, 2309, 2370 

Coltellini, Marco622 

Congreve, William43 

Conway, Henry Seymour827, 1064 

Cooke, William614 

Cornwall, Barry2194 

Cowdroy, W.754 

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Cowley, Hannah402, 475, 486, 513, 515, 548, 584, 617, 640, 748, 791, 792, 921, 1045 

Craven, Elizabeth, Countess of (later Margravine of Anspach)525, 564, 1251 

Crisp, Henry109 

Cromwell, Thomas2084 

Cross, James C.883, 1006, 1019, 1038, 1098, 1119, 1139, 1142, 1184, 1186, 1189, 1194, 1202, 1203, 1213, 1228, 1797 

Cross, Richard71 

Cumberland, Richard249, 300, 306, 315, 328, 329, 365, 382, 472, 473, 508, 590, 615, 674, 676, 691, 779, 811, 828, 958, 

963, 976, 1009, 1018, 1026, 1056, 1073, 1096, 1107, 1138, 1162, 1171, 1211, 1229, 1341, 1409, 1465, 1476, 1547, 1626, 

1730 

Cuthbertson, Miss969 

Dallas, Robert Charles1595 

Dalton, John6 

Daniel, George2036, 2126 

Da Ponte, Lorenzo809, 1007, 1012, 1013, 1015, 1023, 1053, 1082, 1098, 1121, 1152, 1237, 1328, 1336, 1398, 1455, 1672, 

1722, 1966 

D'Arblay, Frances (Burney)596, 1058 

D'Aubigny2038 

Dekker, Thomas2085 

Delap, John202, 546, 726 

Dennis, John2399 

Dent, John597, 604, 629, 701, 1063 

Destouches, P. M.838, 1071 

De Vesle, de Pont1209 

Dibdin, Charles240, 343, 360, 376, 418, 443, 454, 455, 456, 464, 482, 497, 507, 537, 541, 573, 594, 688, 771, 851, 884, 

950, 1030, 1210, 1475 

Dibdin, Charles Isaac Mungo1677, 1747, 1794, 1890, 1992, 2006, 2133, 2154, 2155, 2257, 2328 

Dibdin, Thomas John1103, 1227, 1234, 1244, 1247, 1252, 1255, 1267, 1272, 1278, 1280, 1286, 1288, 1291, 1301, 1305, 

1307, 1332, 1335, 1340, 1346, 1363, 1365, 1393, 1408, 1410, 1417, 1427, 1430, 1466, 1468, 1478, 1493, 1504, 1521, 

1523, 1527, 1532, 1544, 1556, 1574, 1592, 1649, 1663, 1694, 1713, 1734, 1735, 1750, 1785, 1788, 1790, 1824, 1833, 

1837, 1840, 1852, 1878, 1884, 1896, 1905, 1911, 1918, 1985, 2000, 2011, 2096, 2101, 2120, 2121, 2199, 2214, 2218, 

2238, 2293, 2296, 2300, 2318, 2326, 2344, 2368, 2416, 2478 

Dillon, John1995 

Dimond, William1326, 1419, 1453, 1498, 1512, 1583, 1629, 1642, 1655, 1681, 1734, 1848, 1937, 1964, 2010, 2027, 2145, 

2167, 2273, 2318, 2396 

Diodati, G. M.1012 

Dodd, James Solas480 

Dodsley, Robert5, 25, 76, 150 

Dorman, Robert (of Hampstead)61 

Dossie, Robert283 

Dow, Alexander289, 366 

Downing, George518 

Downs, W. A.1795 

Dowton, William1674 

Dryden, John126, 370, 573, 1742, 2174 

Dudley, Henry Bate. See Bate, Henry 

Dunlap, William1257 

Duval, Alexander1262, 2339 

Dyer, Charles George2414 

Earle, Charles George1999 

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Ebsworth, Joseph2245, 2372 

Edmead, Miss1100 

Edwin, John767 

Elliston, Robert William1383, 1449, 2329 

Ewing, Peter930 

Eyre, Edmund John905, 1352, 1574, 1576, 1633, 1657, 1663, 1729, 1772, 1792 

Farley, Charles1272, 1330, 1504, 1701, 1766, 1791, 2153, 2188, 2324, 2388 

Faucit, John Saville1759, 2159, 2179 

Favart, F. S.1098 

Fawcett, John1297, 1346, 1356, 1418, 1713, 2046 

Federico, Gennaro Antonio88, 616 

Feist, Charles2349 

Fennell, James879, 924 

Fenwick, John1285 

Ferretti, John2357 

Fielding, Henry33, 39, 290, 333, 461 

Finney, Henry635 

Fitzball [or Ball], Edward1970, 2080, 2149, 2206, 2282, 2312, 2332, 2346, 2393 

Fitzgerald, William Thomas979 

Fitzpatrick, Richard494 

Fletcher, John24, 80, 133, 276, 614, 894, 1858, 1949, 2203 

Foot, Jesse650 

Foote, Samuel93, 105, 129, 149, 177, 194, 200, 224, 282, 310, 324, 335, 346, 355, 375, 413 

Foppa, Giuseppi1711 

Ford, James862 

Forrest, Theodosius392 

Fox, G2269 

Francis, G2269, 954 

Francis, Philip108 

Francklin, Thomas390 

Franklin, Andrew939, 1163, 1183, 1224, 1264, 1268, 1281, 1407 

Galt, John2015 

Gamerra, Giovanni dei444, 520, 1235, 1238 

Gardner, Mrs. (Miss Cheney)435 

Garrick, David22, 62, 72, 122, 123, 127, 130, 138, 153, 166, 178, 211, 229, 258, 260, 263, 268, 271, 298, 327, 363, 378, 

386, 393, 2001, 2251, 2467 

Gay, John321, 430, 431 

Gentleman, Francis336, 357, 358 

Gherardini, Francis2216 

Giovannini, P.728, 800 

Glover, Richard101 

Godwin, William1306, 1530 

Goldoni, Carlo114, 183, 423, 538 

Goldsmith, Mary1284, 1399, 1431 

Goldsmith, Oliver349, 354 

Goodenough, Richard Josceline496, 575 

Grandi, T.1007 

Greatheed, Bertie799 

10



Green, George Smith2481 

Greffulhe, George Smith1548, 1565, 1612, 1613 

Gretton, John1087 

Griffith, Elizabeth244, 251, 332, 499 

Griffith, Richard582 

Griffiths, Miss955 

Grosett, Henry William1715 

Grubb, John1312 

Gustavus III, King of Sweden1206 

H., W.516 

Hamilton, Newburgh38, 40 

Hamilton, Ralph1965, 2154 

Harpley, T.853 

Hartson, Hall270 

Havard, William36, 223 

Hawkesworth, John126, 162, 169, 185, 369 

Hawkins, William154 

Hayley, William665, 668, 847, 849, 857 

Haynes, James2204 

Heard, William407 

Heartwell, Henry1262 

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea2375 

Heron, Robert1196 

Hewlett, Robert1727 

Hewlings, Robert1779 

Heywood, Thomas914 

Hiffernan, Paul157, 192, 368 

Hill, Aaron139, 741 

Hill, John152 

Hill, Thomas1633 

Hitchcock, Robert348, 395 

Hoadly, Benjamin63, 1160 

Hoadly, John46, 160, 867 

Hoare, Prince793, 864, 899, 948, 972, 999, 1091, 1108, 1126, 1153, 1159, 1230, 1289, 1293, 1334, 1406, 1456, 1536 

Hobhouse, John Cam1895 

Hodson, William498, 618 

Holcroft, Thomas571, 666, 675, 709, 764, 882, 891, 935, 1008, 1039, 1077, 1109, 1129, 1144, 1192, 1195, 1220, 1242, 

1315, 1332, 1361, 1369, 1423, 1499, 2077, 2098 

Holford, Mrs. Margaret1231 

Holland, W. A.1481 

Holman, Joseph George1143, 1240, 1265, 1299, 1404, 1668, 1709 

Holt, Francis Ludlow1429 

Home, John141, 170, 292, 345, 442 

Hook, James1065 

Hook, Mrs. James (Harriet Horncastle)646 

Hook, Theodore Edward1172, 1445, 1483, 1490, 1497, 1522, 1524, 1559, 1582, 1589, 1676, 1689, 2113, 1588, 2157, 

2165, 2168 

Hookham, Theodore Edward1944 

11



Hoole, John287, 305, 385 

Houlton, Robert1285, 1302 

Howard, Robert1168, 2277 

Hull, Thomas212, 218, 239, 246, 255, 257, 264, 276, 352, 603, 1215 

Hurlstone, Thomas947, 981, 1055 

Iliffe, Thomas1217 

Inchbald, Elizabeth661, 700, 708, 736, 761, 775, 789, 802, 838, 900, 912, 952, 967, 1044, 1155, 1184, 1226, 1271, 1438 

Ireland, William Henry1110 

Jackman, Isaac427, 428, 574 

Jackson, John376, 448 

Jackson, William272, 638 

Jacob, Hildebrand, 1 

Jameson, Robert Francis1720, 1754, 1783, 1823, 1834, 1873, 1909, 1929, 1981, 2035 

Jennens, Charles26, 52 

Jephson, Robert466, 575, 703, 768, 1120 

Jerningham, Edward974, 994, 1064 

Jerrold, Douglas William2272 

Jodrell, Richard Paul487, 633, 2095 

Johnson, Richard Paul2078 

Johnson, Samuel434 

Johnson, Samuel (of Cheshire)14, 29 

Johnstone, James738 

Jones, Henry91, 368 

Jones, Richard2038, 2071, 2287, 2302 

Jonson, Ben396 

Jordan, Dorothy862 

Kean, Edmund1993 

Keate, George565 

Keep, W. A.1976, 2266 

Kelly, Hugh277, 307, 318, 362, 370, 379, 401 

Kemble, Charles1298, 1488, 1531, 1552, 1691, 1723, 1771, 2049 

Kemble, Elizabeth (Satchell)689 

Kemble, Henry2060 

Kemble, John Philip441, 451, 470, 511, 687, 723, 861, 1029, 1040, 1133, 1287, 1470 

Kemble, Marie Thérèse (De Camp)1254, 1447, 1549, 1889 

Kemble, Stephen914, 2060 

Kemp, Joseph2339 

Kenney, James1391, 1426, 1435, 1466, 1506, 1528, 1529, 1545, 1628, 1706, 1739, 1805, 1860, 1907, 1963, 1969, 2055, 

2061, 2247, 2303, 2358, 2418 

Kenrick, William252, 275, 361, 459, 463 

Kerr, John1801 

King, Thomas175, 226, 281, 715 

Kinnaird, Douglas James William1895 

Kirby, Douglas James William1728, 1837 

Knapp, Henry535, 660 

Knight, Henry1469 

Knight, Edward P.1875, 1943, 2280 

Knight, Thomas1168, 1270, 2277 

12



Knowles, James Sheridan2151, 2384 

Lake, John1708 

Lamb, Charles1501 

Lamb, William1803 

Lambe, George1513 

Lanfranchi-Rossi, C. G.644 

Langsdorff, Baron1813, 1820 

Lathom, Francis1310, 1311, 1317, 1322, 1366, 1367, 1425 

Lawler, Dennis1541, 1777, 1799 

Lee, Harriet787 

Lee, Henry1221 

Lee, Sophia526, 1113, 1508 

Lefanu, Alicia (Sheridan)1714 

Leigh, Richard1574, 1674, 1888 

Lennox, Charlotte291, 396 

Lennox, W.1976 

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim1041 

Levius, Barham2252 

Lewis, Matthew Gregory1187, 1201, 1245, 1319, 1337, 1374, 1377, 1459, 1514, 1518, 1534, 1561, 1597, 1670, 1686, 2259 

Lillo, George9, 19, 160, 647, 867 

Lindor, B.1074 

Linley, William1106, 1150, 1246, 1277 

Livigni, Filippo417, 578, 714, 858, 1370, 1535 

Lloyd, Robert123, 242 

Lockman, John18, 137, 2477 

Logan, John684 

Lonsdale, M.672 

Lorenzi, Giambattista1123, 2074 

Lunn, Joseph2306, 2347, 2365 

Lynch, Thomas John1503 

McDonald, Andrew785 

Macfarren, George2043, 2301 

Mackenzie, Henry647, 852, 885 

Macklin, Charles55, 58, 64, 96, 184, 274, 311, 500, 558 

MacNally, Leonard591, 621, 623, 654, 694, 729, 745 

Macready, William784, 942, 1075 

Male, G.1618, 1695 

Mallet, David27, 51, 215 

Malone, Edmund575 

Man, Henry519 

Manners, George1484 

Marlowe, Christopher2024 

Marmontel, J. F.469 

Marsh, J. F.1887 

Marston, John396 

Mason, William338 

Massinger, Philip687, 1040, 1215, 1609 

Maturin, Charles Robert1922, 1957, 2088 

13



Maubray, Charles Robert1199 

Mazzinghi, Giovanni1015 

Mazzini, Cosimo1118 

Meadows, Thomas2317 

Mendez, Moses57, 82, 89 

Mercier, L. S.1357 

Merivale, John Herman1993 

Merry, Robert886, 895, 933 

Metastasio, Pietro60, 106, 113, 128, 167, 201, 316, 317, 373, 389, 399, 588, 721, 751, 836, 1259, 1294, 1405, 1479, 1537, 

1710, 1819, 2229 

Metcalf, Catherine885 

Meyers, Catherine941 

Miles, William Augustus485, 514 

Miller, James2, 3, 15, 23, 46, 48 

Millingen, John Gideon1654, 1856, 2110 

Milman, Henry Hart1998, 2012 

Milner, Henry M.2052, 2082, 2193, 2352 

Milton, John6, 26, 38, 40, 272 

Mitchell, Joseph998 

Mitford, Mary Russell2341 

Molloy, Charles996 

Moncrieff, John119 

Moncrieff, William Thomas1894, 1901, 2008, 2056, 2092, 2107, 2113, 2119, 2219, 2225, 2232, 2246, 2258, 2262, 2331, 

2377 

Moore, Charles1271 

Moore, Edward68, 90, 97 

Moore, Thomas1329, 1688, 1803 

More, Hannah440, 481 

Morell, Thomas65, 69, 70, 78, 95, 233 

Moretti, F.812, 902 

Morgan, McNamara104, 110 

Morris, Edward859, 975, 1243 

Morris, Thomas1004 

Morton, Thomas962, 991, 1081, 1105, 1149, 1193, 1279, 1321, 1354, 1433, 1507, 1619, 1656, 1762, 1942, 2021, 2091, 

2146 

Moultru, The Rev. Mr.1223 

Mozeen, Thomas159 

Murphy, Arthur131, 158, 167, 168, 198, 227, 230, 231, 248, 262, 279, 331, 344, 415, 425, 890, 973 

Murray, Charles505 

N., N.1336 

Neville, Edward493 

Noble, Thomas1979 

North, Francis875, 1287 

O'Beirne, Thomas536 

O'Brien, William341, 342 

O'Bryen, Denis626 

O'Callaghan, P. P.2253 

O'Hara, Kane235, 330, 339, 1141, 1900 

14



O'Keeffe, John489, 559, 568, 577, 587, 600, 605, 608, 616, 620, 627, 628, 636, 642, 662, 673, 686, 699, 713, 722, 743, 

759, 786, 797, 813, 824, 860, 880, 881, 893, 898, 984, 988, 997, 1037, 1060, 1069, 1099, 1117, 1125, 1137, 1141, 1188, 

1212, 1218, 1219, 1936, 2158, 2178 

Oliphant, Robert842, 844 

Opie, Mrs.2149 

Oulton, Walley Chamberlaine822, 835, 953, 1178, 1214, 1353, 1411, 1931, 1956, 2139 

Oxberry, William Henry2002, 2070 

Palmer, John563 

Palomba, A.1112 

Palomba, Giuseppi817, 1047, 1048 

Panormo, F.986 

Parry, John2054, 2124, 2236 

Parsons, Eliza943 

Paterson, William17 

Payne, John Howard1905, 2059, 2201, 2274, 2278, 2308, 2314, 2350, 2356 

Paynter, David William1958 

Peake, Richard Brinsley1977, 1986, 2042, 2105, 2166, 2337, 2359, 2383 

Pearce, William696, 960, 971, 1016, 1043, 1062 

Peilde, Matthew585 

Penley, Samson2019, 2024 

Penn, John1151 

Pepoli, Alessandro Ercole968 

Petrosellini, G.299, 1198 

Phillips, Edward16 

Phillips, R.1997, 2068 

Pilon, Frederick458, 468, 477, 491, 510, 527, 534, 549, 592, 671, 747 

Pinkerton, John1796 

Pixérécourt, Guilbert1390, 1449, 1801, 1826 

Planché, James Robinson2023, 2065, 2087, 2122, 2125, 2174, 2176, 2181, 2185, 2191, 2192, 2197, 2205, 2207, 2217, 

2233, 2235, 2248, 2250, 2260, 2275, 2297, 2299, 2308, 2311, 2319, 2350, 2360, 2362, 2373, 2397 

Plowden, Mrs. Frances1303 

Plumptre, Anne1249, 1255, 1313 

Plumptre, James965 

Pocock, Isaac1555, 1615, 1631, 1664, 1678, 1680, 1775, 1781, 1789, 1830, 1854, 1877, 1880, 1881, 1951, 1955, 1962, 

1973, 1996, 2017, 2138, 2279, 2327, 2353, 2366 

Ponte, Lorenzo da. See Da Ponte 

Poole, John1650, 1774, 1799, 1809, 1885, 2025, 2058, 2115, 2241, 2261, 2320, 2321, 2329 

Pope, Alexander1249 

Portal, Abraham445 

Porter, Anna Maria 

Porter, Walsh1180, 1197 

Poujol2038 

Povoleri2038, 543 

Powell, William1308 

Pratt, Samuel Jackson576, 613 

Prior, Matthew79 

Proctor, Bryan Waller. See Cornwall, Barry 

Pulham, Bryan Waller. See Cornwall1866 

15



Pye, Henry James1024, 1275, 1461 

Pye, J. Henrietta323 

Racine, Jean Baptiste1004 

Ralph, James44 

Rannie, John1380 

Raymond, Richard John2029 

Reed, Joseph148, 189, 196, 266, 290, 409 

Repton, Humphry1378 

Reynolds, Frederic711, 750, 831, 870, 920, 979, 1042, 1054, 1097, 1140, 1158, 1181, 1269, 1304, 1333, 1359, 1394, 1424, 

1442, 1463, 1496, 1500, 1538, 1558, 1606, 1636, 1703, 1742, 1886, 1949, 1987, 1991, 2009, 2044, 2128, 2203 

Reynolds, G. N.1154 

Rhodes, William Barnes1634 

Rich, John173 

Richards, John432 

Richardson, Elizabeth478 

Richardson, Joseph937 

Roberdeau, John Peter945, 1080 

Roberts, James1035 

Roberts, William1948 

Robinson, William783 

Robinson, Horatio657, 980 

Robinson, Mary447, 1046 

Rodwell, George Herbert2076, 2170 

Rolli, Paolo Antonio7, 32, 42, 45 

Rolt, Richard241 

Rose, John956, 959, 990 

Rossi, Gaetano2150 

Rousseau, Jean Jacques261 

Ryder, Thomas819 

Ryley, Samuel William825, 866 

S., F.1273 

St. John, John816, 845, 848 

St. Just, de1829, 1830 

Salvi, Antonio121 

Savage, Richard424 

Scawen, John749, 874 

Schiller, Friedrich2128 

Schmidt, Friedrich2026 

Schomberg, Ralph284, 293 

Scott, Jane M.1660, 1697, 1705, 1741, 1798, 1804, 1908, 1994, 2051 

Scott, Walter1912 

Sedaine, M. J.746 

Sedley, Charles112 

Sernicola, Carlo1052 

Shadwell, Thomas1973 

Shakespeare, William123, 154, 212, 328, 511 

Sheil, Richard Lalor1967, 2022, 2072, 2147, 2228, 2276 

Sheridan, Frances219, 228 

16



Sheridan, Richard Brinsley383, 388, 426, 457, 471, 494, 1032, 1480 

Sheridan, T.1768 

Sheridan, Thomas120 

Shillito, Charles855 

Shirley, James138 

Shirley, William81, 216 

Siddons, Henry878, 1027, 1384, 1520, 1585, 1828 

Simeon, Yve Felix St. Ange [T. Simeons?]1360 

Simon, Yve Felix St. Ange [T. Simeons?]906, 940 

Skeffington, Lumley St. George1350, 1460, 1489, 1550, 1650, 1773 

Smart, Christopher238 

Smith, Charles1225 

Smith, Charlotte1253 

Smith, Horace1758, 1782 

Smith, James1758 

Smith, Lascelles1724 

Smollett, Tobias693 

Snodgrass, Alfred2230 

Soane, George1961, 1990, 2081, 2097, 2143 

Sotheby, William1275, 1318 

Southerne, Thomas162 

Spencer, William Robert1338 

Stampiglia, Silvio87 

Starke, Mariana869 

Sterling, Edward2209 

Stevens, George Alexander172, 205, 302, 356, 533 

Stewart, James371, 437 

Stratford, Thomas678 

Street, J.2244 

Stuart, Charles429, 479, 566, 570, 634, 776, 777, 804, 915, 917 

Swift, Edmund L.2099 

Swift, Jonathan21 

Taylor, J.1275 

Taylor, John1064, 1488, 2384 

Terry, Daniel1912, 2046, 2086, 2138 

Theaulon2055 

Theobald, Lewis20, 47 

Thompson, Benjamin1780, 1925 

Thompson, Edward253, 404, 412, 438 

Thomson, James4, 12, 27, 50, 51, 74 

Thomson, James2028, 2114, 2215, 2237 

Tobin, John1379, 1436, 1495, 1509, 1560, 1935, 2118 

Tomkis, Thomas44 

Tomlinson, Thomas213 

Toms, Edward256 

Tonioli, Girolamo681 

Topham, Edward539, 668, 697, 772 

Tottola, Andrea Leone2338, 2398 

17



Townley, James161, 236, 245 

Twiss, Horace2089 

Upton, W. (?)1637 

Vanbrugh, John426 

Vanneschi, Francesco30, 73 

Vaughan, Thomas420, 670, 1284 

Verazzi, Thomas469 

Von Kotzebue, Augustus1226, 1247, 1249, 1255, 1271, 1313, 1320, 1488, 1531, 1691, 1719, 1868, 1952, 2212, 2383 

Waldron, Francis Godolphin353, 488, 504, 599, 998, 1002, 1094, 1095, 1422, 1487 

Walker, C. E.2045, 2175, 2182, 2243 

Wallace, Eglantine, Lady801, 1093, 1104 

Wallace, John1357 

Wallis, George398 

Walpole, Horace295 

Walter, William Joseph2216 

Walwyn, B.553 

Ward, C.1567 

Ward, Charles1480 

Wastell, William1732 

Watson-Taylor, George1057 

Whalley, Thomas Sedgwick1248 

Whitehead, William84, 111 

Wild, James1721 

Willet, Thomas449 

Williams, H. C.2385 

Williamson, H. C.630 

Wilmot, Mrs. Barberina (Ogle) (afterwards Brand, Baroness Dacre)1803 

Wilson, Richard908 

Woodfall, William424 

Woods, William453, 653 

Woodward, Henry92, 214, 304 

Wright, Waller1595 

Wycherley, William258, 1778 

Yearsley, Anne846 

Young, Edward98 

Zeno, Apostolo35, 135, 136, 359, 509, 929, 1343, 1902 

Zini, Saverio922, 1015, 1309 

Index of Titles 

This alphabetical list covers entries 1-2399 of the Catalogue. The unidentified items, 2400-2502, are arranged 

alphabetically in the Catalogue itself. 

Abou Hassan1637 

Aboard and at Home. See King's Bench, The1143 

Absent Apothecary, The1758 

Absent Man, The 

(Bickerstaffe's)280 

(Hull's)239 

Abudah2087 

Accomplish'd Maid, The256 

18



Account of the Wonders of Derbyshire, An. See Wonders of Derbyshire, The465 

Accusation1905 

Aci e Galatea1059 

Acting Mad2184 

Actor of All Work, The1983 

Actress of All Work, The2002, 2070 

Address 

Anxious to pay my heartfelt homage here,1439 

by Mr. Quick Riding on an Elephant652 

Deserted Daughters, are but rarely found,1290 

Farewell [for Mrs. H. Johnston]1454 

Farewell, Spoken by Mrs. Bannister957 

for Opening the New Theatre, Drury Lane2309 

for the Theatre Royal Drury Lane1358 

Impatient for renoun-all hope and fear,1428 

Introductory911 

Occasional, for the Opening of Drury Lane Theatre1827 

Occasional, for the Opening of the Hay Market Theatre2234 

Occasional. In early days, by fond ambition led,1296 

Occasional. In this bright Court is merit fairly tried,740 

Occasional, Intended to Be Spoken on Thursday, March 16thNo. 1572 

Occasional. On Opening the Hay Marker Theatre873 

Occasional. On Opening the New Theatre Royal1590 

Occasional. So oft has Pegasus been doom'd to trial,806 

Occasional, to Be Spoken by Mr. Bensley1130 

Occasional, to Be Spoken by Mr. Elliston1673 

Occasional, to Be Spoken for the Benefit of the Widow and Orphan Children of the Late Mr. Follet1261 

on the Opening of Drury Lane Theatre1819, 2117 

on the Opening of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane1737 

Once more I'm come to shew my Vulgar Folly,904 

Spoken by Mr. Bannister Junr.742 

[Spoken by Mrs. Pope, March, 1789]819 

Spoken for Mr. Millar's Benefit1115 

Tho' Rutlands pangs are o'er, shall I presume,897 

to Be Spoken at Covent Garden Theatre. Through many a scene of variegated Life,1416 

to Be Spoken by Mr. Betty1738 

to Be Spoken by Mr. Lacy669 

to Be Spoken by Mrs. Powell1078 

to Be Spoken by Mrs. Wells655 

to Be Spoken on the Benefit Night for the Widows and Orphans of the Sailors Who Were Kill'd in the North Sea Fight1190 

to Open the Theatre Royal Covent Garden1389 

to the Public. Oft have I come Ambassadress in State,609 

to the Public. When Ancient Rome in all its Glory Shone,410 

Written for Mrs. [Stephen] Kemble658 

Adelaide1275 

Adelasia è Aleramo1842 

Adelgitha1518 

Adeline2274 

19



Adelmorn1319 

Admirable Crichton, The2155 

Adolfo e Clara1814 

Adolphus, Count Zelmar1709 

Adopted Child, The1070 

Adrian and Orilla. See Mountains of Saxony, The1498 

Adventures, The859 

Adventures of a Night, The618 

Advertisement, The924 

See also Matrimonial Advertisement, The435 

Aerostation671 

Aethiop, The1734 

Africans, The1553 

Agamemnon. See Death of Agamemnon, The4 

L'Agense1974 

Aggression1446 

Agis141 

Agmunda, alterations in932 

Agnes, application for license for2340 

Agreeable Surprize, The568 

Ah, What a Pity!2043 

Aladdin. See Alladin 

L'Albergatrice Vivaci641 

Albert and Adelaide. See Black Forest, The1236 

Alberto and Lauretta1503 

Albina, Countess of Raimond486 

Albumazar44 

Alcanar. See Arab, The691 

Alceste 

(anon.)751 

(de' Calsabigi's)1072 

Alessandro. See Rossane41 

Alessandro e Timoteo1283 

Alessandro in Persia30 

Alessandro nelle Indie201 

Alexander Balus70 

Alexander the Little901 

Alfonso42 

Alfonso, King of Castile1337 

Alfred 

(Home's)442 

(Thomson and Mallet's)27 

See also Magic Banner, The1137 

Alfred the Great (from Thomson and Mallet's)51 

(Faucit's)1665 

Algona1347 

Ali Baba. See Forty Thieves, The1480 

Ali Pacha. See Pacha, The2308 

20



Alina648 

Alive and Merry1132 

All at Coventry1901 

All for Fame1452 

All in Good Humour953 

All in the Dark. See Banks of the Elbe, The2299 

All in the Right255 

All in the Wrong198 

All on a Summer's Day789 

All the World's a Stage428 

Alladin 

(anon.)1623 

(Farley's)1766 

L'Allegro, ed Il Penseroso26 

All's Fair in Love1379 

Almena241 

Almeyda1113 

Almida314 

Almira753 

Almoran and Hamet2285 

Alonzo345 

Alphi Bey1965 

Alternative, The55 

Alzuma344 

Amanti Consolati, Gli1551 

Amateurs and Actors2042 

Americans, The. See War-Whoop, The1669 

L'Amor Contrastato1047, 1048 

L'Amor Costante107 

L'Amor fra Le Vendemmie1145 

Amoroso, King of Little Britain2023 

Amphitryon126 

Andromaca 

(Badini's)871 

(Salvi's)121 

Angelina 

(Goldsmith's)1431 

(N. N.'s)1336 

Animal Magnetism802 

Animated Effigy, The1660 

Anna969 

Annette and Lubin456 

Anniversary, The144 

Another Maid and Another Magpie1883 

Another Piece of Presumption!2374 

Antigona176, 1134 

Antigone 

(Fitzball's)2206 

21



Antigono60 

Antiquary, The2138 

Antonio1306 

Any Thing New1680 

Apollo and Daphne, song in204 

Apollo Daggerwood2129 

Apology for Apologies, An351 

Apostate, The1967 

Apparition, The. See Flesh and the Spirit, The1038 

Appeal, The2015 

Appearance Is against Them708 

Appius119 

April Fool, An 

(anon.)2298 

The (Mac-Nally's)729 

Arab, The691 

songs in1743 

Arbitration1500 

L'Arbore di Diana1161 

L'Arcadia in Brenta114 

L'Arcifanfano538 

Arden of Feversham160, 867 

Arianna e Teseo180 

Aristodemo45, 1818 

Armida734, 1351 

Arminius17 

Armorer, The976 

Arrivals2266 

Arrived at Portsmouth1043 

Art and Nature2 

Artaserse106 

Artifice, The514 

As It Should Be822 

Ascension, The405 

Asgard the Demon Hunter1741 

Assassin, The1939 

Assignation, The 

(anon.)1748 

(Lee's)1508 

Assumptions!2364 

Astonishment!2048 

Astrologer, The. See Alburmazar44 

Astuzie Fallaci, Le1917 

Astuzie Femminili, Le1405 

At Anchor in the Bay of Naples1021 

At Home1760 

Atalida1621 

Athelstan124 

22



Attilio Regolo113 

Augusta2329 

Augustus and Gulielmus1481 

Auld Robin Gray1033 

Aurelio and Miranda1232 

Author, The129 

Author on the Wheel, The695 

L'Avaro625 

L'Avaro Deluso460 

Bachelors' Miseries2047 

Bachelor's Wives. See Tit for Tat1978 

Bad Customers. See Who Pays the Piper1611 

Bad Neighbours1635 

Ballynavogue1994 

Bamfylde. See Bampfyde 

Bampfyde Moore Carew1910 

Bandit of Bohemia, The2243 

Banditti, The577 

Banian Day1135 

Bank Note, The1075 

Bankrupt, The355 

Banks of the Elbe, The2299 

Bannian Day. See Banian Day1135 

Bantry Bay1154 

Barbarossa115 

Barber of Seville, The2046 

Barbers Petition, The1127 

Barbiere di Civiglia, Il837 

Barmecide. See Bermecides2052 

Barnaby Brittle. See Why Did I Marry2186 

Baron de Trenck, The2163 

Baron of Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern562 

Barone di Torre Forte, Il547 

Barsene, Regina di Lidia1865 

Basket Maker, The880 

Battle of Bothwell Brig, The 

(Calcraft's)2351 

(Farley's)2153 

Battle of Eddington, The1151 

Battle of Hexham, The840 

Beacon, The1846 

Beacon of Liberty, The2335 

Bears Not Beasts2352 

Beau in the Toy Shop, additions to146 

Beauty and the Beast2270 

Bee Hive, The1654 

Beggar My Neighbour1354 

Beggar on Horseback, A699 

23



Beggar's Bush, address to. See Merchant of Bruges, The1895 

Beggar's Opera, The 

new scene for438 

prelude (anon.)572 

prelude (Colman's)565 

Begone, Dull Care. See Fair Play1538 

Belford and Minton. See Chase, The2112 

Belisarius451 

Bella Arsene, La1098 

Bella Pescatrice, La1015 

Bellamira2022 

Belles Association, The528 

Belle's Stratagem, The 

(Cowley's)513 

(Waldron's)599 

Belles without Beaux. See Young Prude, The2111 

Belphegor446 

Belshazzar52 

Benevolent Planters, The839 

Bermecides2052 

Bertha2080 

Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno. See Famiglia de Bertoldi alla. Corte del Rè Alboino, La116 

Bertram. See Castle of Aldobrand, The1922 

Best Bidder, The607 

Better Late than Never863 

Bill of Fare, The. See Enquire Within2296 

Bird in a Cage, The, epilogue to730 

Birthday, The 

(Dibdin's)1247 

(O'Keeffe's)628 

Birth of Hercules, The216 

Black Beard1228 

Black Forest, The1236 

Black-a-moor Wash'd White, The400 

Blackamoor's Head, The2028 

Blacksmith of Antwerp, The686 

new songs, etc.1936 

Blank Cartridge, The1719 

Blind Bargain, The. See Hear Him Out1424 

Blind Beggar of Bednal Green, The25 

Blind Boy, The1529 

Blind Girl, The1321 

Blind Man, The594 

Blood Will Have Blood!1769 

Blue Beard 

(anon.)923 

(Colman's)1191 

Blue Devils1205 

24



Boadicea1761 

Boadicia101 

Boarding House, The1687 

Bobinet the Bandit1891 

Bohemian Miller, The1781 

Bold Stroke for a Husband, A617 

Bombastes Furioso1634 

Bon Ton386 

Bondman, The, prologue to492 

Bondocani, Il1305 

Bonds without Judgment772 

Boniface and Bridgetina1544 

Botheration1214 

Bourbon League, The210 

Box Lobby Challenge, The1009 

Box-Lobby Loungers, The. See Lobby Lounger, The777 

Brave Irishman, The120 

Bravo's Son, The2079 

Brazen Bust, The1771 

Brazen Mask, The, songs and choruses in1346 

Bribery on Both Sides656 

Bridal Ring, The1636 

Bride of Abydos, The2010 

Bride of Lammermoor, The2289 

Bride of Lammermuir, The2121 

Bridge That Carries Us Safe Over! The1977 

Brisket Family, The2272 

Bristol Sailor, The732 

Bristol Tars, The966 

Britain's Brave Tars. See Our Wooden Walls1188 

Britain's Glory1036 

Britain's Jubilee 

(Arnold's)1593 

(Barrett's)1591 

British Admiral and the Seamans Son, The1731 

British Fortitude and Hibernian Friendship1019 

British Gratitude and Hibernian Friendship. See British Fortitude1019 

British Heroine, The448 

British Soldier, The1443 

Briton, the Son of a Briton, A203 

Britons Strike Home16 

Broad, but Not Long1815 

Broad Grins 

(anon.)1844 

(Scott's?)1798 

Broken Gold, The1475 

Broken Sword, The1937 

Brother and Sister1838 

25



Brothers, The 

(Cumberland's)300 

epilogue to306 

(Young's)98 

See also Privateer, The1730 

Brown Man, The2100, 2183 

songs, etc.2108 

Bruno2249 

Brutus2059 

Buck's Interlude188 

Budget of Blunders, A1613 

Bull's Head, The. See Saracen's Head, The2033 

Buona Figliuola, La1630 

Burbero di Buon Cuore, Il1023 

Burgomaster of Sardam, The2044 

Burletta of Errors, A [The]2174 

Busy Body, The, epilogue to151 

Buthred462 

Buxom Joan449 

By Advertisement2104 

Cabinet, The1340 

Cabinet of Fancy, The533 

Caccia di Enrico IV, La 

(anon.)1571 

(Buonaiuti's)1707 

Cady, The1862 

Cady of Bagdad, The445 

Cænarvon Castle990 

Caffres, The1352 

Caio Mario411 

Caius Gracchus2384 

Calcutta796 

Caledonia1740 

Calypso473 

Cambro Britons 

(anon.)1173 

(Boaden's)1222 

Cameleon, The1953 

Cameriera Astuta, La798 

Camilla1485, 1717 

Camilla the Amazon1954 

Camp, The457 

Camp Visitants, The23 

Campaign, The703 

Candidate, The597 

Cantabs, The778 

Capers at Canterbury2248 

Cappriciosa Penita, La1563 

26



Capriccio Dramatico, Il1012 

Capricious Lady, The 

(Cooke's)614 

(Pye's)323 

Capricious Lovers, The242 

Captain, The554 

Captain MacShane1339 

Captive, The, lines for1374 

Captive of Spilsburg1230 

Captives, The726 

Capuchin, The413 

Caravan, The1394 

Careful Servant, The1940 

Carib Chief, The2089 

Carmelite, The674 

Casimer the Great1081 

Casino, The542 

Castle of Andalusia, The605 

Castle of Glyndower, The. See Castles in the Air2016 

Castle of Lausanne, The1442 

Castle of Montval, The1248 

Castle of Otranto, The995 

Castle of Paluzzi, The. See Extorted Oath, The2029 

Castle of St. Aldobrand, The1922 

Castle of Sorrento, The1262 

Castle of Wonders, The 

(anon.)752 

(Johnson's)2078 

Castle Spectre, The1187 

Castles in the Air2016 

Cat of Kilkenny, The1849 

Cataract of the Ganges, The2377 

Catch Him Who Can1490 

Cave of Trophonius, The899 

Celadon and Florimel1133 

Cenerentola, La2137 

Cent per Cent2353 

Chains for [of] the Heart1334 

Chaplet, The82 

Chapter of Accidents, The526 

Charioteers, The1643 

Charity Boy, The1139, 1142 

Charles Edward Stuart, the Pretender2339 

Charles the Bold1864 

Charlotte and Werther. See Werther and Charlotte1620 

Chase, The2112 

Cheap Living1181 

Chelsea Pensioner, The482 

27



Cherokee, The1050 

Cherry and Fair Star2283 

Child of Chance, The. See Love's Errors1723 

Child of Concealment, The1915 

Child of Mystery, The2200 

Children, The1289 

Children in the Wood, The991 

Chimney Corner, The1180 

Chinese Sorcerer, The. See Whang Fong2344 

Chip o'th' Old Block, A1875 

Chit Chat553 

Choice, The248 

Choice of Harlequin, The580 

Choice of Hercules, The. See Hercules's Choice of Pleasure or Virtue99 

Choleric Fathers, The709 

Choleric Man, The382 

Christmas Tale, The363 

Cifra, La1198 

Cinderella1396, 1604 

Cinna1237 

Circassian, The576 

Circassian Bride, The1567 

City Rivals, The1805 

Civilian, The825 

Clara1596 

Clari2350 

Clementina318 

Clemenza2295 

Clemenza di Scipione, La1444 

Clemenza di Tito, La1479, 1710 

Cleone150 

Cleonice385 

Climene1671 

Clock Case, The433 

Close of the Poll, The534 

Coalition623 

Cobler of Castlebury, The479 

Coeur de Lion 

(Burgoyne's)746 

(Mac-Nally's)745 

Coffee House, The3 

Colin and Susan1025 

Columbus962 

Come and See1820 

Comedia in Comedia, La73 

Comedy of Errors, The212 

Comet, The841 

Comic Extravaganza, The171 

28



Comic Paraphrase on Shakespear's Seven Ages, A222 

Committee, The2277 

Comus, a Mask6 

Concerto Spirituale406 

Confusione della Somiglianza, La. See I Due Gobbi1118 

Conjurer, The 

(Andrews')372 

(anon.)1882 

Conquest of St. Eustacia, The552 

Conquest of Taranto. See Fate of Taranto, The1964 

Conscience. See Lorenzo2204 

Conscious Lovers, The, prologue and epilogue137 

Consequences1588 

Consiglio Imprudente, Il1147, 1861 

Conspiracy, The1120 

Constantine Paleologus1557 

Constantine the Great108 

Consultation, The2053 

Contadina in Corte, La320, 503 

Contadine Bizzarre, Le299 

Contadini Bizarri, I1007 

Conte Ridicolo, Il1067 

Contract, The 

(Cobb's)476 

(Francklin's)390 

Convict, The2276 

Convito, Il606 

Cooking and Copying2323 

Cooper, The334 

Coquette, The395 

Coriolanus74 

Cormac and Swaran1610 

Coronation, The. See A Briton203 

Corsair, The1330 

Corsair's Bride, The. See Pirate's Bride, The2250 

Cortez. See Hernando Cortez2373 

Cosa Rara, La809, 1455 

Cosi fan' Tutte1672 

Cottage Maid, The910 

Count of Anjou, The1920 

Count of Burgundy, The1249 

Count of Narbonne, The575 

Counterfeit, The1407 

Counterfeit Captain, The555 

Countess of Salisbury, The270 

Country Attorney, The779 

Country Girl, The258 

Court of Alexander, The302 

29



Covent Garden Theatre96 

Coventry Act, The965 

Cozeners, The375 

Cozening2094 

Creso439 

Creusa in Delfo622 

Creüsa, Queen of Athens111 

Critic, The 

(Cumberland's?)472 

(Sheridan's)494 

Cross Partners955 

Cross Purposes342 

Crotchet Lodge1055 

Crusade, The870 

Cry To-day and Laugh To-morrow. See Sunshine after Rain1943 

Cunning Man, The261 

Cupboard and the Cabinet, The. See Cooking and Copying2323 

Cupid's Revenge336 

Cure for a Coxcomb, A950 

Cure for Coxcombs, A2240 

Cure for Romance, A. See Love's Labyrinth2114 

Cure for the Heart Ache, A1149 

Curfew, The1509 

Curiosity (Gustavus III's?)1206 

(Lathom's)1310 

Curioso Indiscreto, Il677 

Curtain Lecture, The1767 

Cymbeline154 

Cymon263 

Cyrus287 

Czar Peter, The860 

Czartoriska1029 

Dama Soldato, La1770, 1817 

Damnation570 

Damon and Pythias. See Force of Friendship, The2228 

Darius678 

Darkness Visible. See Four in Hand1689 

Dash, The. See Denouement, The1425 

Dash of the Day, The1311 

Daughter, The1877 

David Rizzio2154 

Day after the Wedding, The1549 

Day and Night1867 

Day at Rome, A1225 

Day in London, A1516 

Day in the Country, A1952 

Day in Turkey, A921 

Day of Taste, A. See Comic Extravaganza, The171 

30



Day of Tribute, The1691 

Days of Yore1107 

Dead Alive, The. See Edward and Caroline559 

Deaf and Dumb1315 

Deaf Indeed539 

Deaf Lover, The510 

See also Device, The491 

Death of Agamemnon, The4 

Death of Captain Faulkner1079 

Death of Don Giovanni, The2389 

Death of Giovanni, The. See Death of Don Giovanni, The2389 

Death of the Queen of France, The1413 

Debora e Sisara1052 

Debtor and Creditor. See City Rivals, The1805 

December and May2027 

Deception, The670 

Delays and Blunders1359 

Delinquent, The. See Sees Company1463 

Demetrio, Il399 

Demon of the Woods, The1534 

De Monfort1287 

Denouement, The1425 

Dependent, The1096 

Desert Island, The167 

Deserted Daughter, The. See 'Tis a Strange World1077 

Deserter, The360 

Deserts of Arabia, The1496 

Deuce Is in Her! The. See Who Is She?2181 

Deuce Is in Him, The225 

Device, The 

(Pilon's)491 

(Richards')432 

Devil in the Wine Cellar, The. See Walking Statue, The741 

Devil of a Lover, A1199 

Devil upon Two Sticks, The282 

Devil's Bridge, The1716 

Dialogue between an Actor and a Critic, A. See Tempest, The123 

Diamond Arrow, The1894 

Diamond Cut Diamond. See Venetian Tale, A1172 

Dido 

(Bridges')325 

(Hoare's)948 

(Reed's)266 

Didone721, 1259, 1537 

Didone Abbandonata389, 1819 

Dine at My Villa1406 

Dinner of Madelon, The1941 

Dirce2229 

31



Disagreeable Surprize, The2126 

Disappointment1645 

Disartore, Il815 

Disbanded Officer, The738 

Discordia Conjugale, La925 

Discovery, The219 

Disguises1984 

Disinterested Love1215 

Disputants, The523 

Dissipation550 

Distress'd Baronet, The776 

Distress'd Wife, The430 

Diversions of the Morning, The149 

Divertisement, A883 

songs in884 

Divorce, The574 

Doctor Bolus2036 

Dr. Faustus and the Black Demon2392 

Doctor Hocus Pocus1822 

Doctor Poker1938 

Dr. Syntax2191 

Dog Days in Bond Street2167 

Dog of Montargis, The. See Murder Will Out1826 

Doldrum, The. See Sleeper, The1125 

Dolly and the Rat. See Brisket Family The2272 

Domestic Tyrant, The1575 

Dominions of Fancy, The1307 

Don Giovanni, Il1013, 1966 

Don Giovanni2096 

Don John. See Two Violettas, The2203 

Don Pedro1138 

Don Raymond1157 

Don Saverio85 

Donna del Lago, La2338 

Donne Cambiate, Le1711 

Double Armour, The926 

Double Deception, The478 

Double Disguise, The646 

Double Disappointment, The57 

Double Mistake, The251 

Doubtful Son, The1629 

Down the Area!2381 

Dramatic Chronicle, The504 

Dramatic Oglio, A602 

Dramatic Puffers, The583 

Dramatist, The831 

Dreamer Awake, The905 

Due Castellani Burlati, I858 

32



Due Fratelli Rivali, I1312 

Due Gobbi, I1118 

Due Nozze e un Sol Marito1482 

Due Swizzeri, I1256 

Duel, The341 

See also My Two Nephews2337 

Duellist, The361 

Dui Baroni, Li1368 

Duke of Milan, The 

address to1914 

prologue and epilogue to495 

Duke of Savoy, The1987 

Dukes Coat, The1899 

Dun a-Day, A2363 

Dupe, The228 

Dupes of Fancy, The949 

Duplicity571 

Dutchman, The391 

Dwarf of Naples, The2081 

Each for Himself. See Doctor Poker1938 

Earl Goodwin. See Goodwin846 

Earl of Essex, The 

(Brooke's)181 

(Jones's)91 


Earls of Hammersmith, The1799 

East Indian, The 

(anon.)1726 

(D'Arblay's)596 

Eastward Hoe. See Old City Manners396 

Eccentric Lover, The1211 

Eccentricities1836 

Edgar1484 

Edgar and Emmeline185 

Edict of Charlemagne1606 

Education1762 

Edward and Caroline559 

Edward and Eleonora12 

Edward the Black Prince81 

Edwin2292 

Edwin, Heir of Cressingham1970 

Edwy and Elgiva1058 

Egyptian Boy, The1348 

Egyptian Festival, The1281 

¥8. 10. 1, if Quite Convenient. See If Quite Convenient2354 

Elders, The519 

Eldred367 

Election, The 

33



(Andrews')380 

(anon.)1372 

(Bailey's)1971 

Election of the Managers, The659, 663 

Eleventh of June, The1218 

Elfrida 

(Calsabigi's?)1208, 1682 

(Mason's)338 

Elisa e Claudio2348 

Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra2026 

Ella Rosenberg1528 

Elmerick19 

Elmira551 

Eloisa750 

Elopement, An679 

Elopement, The223 

Elopement Extraordinary, The1816 

Elphi Bey. See Alphi Bey1965 

Elvira215 

Embarkation, The1268 

Emilia Galotti1041 

Enchanted Castle, The. See Castle of Wonders, The752 

Enchanted Island1418 

Enchanted Wood, The954 

Enchanter, The178 

Enea e Lavinia474 

England Preserved. See King Henry the Third1057 

English Fleet in1342 

The1393 

English Merchant, The, prologue265 

English Readings780 

English Sailors in America. See French Flogg'd, The172 

Englishman in Paris, The, epilogue and additions to100 

Englishmen in Germany, The931 

Enquire Within2296 

Enraged Musician, The826 

Epilogue 

After this Bounteous, well-intended Play,117 

by Mr. Tomlinson213 

for Lady Townly132 

for Mrs. Woffington in the Character of Britannia54 

[for Shuter's Benefit]155, 294 

I speak an Epilogue Masters old and lame!303 

in the Character of Arabella531 

on Shakespeare's Women Characters37 

This Night-by liberal Genius set apart,927 

To Be Spoken by Lord Chief Joker and His Attorney-General309 

to Be Spoken by Mr. Tomlinson197 

34



to Be Spoken by Mrs. Clive on Her Quitting the Stage295 

When Senators attend St. Stephen's call,495 

See also Prologue 

Erifhile1441 

Erifile, Regina di Zacinto444 

Eriphile1440 

L'Eroe Cinese588 

L'Eroina di Rab1763 

Errors Excepted1523 

Escape into Prison, An. See Hue and Cry, The1184 

Escapes, The1332 

Eudora857 

Eugenio2342 

Euristeo135, 136 

Eurypilus, King of Sicily1958 

Evadne. See Statue, The2072 

Evelina1152 

Events of a Day, The1100 

Every One Has His Fault967 

Every Woman in Her Humour174 

Exchange No Robbery2165 

Exciseman, The535 

Exile, The1558 

Exit by Mistake. See Keeping Up Appearances1929 

Exordium, An1204 

Experiment, The 

(Murray's)505 

(Stuart's?)429 

Extorted Oath, The2029 

Fair, The, scene and song to be inserted in. See Lyar, The200 

Fair American, The592 

Fair Cheating. See Elopement Extraordinary, The1816 

Fair Circassian. See Circassian, The576 

Fair Deserter, The1933 

Fair Fugitives, The1385 

Fair Gabrielle, The. See Henri Quatre2297 

Fair Game1787 

Fair Peruvian, The727 

Fair Play1538 

Fair Refugee, The651 

Fair Rosamond1759 

Fairies' Revels, The1356 

Fairy, The1401 

Fairy Favour, The257 

Fairy Favours1167 

Fairy Festival, The. See Fairy Favours1167 

Fairy Legends. See Fairy Records2057 

Fairy Prince, The326 

35



Fairy Records2057 

Faithful Irish Woman, The247 

Fall of Egypt, The369 

Falls of Clyde, The1990 

False Alarms1404 

See also False Appearances1506 

False and True1223 

False Appearances 

(Conway's)827 

(Kenney's)1506 

False Colours975 

False Concord236 

False Delicacy277 

False Friend, The1797 

False Impressions, prologue and epilogue to. Bound with Secrets Worth Knowing1193 

False Shame1320 

Falstaff's Wedding252 

prologue to1382 

Famiglia de Bertoldi alla Corte del Rè Alboino, La116 

Family Compact, The956 

Family Jars2306 

Family Quarrels1363 

Fanatico di Berlino, Il1349 

Fanatico per La Musica, Il1492 

Fancy's Opera, The2333 

prelude to2334 

Fancy's Sketch2122 

Farce Writer, The. See Writing a Farce1880 

Farmer, The. See Ups and Downs786 

Farmer's Return from London211 

Farmer's Wife, The1794 

Faro Table, The1495 

See also Pharo Table, The820 

Fashion Displayed308 

Fashionable Friends, The1344 

Fashionable Levities694 

Fashionable Lover, The329 

Fast Asleep. See Opiate, The1182 

Fatal Curiosity, prologue595 

Fatal Discovery, The292 

Fatal Falsehood481 

Fatal Interview, The603 

Fatal Retirement, The13 

Fate of Sparta, The791, 792 

Fate of Taranto, The1964 

Father and His Children, The1991 

Father and the Son, The. See Murderer, The2380 

Fathers, The461 

36



Faulkner1530 

Fazio2012 

See also Italian Wife, The1998 

Fedra, La1666 

Female Dramatist, The598 

Female Duellist, The985 

Female Officer, The441 

Female Orators, The521 

Fernando in Mexico1376 

Ferry of the Guiers2376 

Feste d'Iside, Le1546 

Fetonte182 

Feudal Times1239 

Figure of Fun, A2209 

Filosofo di Campagna, Il183 

Fingal1776 

Finta Principessa, La714 

Fire and Water 

(Andrews')522 

(Beazley's)1982 

First Come, First Served1554 

First Faults1254 

First Floor, The757 

First Impressions1782 

First Love1073 

First of September, The844 

Fish Out of Water2365 

Fisherman, The2118 

Fisherman's Hut, The. See Fisherman, The2118 

Five Hundred Pounds2242 

Five Miles Off1493 

Five Thousand a Year1244 

Flat and Sharp1777 

Flesh and the Spirit, The1038 

Flitch of Bacon, The452 

Flodden Field2060 

Florizel and Perdita122 

Follies of a Day, The. See Marriage of Figaro, The675 

Folly as It Flies1333 

Fontainbleau673 

Fontainville Forest1014 

Fool, The697 

Fool Made Wise, The29 

Fools of Fashion, The1366 

For England Ho!1789 

Force of Fashion, The852 

Force of Friendship, The2228 

Force of Ridicule, The1144 

37



Forest Knight, The1757 

Forest of Bondy, The. See Murder Will Out1826 

Forest of Hermanstadt, The. See Princess and No Princess1556 

Fortress, The1522 

Fortunate Youth, The2008 

See also Three Crumps, The2005 

Fortunatus and His Sons2085 

Fortune Hunters, The. See Love and Impudence1727 

Fortune of War, The1860 

Fortune Teller, The1525 

Fortune's Fool1140 

Fortune's Frolic1258 

Fortunes of Nigel, The2332, 2393 

Fortune's Wheel982 

Forty Thieves, The1480 

Foul Deeds Will Rise1420 

Foundling, The68 

Foundling of the Forest, The1583 

Four in Hand1689 

Frankenstein2359 

Frascatana, La417, 1535 

Fratelli Rivali, I. See Due Fratelli Rivali, I1312 

Frederick the Great1821 

Fredolfo2088 

Free and Easy1934 

Free Kinghts, The. See Edict of Charlemagne, The1606 

Freedom and Slavery1942 

French Flogg'd, The172 

French Village Surrender'd, The1031 

Frenchified Lady, The, epilogue143 

Friar Bacon642 

Friend in Need, A 


(Hoare's)1153 

Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed, A626 

Friend Indeed, A. See Friend in Need, A1992 

Friends, The. See Benevolent Planters, The839 

Friendship, Love and Duty1795 

Frighten'd to Death!1956 

Frolick, The737 

Frolics of an Hour, The1089 

Frost and Thaw. See Adolphus, Count Zelmar1709 

Fugitive, The 


(Richardson's)937 

Fun and Fright2123 

Funeral Pile, The. See Gallic Gratitude480 

Furbo contra il Furbo, Il1542, 1755 

38



Furibond1533 

Gallantry. See Spanish Gallants2139 

Galley Slaves, The2314 

Gallic Gratitude480 

Gamester, The97 

Gamesters, The138 

Gander Hall1264 

Garland, The1445 

Garland of Truth, The1331 

Gastone e Bajardo2142 

Gay Deceivers, The1421 

Gazette Extraordinary, The1668 

Gazza Ladra, La2216 

Gelosie Villane, Le680 

Gemèlle, Le681 

Generosita d'Alessandro, La836 

Generous Imposter, The536 

Genius of Liverpool, The853 

Genius of Nonsense, The532 

Genoese Pirate, The. See Black Beard1228 

George Heriot. See Fortunes of Nigel, The2332 

Georgian Princess, The1251 

Geralda. See British Heroine, The448 

Geraldi Duval. See Bandit of Bohemia, The2243 

German Blunder, A1565 

German Hotel, The882 

Germondo423 

Gianguir35 

Giannina e Bernardone756 

Gil Blas 

(Macfarren's)2301 

(Moore's)90 

Ginevra di Scozia1712 

Giorno Felice, Il1705 

Giovanni in Botany!2281 

Giovanni in Ireland2267 

Giovanni, the Vampire. See Vampire Giovanni2197 

Gipsey Prince, The1329 

Giraldi2149 

Giramondo, Il790 

Girl in Stile, The749 

Giulio Cesare in Egitto763 

Giulio Sabino728, 800 

Giunio Bruto581 

I'Giuochi d'Agrigento968 

Gleaners, The1601 

Glorious First of June, The1032 

Gnome King, The2116 

39



Godolphin, the Lion of the North1780 

Gog and Magog2326 

Golden Pippin, The330, 339 

Goodwin846 

Gordon the Gypsey2304 

Governante, La483 

Grand Tour, The2226 

Great Unknown, The2367 

Grecian Daughter, The331 

Greek Slave, The894 

Green Dragon, The2119 

Green Eyed Monster, The1664 

Green in France2330 

Green Man, The2038 

Green Room, The 

(anon.)2208 

(Finney's)635 

Gretna Green 


(Stuart's)634 

Grey the Collier2173 

Grieving Is a Folly1574 

Griselda, La1902 

Grotta di Calipso, La1398 

Grumbler, The 

(Goldsmith's)354 

(Sedley's)112 

Guardian, The153 

Guardian Outwitted, The243 

Guardians, The. See Faro Table, The1495 

Guardians Outwitted, The. See Assumptions2364 

Guilty or Not Guilty?1417 

Gulliver among the Lilliputians1808 

Gustavus Vasa1642 

Guy Fawkes993 

Guy Fawkes, a Gingerbread Tragedy2244 

Guy Mannering. See Right and Might1912 

Hail Fellow, Well Met944 

Half an Hour after Supper821 

Half an Hour's Courtship2192 

Half Pay Officer, The2067 

Hallow Fair653 

Hamlet Travestie1659 

Hannah238 

Hannah Hewit1210 

Happy Captive, The. See Temple of Dullness, The47 

Happy Constancy, The. See Nest of Plays, The1 

Happy Day, The. See Giorno Felice, Il1705 

40



Harlequin Almanack1335 

Harlequin-Amulet1308 

Harlequin and Asmodeus. See Harlequin Zambullo1651 

Harlequin and Cinderella2144 

Harlequin and Don Quixotte2132 

Harlequin and Fancy1896 

Harlequin and Faustus. See Harlequin Faustus1000 

Harlequin and Fortunio1893 

Harlequin and Friar Bacon2188 

Harlequin and Humpo1750 

Harlequin and Mother Bunch2268 

Harlequin and Mother Goose1504 

Harlequin and Oberon1148 

Harlequin and Padmanaba1701 

Harlequin and Poor Robin2388 

Harlequin and Quixote1189 

Harlequin and the Dandy Club2064 

Harlequin and the Ogress2324 

Harlequin and the Red Dwarf1749 

Harlequin and the Swans1791 

Harlequin and the Sylph of the Oak1946 

Harlequin at His Old Tricks1395 

Harlequin Captive1106 

Harlequin Dr. Faustus259 

Harlequin Faustus1000 

Harlequin Free Mason541 

Harlequin Gulliver2003 

Harlequin Harmonist1790 

Harlequin Harper. See Harlequin Harmonist1790 

Harlequin Horner1947 

Harlequin Hoax1824 

Harlequin in His Element1532 

Harlequin Libertine2004 

Harlequin Munchausen2063 

Harlequin Peasant1001 

Harlequin Quicksilver1430 

Harlequin Teague600 

Harlequin Tom, the Piper's Son2195 

Harlequin Touchstone851 

Harlequin Whittington1835 

Harlequin Zambullo1651 

Harlequin's Almanack. See Harlequin Almanack1335 

Harlequin's Habeas1365 

Harlequin's Holyday. See Who Kill'd the Dog?2325 

Harlequin's Hour Glass1897 

Harlequin's Invasion166 

Harlequin's Jubilee304 

Harlequin's Magnet1468 

41



Harlequin's Museum964 

Harlequin's Races. See Harlequin at His Old Tricks1395 

Harlequin's Return, songs in1203 

Harlequin's Salutation1647 

Harlequin's Tour. See Dominions of Fancy, The1307 

Harper's Daughter, The1377 

Harper's Son and the Duke's Daughter, The1649 

Harry Le Roy1775 

Hartford Bridge960 

Harvest Home 

(Bennett's)1543 

(Dibdin's)771 

Haunted Tower, The850 

Haunted Village, The1594 

He Would Be a Player1602 

He Would Be a Soldier747 

Hear Both Sides1369 

Hear Him Out1424 

Heart of Mid-Lothian, The 


(Terry's)2086 

Hearts of Oak 

(Allingham's)1392 

(Stevens')205 

Hebrew, The. See Pilgrim from Palestine, The2143 

Hecuba202 

Heigho for a Husband!1002 

See also Belles' Stratagem, The599 

Heir at Law, The1177 

Heir of Vironi, The1955 

Heiress, The 

(Burgoyne's)758 

(Mozeen's)159 

Helga1751 

Helpless Animals2124 

Henpeck'd Captain, The71 

Henri Quatre 

(Morton's)2146 

(Planché's)2297 

Henriette2210 

Henry and Emma79 

Henry of Transtamare1462 

Henry the First2271 

Henry 2d352 

Hercules's Choice of Pleasure or Virtue99 

Here and There and Every Where706 

Hermione, The1288 

Hernando Cortez2373 

42



Hero of the North, The. See Gustavus Vasa1642 

Heroine of the Cave, The368 

Heroine, The2068 

He's Much to Blame1195 

Hide and Seek814 

High Life below Stairs161 

High Life in the City1633 

High Notions2054 

High Road to Marriage2177 

prologue and epilogue to1386 

Highgate Tunnell1724 

Highland Lassie, The. See Lowland Lassie in London, The1380 

Hint for Husband, A1476 

Hints for Painters1381 

Hit or Miss1615 

new scenes in2366 

Hoaxer, The1831 

Hobby Horse, The253 

Hodge Podge, The569 

Hole in the Wall, The1774 

Holiday Time1322 

Holidays, The1792 

Honest Irishman, The. See Brave Irishman, The120 

Honest Thieves, The1168 

See also Committee, The2277 

Honesty Is the Best Policy. See Cady, The1862 

Honesty the Best Policy907 

Honey Moon, The 

(Linley's)1150 

(Tobin's)1436 

Hong Puf2264 

Honour2084 

Hooly and Fairly1207 

Hop, The903 

Horse and the Widow, The. See Widow and the Riding Horse, The1255 

Hospital for Fools, An15 

Hotel, The420 

House of Morville, The1708 

House Out at Windows, The [A]1963 

House That Jack Built, The2269 

House to Be Sold, A1362 

Hovel, The1170 

How Happy Could I Be with Either1527 

How to Be Happy1034 

How to Die for Love! See Blank Cartridge, The1719 

How to Get a Place. See Place Hunters2073 

How to Get Married1068 

How to Grow Rich979 

43



How to Pay Your Taxes2180 

How to Raise the Wind1391 

How to Teaze, and How to Please1619 

How Will It End?1570 

Hue and Cry, The 

(Cross's)1184 

(Inchbald's)900 

(Tobin's?)1935 

Huguenot, The. See Convict, The2276 

Humourist, The698 

Humourous Lieutenant1949 

Humours of an Election, The. See Close of the Poll, The534 

Humours of Sigr. Capochio and Sigra. Dorinna, The47 

Humours of the Age, The. See Comic Paraphrase, A222 

Huniades896 

See also Agmunda932 

Hunt the Slipper660 

Hunter of the Alps, The1419 

Huntress of Arlingford, The2311 

Hurly Burly, The715 

Husbands and Wives1996 

Hustings, The2031 

Hyde Park in an Uproar1772 

Hymen217 

Hymn, A1810 

Hypocrite, The2103 

I Will Have a Wife2360 

I Won't Go! See I'll Stay Where I Am2390 

Ida of the Cottage2097 

L'Idalide902 

Idela1360 

If It Takes Place2156 

If Quite Convenient2354 

Ifigenia593 

See also Iphigenia 

Ifigenia in Aulide812 

Ignatius579 

I'll Stay Where I Am2390 

I'll Tell You What700 

Illumination477 

Illusion1786 

Illustrious Traveller, The2009 

Imitation. See Belles' Stratagem, The599 

Impostors, The 

(Cumberland's)811 

(Reed's)409 

In and Out2212 

In and Out of Tune1541 

44



Ina of Sigiswold1803 

Inamorate del' Cicisbeo, Le267 

Incog; or, Three Days at Hatchett's1976 

Incog; or, Three Days at a Well-Known Hotel. See Arrivals2266 

Independence. See Trustee, The1569 

Indian, The1285 

Indian Princess, The. See Pocahontas2189 

Indian, The1624 

Indiscretion1293 

Ines de Castre1241 

L'Inganno Felice2100 

L'Ingiusta Gelosia1622 

L'Inglese in Italia733 

Ingratitudine Punita, La67 

Inkle and Yarico782 

Innkeeper of Abbeville, The2282 

Innkeeper's Daughter, The1961 

Inquiry, The716 

Inquisition of 1650, The1906 

Inquisitor, The1220 

Ins and Outs2071 

Inscription, The1804 

Insolvent, The139 

Institution of the Garter, The. See Order of the Garter, The327 

Integrity. See Garland of Truth, The1331 

Interview, The649 

Intrigue1809 

Intrigue, Love, Honor, and Obey1746 

Intrigues of a Morning, The943 

Intriguing Chambermaid, The, addition to77 

Invasion, The458 

Invisible Bridegroom, The1783 

Invisible Girl, The. See Loquacity1483 

Ipermestra1185 

Iphigenia2399 

See also Ifigenia 

Iphigenia in Tauride1121 

Irish Fine Lady, The. See True-born Irishman, The274 

Irish Girl, The2134 

Irish Legacy, The. See Legacy, The1176 

Irish Mimic, The. See Lounge at Brighton, A1069 

Irish Poleander, The2378 

Irish Tar, The1178 

Irish Tutor, The. See New Lights2310 

Irish Widow2251 

Irishman in London, The942 

Irishman in Spain, The917 

Irishman's Tour through London, An. See Tully's Rambles1020 

45



Iron Chest, The, speeches for1116 

Iroquois, The2178 

Is He Alive?2030 

Is He a Prince? See German Blunder, A1565 

Is He Jealous?1927 

Isipile682 

Island of Darkness, The1855 

Island of St. Marguerite, The845, 848 

Islands of Slaves, The190 

Islanders, The537 

L'Isola del Piacere1082, 1328 

Israelites, The693 

Italian Gamester, The1638 

Italian Husband, The1729 

Italian Villagers, The1159 

Italian Wife, The1998, 2394 

L'Italiana in Algeri2069 

Italians, The2083 

Ivanhoe; or, The Knight Templar2140 

Ivanhoe; or, The Saxon Chief2141 

Jack and Jill1728 

Jack and the Bean Stalk2133 

Jack of Newbury1065 

Jack the Giant Killer1587 

Jacob's Ramble1128 

Jealous on All Sides2037 

Jean de Paris1829 

Jehu467 

Jenny's Whim1037 

Jeptha95 

Jew, The1018 

Jew and the Doctor, The1234 

Jew of Lubeck, The2082 

Jew of Malta, The2024 

Jew of Mogodore, The1547 

Joan of Arc 

(Cross's), songs in1194 

(Fitzball's)2312 

Joanna of Montfaucon, prologue to1276 

Joconde 

(anon.)2034 

(Moncrieff's?)1903 

John Bull1371 

John Buzzby2303 

John du Bart1881 

John Gilpin1857, 1968 

John of Paris1830 

Joke, The1353 

46



Joshua69 

Jubilee, The 


(Garrick's)298 

Jubilee of Covent Garden Theatre297 

Judas Macchabaeus65 

Judgment of Paris, The284 

Judith187 

Julia 

(Jephson's)768 

(Metcalf's)885. 

See also Such Things Were793 

Julian. See Melfi, The2341 

Julian and Agnes1318 

Junius Brutus. See Giunio Bruto581 

Jupiter and Alcmena573 

Just in Time947 

Justice2179 

Kais1539 

Kamtchatka. See Day of Tribute, The1691 

Kapschou. See Number Nip1586 

Keeping Up Appearances1929 

Kenilworth2214 

Kenilworth Castle 

(anon.)2213 


Kensington Gardens567 

Kentish Barons, The875 

Kept Mistress, The125 

Killing No Murder1582 

King and No King2221 


King and the Cobler, The1639 

King and the Duke, The1834 

King Henry VII. See Alternative, The55 

King Henry the Third1057 

King's Bench, The1143 

Kiss, The. See Perplexed Husband, The1693 

Kitty Connolly & Jack the Painter1169 

Knave or No Knave. See Knave or Not1192 

Knave or Not1192 

Knight of Snowdoun, The1656 

Knight of the Boots, The1960 

Knights, The105 

Knobs and Noses2171 

Know Your Own Mind425 

Kongo Kolo1644 

Labyrinth Farm, The1752 

47



Lad o' the Hills, The1117 

Ladies at Home, The2110 

Lady and the Devil, The2145 

Lady of the Lake, The 


(Eyre's)1657 

Lady of the Manor, The459 

Lady of the Rock, The1423 

Lady's Choice, The157 

Lady's Opera, The. See Beggar's Opera, The572 

Lame Lover, The310 

Land We Live In, The1429 

Laoeudaimonos833 

Last Hour, The1662 

Last of the Family, The1162 

Law of Java, The2290 

Law of Lombardy, The466 

Law-suit, The1889 

Lawyer, The630 

Lawyers and [Their] Clients1832 

Lawyer's Panic, The701 

Learned Lady, The842 

Lecture upon Heads, The, new matter for527 

Legacy, The 


(Arnold's?)1176 

Lethe22, 72 

Liar. See Lyar 

Liberal Opinions. See School for Prejudices, The1291 

Libertine, The1973 

Liberty Hall688 

Lick at the Town, A92 

Lie of the Day, The. See Toy, The813 

Lie upon Lie2051 

Life1304 

Life in a Hotel2382 

Life in London 

(anon.)2313 

(Dibdin's)2257, 2328 

Life's Vagaries1060 

Like Father Like Son1324 

Lilliput127, 2001 

Linco's Travels268 

Lindamira. See Taste194 

Lindor and Clara879 

Lines on Thorpe Grove1273 

Lingo's Opinions on Men & Manners767 

Lingo's Wedding683 

48



Lionel and Clarissa278 

Little Ben and Little Bob1084 

Little French Lawyer, The80 

Little Gipsy, The393 

Little Hunch-back, The824, 2158 

Little Thumb and the Ogre1515 

Liverpool Prize, The468 

Living in London1873 

Lobby Lounger, The777 

Locanda, La928 

See also Fanatico di Berlino, Il1349 

Locandiera, La794 

Lock and Key1108 

Lodgings to [Be] Let2207 

Lodoiska. See Czartoriska1029 

London and the Country1507 

London Hermit, The988 

London Stars2220 

Look at Home. See Italian Husband, The1729 

Loquacity1483 

Lord Mayor's Day608 

Lord of the Castle, The1989 

Lord of the Isles, The1850 

Lord of the Manor, The540 

new songs in1736 

Lord Russell665 

Lorenzo 

(Haynes's)2204 

(Merry's)895 

Lose No Time1773 

Lost and Found1617 

Lost Life, The2258 

Lounge at Brighton, A1069 

Love and Friendship53 

Love and Gout. See Turns and Returns1823 

Love and Honor1022 

Love and Impudence1727 

Love and Law1641 

Love and Loyalty1074 

Love and Madness1094 

Love and Magic1364 

Love and Money 

(anon.)1066 

(Benson's)1092 

Love and Poverty1959 

Love and Chace2130 

Love and the Tooth Ache1945 

Love at First Sight226 

49



Love Conquers All!754 

Love Gives the Alarm. See False Alarms1404 

Love in a Bag1608 

Love in a Camp722 

Love in Humble Life2278 

Love in Limbo1856 

Love in Many Masks861 

Love in the East. See Calcutta796 

Love Laughs at Locksmiths1387 

Love, Law and Physick1739 

Love Letters2300 

Love Match, The209 

Love, Youth, and Folly1453 

Lovers of All Sorts2136 

Lovers No Conjurors952 

Lovers on All Sides. See Lovers of All Sorts2136 

Lovers' Resolutions1341 

Lovers' Vows1226 

Love's Dream2162 

Love's Errors1723 

Love's Frailties1008 

Love's Labyrinth2114 

Love's Mysteries1628 

Love's Perils1764 

Love's Resurrection1870 

Love's Vagaries2387 

Lowland Lassie in London, The1380 

Lowland Romp, The1648 

Loyal, Comic, and Masonic Olio, A1400 

Loyal Effusion, A1030 

Loyal Volunteers, The518 

Lucio, Silla639 

Lucio Vero359 

Lucky Escape, The447 

Lyar, The200 

Lycidas272 

Lying Valet, The, epilogue, to31 

M. P.1688 

Macaroni, The348 

Mad Guardian, The. See Sunshine after Rain1103 

Madama Ciana83 

Madness Rules the Hour1612 

Madrigal and Trulletta148 

Magdalena and Her Faithful Dog1948 

Magick Banner, The1137 

Magic Bride, The1650 

Magic of British Liberty, The1397 

Magic Picture, The, prologue to637 

50



Majician, The933 

Magpie, The1878 

Magpie or the Maid? The. See Daughter, The1877 

Mahmoud1126 

Mahomet46 

Maid and the Magpie, The1876 

Maid Marian. See Huntress of Arlingford, The2311 

Maid of Bath, The324 

Maid of Bristol, The1388 

Maid of Honor, The687 

Maid of Kent, The353 

See also 'Tis a Wise Child1095 

Maid of Liverpool, The1266 

Maid of the Glen1618 

Maid of the Oaks, The381 

Maid or Wife2252 

Maids1721 

Maids and Batchelors1489 

Maid's the Mistress, The. See Servant Mistress, The616 

Mail Coach Passengers1909 

Male-Coquette, The. See Modern Fine Gentleman, The130 

Man and the Monkey, The1887 

Man and Wife 


(Colman's)296 

Man His Own Master, The1926 

Man in Mourning for Himself, The1928 

Man in the Moon, The 

(Brewer's)1260 

(Phillips')1997 

Man Like Himself, The717 

Man Milliner 

(anon.)2265 


Man of Business, The 

(Cobb's)1599 

(Colman's)364 

Man of Enterprise, The855 

Man of Reason, The. See Reasonable Lover, The401 

Man of Ten Thousand, The1109 

Man of the World, The311, 500, 558 

Management1269 

Manager an Actor in Spite of Himself, The664 

Manager in Distress, The524 

Maniac, The. See Lost and Found1617 

Manuel1957 

Manumission2396 

Marcella847, 849 

51



Marchese Tulipano, Il720 

Margaret of Anjou, additions to974 

Margery11 

Marian of the Grange805 

Marina9 

Mariners, The983 

Marino Faliero2224 

Mark the End On't1520 

Marmion!1667 

Marplot in Spain2256 

Marquis de Carabas, The2020 

Marriage of Figaro, The675, 2077 

Marriage of the Thames with Bellona, The1156 

Marriage Projects2241 

Marriage Promise, The1375 

Married Bachelor, The. See Married or Not?2253 

Married Libertine, The. See School for Husbands, The184 

Married Man, The 

(anon.)739 


Married or Not?2253 

Mary Queen of Scotland2128 

Mary Queen of Scots816 

Mary Stuart. See Mary Queen of Scotland2128 

Mary the Maid of the Inn1603 

Mask'd Friend, The1129 

Masque1087 

Masque of Hymen1921 

Masquerade, The1061 

Mast and the Ploughshare, The1414 

Master Key, The2239 

Match Breaking2247 

Matchmaking. See Marriage Projects2241 

Matilde e Corradino. See Matilde Shabran e Corradino2357 

Matilde Shabran e Corradino2357 

Matrimonial Advertisement, The435 

Matrimonio, per Sussuro, Il1627 

Matrimonio, Segreto, Il 

(anon.)1812 

(Bertati's?)1007 

Matrimony1209 

See also Two Prisoners, The1426 

Matter of Doubt, A2369 

May Day. See Little Gipsy, The393 

Mayor of Garratt, The224 

Medea, epilogue for408 

Medicus Borealis1904 

Medonte1235 

52



Medonte, Rè d'Epiro1238 

Meeting of the Company, The378 

Melfi, The2341 

Melologue, A1704 

Mercantile Lovers, The398 

Merchant of Bruges, The1895 

Merchant of Guadeloupe, The1357 

Mermaid, The939 

Merope1174 

Merope è Polifonte1343 

Merry Forrester, The1099 

Merry Making, The774 

Merry Men of Kent, The856 

Merry Mourners, The893 

Merry Sherwood. See Merry Forrester, The1099 

Metamorphoses of Harlequin, The. See Orpheus and Eurydice20 

Metamorphosis, The638 

Midas235, 1900 

Middle Dish, The 

(anon.)1892 

(Oulton's)1411 

Midnight Hour, The775 

Midnight Wanderers, The971 

Midsummer Nights Dream, new additions to229 

Milesian, The427 

Miller and His Men, The. See Bohemian Miller, The1781 

Miller's Maid, The 

(Faucit's)2159 


Mind's Magnet, The1609 

Miniature Picture, The525 

Minor, The177 

Minstrel Maid, The2318 

Mirandola2194 

Mirror, The497 

Mirror for the Ladies, A506 

Miser Reformed, The1744 

Miseries of Human Life, The1521 

Miss in Her Teens62 

Miss Lucy in Town33 

Mistakes of a Day, The760 

Mistakes of a Minute, The766 

Mr. H.1501 

Mr. Simpson & Co.2320 

Mr. Tibbs2215 

Mistification2222 

Mrs. Doggrell in Her Altitudes1101 

Mrs. Smith2356 

53



Mitridate544 

Mock Orators, The. See Kept Mistress, The125 

Modern Antiques. See Merry Mourners, The893 

Modern Breakfast878 

Modern Fine Gentleman, The130 

Modern Tragedy. See Taste194 

Modern Wife, The321 

Modish Wife, The, prologue to358 

Modista, La. See Scuffiara, La2074 

Modista Raggiratrice, La1123 

Moglie a Forza, La102 

Mogul Tale, A661 

Money at a Pinch980 

Monody471 

Monody on the Death of Sir John Moore1568 

Monopoly601 

Monsieur Tonson2246 

Montalto2196 

Montoni. See Phantom, The2147 

Montrose 


(Pocock's)2279 

Moore, Sir John. See Monody on the Death of1568 

Mordecai's Beard865 

More Ways than Means755 

More Ways than One2127 

See also New Ways to Catch Hearts640 

Morilda's Wand2263 

Morning, Noon, and Night2293 

Morning Post and Morning Herald, The1678 

Morte di Cleopatra, La1477 

Moses and Shadrac517 

Mother and Son2225 

Mother Goose. See Harlequin and Mother Goose1504 

Mountain Chief, The2014 

Mountain Hut, The2319 

Mountaineers, The989 

Mountains of Saxony, The1498 

Mouth of the Nile, The. See News from the Nile1227 

Murder Will Out1826 

Murder'd Maid, The2148 

Murderer, The2380 

Murderer's Dream, The2050 

Music Alamode237 

Musical Lady, The208 

Music-Mad1524 

Mutual Deception, The. See Tit for Tat744 

Mutual Inconstancy1071 

54



My Aunt1874 

My Father! Methinks I See My Father!2021 

My Grandmother!999 

My Husband's Secret2317 

My Landlady's Gown. See One for Another1931 

My Lord!2286 

See also My Lord's Warming Pan2391 

My Lord's Warming Pan2391 

My Night-gown and Slippers1165 

My Own Rival2041 

My Spouse and I1890 

My Two Nephews2337 

My Uncle 

(anon.)1698 


My Uncle's House1841 

My Wife! What Wife?1872 

Mysteries of the Castle, The1054 

Mysterious Bride, The1550 

Mysterious Husband, The615 

Mystic Cavern, The1373 

Mystification. See Mistification2222 

Nabal233 

Nabob, The335 

Naples Bay. See At Anchor in the Bay of Naples1021 

Narensky. See Russian Village, The1793 

Narrow Escape, The260 

National Gratitude1486 

National Prejudice906 

Native Land. See Manumission2396 

Natural Son, The676, 1026 

Naval Pillar, The1267 

Navigators, The2062 

Neck or Nothing. See Narrow Escape, The260 

Necromancer, The. See Harlequin Dr. Faustus259 

Neither's the Man1231 

Neptune's Prophecy. Included with Dido, Queen of Carthage948 

Nest of Plays, The1 

Netley Abbey1016 

Neuter, The736 

New Brooms414 

New Divertisement, A [The]1028 

New Gretna Green. See Gretna Green634 

New Hay at the Old Market1086 

New Hippocrates, The192 

New Lights2310 

New Marriage Act, The2307 

New Peerage, The787 

55



New Play Criticiz'd, The64 

New Rehearsal, The271 

New Spain874 

New Ways to Catch Hearts640 

New Years Gift1930 

News from Parnassus415 

News from the Nile1227 

Next Door Neighbours912 

Nigel2327 

Nights Adventure of a Buck, A147 

Nina 

(anon.)1164 

(Berkeley's)770 

Nine Points of the Law. See Poor Relations2035 

Ninetta854 

Ninth Statue, The1833 

Nitteti373 

No Dinner Yet. See Not Dined Yet2336 

No Matter What. See Politician, The145 

No One's Enemy but His Own230 

No Play This Night1179 

No Prelude!1383 

No Song, No Supper864 

Noble Outlaw, The. See Pilgrim, The1858 

Noble Peasant, The666 

Nobody1046 

Non-descript, The1779 

None So Blind as Those Who Won't See. See Blind Man, The594 

Nootka Sound872 

North West Passage, The2190 

Northern Inn, The. See Northern Lass, The914 

Northern Lass, The914 

Nosegay of Weeds, A1219 

Not at Home1595 

Not Dined Yet2336 

Nota Bene1944 

Note of Hand, The365 

Notoriety920 

Novel, The349 

Now, Taylors, Is Your Time1017 

Now's Your Time, Taylors. See Now, Taylors, Is Your Time1017 

Nozze de Contadini Spagnuoli, Le1083 

Nozze di Dorina, Le1003, 1088 

Nozze di Figaro, Le1722 

Number Nip1586 

Nunnery, The696 

Nursery Maid, Mistress, The1745 

Oath, The1924 

56



Oberon's Oath1925 

Obi1297 

Occasional Attempt to Commemorate the Death and Victory of Lord Viscount Nelson, An1465 

Occasional Oratorio, The. See Hercules's Choice of Pleasure or Virtue99 

Occasional Prelude337 

Occasional Song, An164 

Odd Whims, The1378 

Odds and Ends2125 

Odenato e Zenobia987 

Of Age Tomorrow1278 

Ogre and Little Thumb, The. See Little Thumb and the Ogre1515 

Oh! It's Impossible511 

Oh! This Love! See Love's Mysteries1628 

Oil and Vinegar2157 

Old and Young2321 

Old City Manners396 

Old Cloathsman, The1242 

Old Customs. See New Years Gift1930 

Old Oak Chest, The1908 

Old Soldier, The1607 

L'Olimpiade803 

Olympus in an Uproar1141 

L'Omaggio561 

Omai713 

One Foot by Land and One Foot by Sea1695 

One for Another1931 

One o'Clock1686 

One Rake in a Thousand!632 

One, Two, Three, Four, Five, by Advertisement. See By Advertisement2104 

Opening Night, The1811 

Opiate, The1182 

Oracle, The94 

Orange Boven1788 

Orazi e Curiazi, Gli1450 

Orazio75 

Order of the Garter, The327 

Orfeo543 

L'Orgoglio, Avvilito1843 

Orlando and Seraphina1317 

Oroonoko, alterations in162 

Orphan of China, The158 

Orpheus and Eurydice20 

Oscar and Malvina. See Oscar and Miona919 

Oscar and Miona919 

Otello2294 

Our Wooden Walls1188 

Ourselves1663 

Out of Place. See Castle of Lausanne, The1442 

57



Outcast, The1784 

Outlaws, The1224 

Outside Passanger, The1683 

Outwitted at Last1999 

Over the Water2168 

Owen, Prince of Powys. See Henry the First2271 

Oxonian in Town, The273 

Ozmin and Daraxa970 

Pacha, The2308 

Packet Boat, The1011 

Padlock, The285 

Pages of Frederick the Great, The2261 

Pantheonites, The357 

Papal Tyranny, epilogue to49 

Paragraph, The. See Dine at My Villa1406 

Partenio. See Parthenius7 

Parthenius7 

Partners, The1456 

Passive Husband, The. See Word for Nature, A1229 

Past Ten o'Clock and a Rainy Night1852 

Pastorella Nobile, La922, 1309 

Patent Seasons2166 

Patience the Best Remedy332 

Paul and Virginia. See Virginia1292 

Pavilion, The1246 

Pazzie d'Orlando, Le319 

Peasant Boy, The1655 

Pedro Lobo2254 

Peep behind the Curtain, A. See New Rehearsal, The271 

Peep into Elysium, A667 

Peeping Tom of Coventry662 

Penelope 

(anon.)1950 

(Rolli's)32 

Percy440 

Perouse, La1313 

Perplexed Husband, The1693 

Perplexities, The264 

Perseverance 

(anon.)1342 

(Oulton's)835 

Persian Heroine, The. See Xerxes2095 

Persian Hunters, The. See Zodaiya1979 

Personation1447 

Peruvian, The. See Fair Peruvian, The727 

Peter and Paul2233 

Peter Finn. See Retired Fishmonger, The2302 

Peter Fin's Trip to Brighton2287 

58



Peter the Great. See Wooden Walls1494 

Peveril of the Peak2346 

Phaedra1004 

Phantom, The2147 

Pharnaces246 

Pharo Table, The820 

Philander and Rose689 

Philandering2395 

Philoclea104 

Philodamus610 

Picture, The48 

Picture of a Play House, The175 

Picture of Paris, The886 

Pietro l'Eremita2291 

Piety in Pattens346 

Pigeons and Crows2113 

Pilgrim, The1858 

Pilgrim from Palestine, The2143 

Piramo e Tisbe1114 

Pirate, The 

(Dimond's)2273 


Pirates, The961 

Pirate's Bride, The2250 

Pirro1579 

Pitcairn's Island1918 

Pittòr Parigino, Il718 

Place-Hunters2073 

Plaguy Good-natured Friend, A1526 

Plain Dealer, The, alterations and additions to250 

Platonic Wife, The244 

Plot and Counterplot1552 

Plots. See Bad Neighbours1635 

Plymouth in an Uproar493 

Poachers, The. See Roebuck, The2383 

Pocahontas2189 

Point at Herqui1124 

Point of Honour, The 

(Kemble's)1298 

(Roberdeau's)945 

Policy. See Thus Runs the World Away1828 

Polite Conversation21 

Politician, The145 

Polly431 

Polly Honeycombe179 

Poor Gentleman, The1316 

Poor Old Drury918 

Poor Old Hay Market951 

59



Poor Relations 

(anon.)1845 

(Jameson's)2035 

Poor Sailor, The. See Little Ben and Little Bob1084 

Poor Soldier, The636 

Poor Vulcan443 

Port-folio, The1907 

Portrait, The313 

Portrait of Cervantes, The1548 

Positive Man, The587 

Prejudice1714 

Prejudice of Fashion, The416 

Prelude 

for the Opening of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden958 

Occasional, for the Opening of the Theatre Royal337 

[on The Taste of the Town, to The Fancy's Opera]2334 

Presumption. See Frankenstein2359 

Pretendenti Delusi, I2284 

Primitive Wife and Modern Maid, The1155 

Primrose Green909 

Prince and the Player, The2371 

Prince of Agra, The370 

Princess and No Princess1556 

Princess of Georgia, The. See Georgian Princess, The1251 

Principe di Taranto, Il 

(anon.)1505, 1605 

(Buonaiuti's)1653 

Principessa Filosofa, La1323 

Prior Claim, A1461 

Prisoner, The959 

See also The Castle of Sorrento1262 

Privateer, The1730 

Prize, The972 

Procida2375 

Prodigal, The 

(anon.)1919 


Prodigal Reform'd, The. See Nest of Plays, The1 

Projectors808 

Projects, The723 

Prologue 

and Epilogue, for the Benefit of the Widow and Children of the Late Mr. Kelly434 

by the Ghost of Whittington589 

[for Miss Powell]712 

for Mrs. Hamilton's Benefit142 

[for Mrs. Vernon]195 

for the Benefit of the Dispensary for the Infant Poor501 

[for the Benefit of the Widow of the Late Mr. Ryan]193 

60



for the Marine Society163 

for the Opening of Covent Garden377 

for the Opening of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket735 

for the Opening of the Theatre Royal Margate781 

for the Opening the Theatre at Windsor488 

In every Reign, in every Clime,118 

in Honour of the Duke of Cumberland & His Glorious Victory59 

Ladies and Gentlemen-quite void of passion,419 

Occasional938 

Occasional, An214 

Occasional, An, for the Benefit of the London Lying-in Hospital301 

Occasional, An, on Opening the Theatre Royal Haymarket560 

Occasional, On the First Appearance of a Young Gentleman, at Covent Garden Theatre, in the Character of Alexander829 

Of real Novelty we're told, there's none,624 

on Shakespeare and His Writings37 

[on the Death of Henderson]724 

The sanguine Father, leading to the Scene,810 

This night, we set to view a Guiltless Wife, and epilogue (When Senators attend St. Stephens call)495 

'Tis Strange (excuse my Gravity) 'tis passing strange,221 

When frighten'd Poets give the Town a Play,288 

You all have heard, no Doubt, one time or other,350 

Promissory Note, The2106 

Proof Presumptive2049 

Provok'd Husband, The, epilogue to132 

Prussian Discipline1988 

Purse, The1006 

Pygmalion1175 

Quacks, The650 

Quadrille, The2040 

Quadrupeds1684 

Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh, The1685 

Quarter Day1212 

Quattro Nazioni, Le1584 

Quinto Fabio509, 929 

Race for a Wife, A2169 

See also Win and Wear Her2385 

Raft, The1202 

Rage, The1043 

Raising the Wind. See How to Raise the Wind1391 

Rake, The63 

Ralph's Ramble254 

Ramah Droog1233 

Ramble to Bath, A. See Jacob's Ramble1128 

Rash Marriage, The1796 

Rato di Proserpina, Il1412 

Ravens, The1951 

Raykisnah the Outcast. See Outcast, The1784 

Raymond and Agnes1597 

61



See also Don Raymond1157 

Re Pastore, Il128 

Re Teodora, Il788 

Reasonable Fool, The1692 

Reasonable Lover, The401 

Rebecca186 

Rebellion, The1859 

Receipt for Mirth, A1700 

Receipt Tax, The629 

Recluse, The2349 

Recommendations2379 

Recovery, The, prologue and epilogue to1466 

Recrimination. See Curtain Lecture, The1767 

Red Cross Knights, The1265 

Reformation1866 

Reformed in Time1216 

Refusal, The1696 

Regent, The799 

Regina di Golconda, La. See Alina648 

Register Office, The196 

See also Universal Register Office, The189 

Regulus36 

Rehearsal, The86 

Rejection. See Refusal, The1696 

Remorse1753 

Rendezvous, The2039 

Renegade, The1742 

Reparation, The645 

Reprobate, The2218 

Retaliation 

(MacNally's)591 

(Wastell's)1732 

Retired Fishmonger, The2302 

Retribution1995 

Review, The1300 

Ricciardo e Zoraide2355 

Rich and Poor. See Zorayda2259 

Richard Coeur de Lion. See Couer de Lion745, 746 

Richard, Duke of York1993 

Richard the Second963 

Richard the Third, occasional prologue to916 

Richard the Third, Travesty1898 

Riches. See Mind's Magnet, The1609 

Richmond Gardener, The876 

Ridicule1102 

Right and Might1912 

Right and Wrong. See Receipt for Mirth, A1700 

Rights of Woman, The946 

62



Rinaldo520 

Rinaldo d' Asti1345 

Ring, The1277 

Ripe Fruit566 

Rise and Fall2238 

Rites of Hecate232 

Riti D'Efeso, I1848 

Ritorno di Serse, Il1473, 1511 

Rival Candidates, The384 

Rival Favourites, The293 

Rival Queens, The1039 

Rival Sisters, The973 

Rivali Delusi, Li643 

Rivals, The383 

Road to Ruin, The935 

Rob Roy2013 

Rob Roy [Macgregor]2017 

Rob Roy [the Gregarach]2018 

Roberto L'Assassino1510 

Robin Bullcalf's Readings702 

Robin Goodfellow10 

Robin Hood 

(MacNally's)654 

(Mendez's)89 

Robinson Crusoe1962 

Rochester2056 

Roderick Random866 

Rodolph the Wolf2065 

Roebuck, The2383 

Rogues All!1800 

Roland for an Oliver, A2091 

Roman Actor, The1040 

Roman Father, The84 


Romance of an Hour, The379 

Romantic Lover, The. See Legacy, The1470 

Romeo e Giulietta1614, 1616 

Rosalie2372 

Rosalinda18 

Rose, The340 

Rose and Colin454 

Rose d'Amour2055 

Rose-Wreath, The563 

Roses and Thornes2347 

Rosina612 

Rosmira134 

Rossane41 

Round Robin, The1677 

63



Round Tower, The1186 

Rout, The152 

Rovers, The. See Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh, The1685 

Row of Ballynavogue, The. See Ballynavogue1994 

Royal Garland, The286 

Royal Merchant, The276 

Royal Nuptials. See Masque of Hymen, The1921 

Royal Oak, The1681 

Royal Suppliants, The546 

Ruffian Boy, The. See Giraldi2149 

Rugantino1459 

Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, epilogue to191 

Rule Britannia1035 

Rumfuskin2058 

Run for Your Life2135 

Runaway, The402 

Runnamede684 

Russian, The1768 

Russian Imposter, The1585 

Russian Village, The1793 

Sadak and Kalasrade1807 

Safe and Sound. See Consequences1588 

Sailor and Soldier, The1469 

Sailor's Daughter, The1409 

Sailor's Prize, The1076 

Saint Andrews Festival1080 

St. Cuthbert's Eve2170 

Saint David's Day1286 

St. George's Day830 

St. Giles's Scrutiny692 

St. Helena412 

St. Kilda in Edinburgh1196 

St. Margaret's Cave1432 

St. Patrick's Day388 

St. Ronan's Well2397 

Samson38, 40 

Saracen's Head, The1825 

Saracen's Head Removed from Snow Hill, The2033 

Sbaglio Fortunato, Lo1972 

Schemer, The2386 

Schiavi per Amore, Gli769 

Schniederkins1735 

School for Arrogance, The891 

School for Authors, The1560 

School for Friends, The, prologue and epilogue to. See Recovery, The1466 

School for Grey Beards, A748 

School for Guardians, The262 

School for Husbands, The184 

64



School for Ladies, A, prologue to516 

School for Prejudices, The1291 

School for Scandal Scandalized, The470 

School for Vanity, The613 

School for Widows, The828 

School for Wives, The362 

School of Eloquence, The515 

School of Reform, The1433 

Scipione in Cartagine34 

Scola de Maritati, La1053 

Scomessa, La1598, 1000 

Scotch Marriage Laws2345 

Scuffiara, La2074 

Scuola de' Gelosi, La725 

Sea-side Story, A1326 

Second Thoughts Are Best. See World as It Goes, The548 

Secret, The1243 

Secret Castle, The1274 

Secret Mine, The1713 

Secret Tribunal, The1085 

Secrets Worth Knowing1193 

Seduction764 

Seeing Is Believing633 

Sees Company1463 

Self-sacrifice. See Ida of the Cottage2097 

Selima and Azor421 

Selvaggi, I1869 

Semele. See Story of Semele, The43 

Semiramide, La 

(anon.)1502, 1661 

(Bottarelli's?)317 

Semiramide Riconosciuta316 

Semiramis422 

Senocrita234 

Separate Maintenance, The490 

Seraglio, The418 

Serva Astuta, La1491 

Serva Padrona, La88 

Serva Raggiratrice, La1578 

Servant Mistress, The616 

Sethona366 

Seventeen Hundred & Eighty One557 

Shakespeare and His Writings, prologue to37 

Shakespeare's Women Characters, epilogue to37 

Shakespear's Seven Ages, A Comic Paraphrase on222 

Shamrock, The020 

Sharp and Flat. See Flat and Sharp1777 

Sharp Set. See Village Hotel, The1577 

65



She Lives1284, 1399 

She Stoops to Conquer. See Novel, The349 

She Would Be a Duchess915 

Sheep Shearing, The110 

Shepherdess of Cheapside, The1111 

Shepherdess of the Alps, The507 

Shepherd's Artifice, The240 

Sherwood Forest2217 

She's Elop'd. See Quarter Day1212 

Ship and the Plough, The. See Mast and the Ploughshare, The1414 

Ship Launch, The1415 

Shipwreck, The 


(Mackenzie's)647 

Short Reign and [but] a Merry One, A2115 

Sicilian Romance, The1027 

Sidagero1581, 1675 

Siege of Aquileia, The170 

Siege of Belgrade, The887 

Siege of Berwick, The994 

Siege of Burgos, The. See Siege of Sarragossa, The1756 

Siege of Curzola, The743 

Siege of Meaux, The1024 

Siege of St. Quintin, The1559 

Siege of Sarragossa, The1756 

Siege of Sinope, The545 

Sigesmar the Switzer2045 

Sighs! prologue and epilogue to1263 

Signal, The. See True Satisfaction1879 

Silent Not Dumb, The1932 

Silver Arrow, The2066 

Silver Tankard, The564 

Simpson & Co. See Mr. Simpson & Co.2320 

Sing Tantara Rara797 

Singles in London, The2107 

Sir John Cockle at Court5 

Sir John Falstaff in Masquerade14 

Sir Roger de Coverly61 

Sir Thomas Overbury424 

Sirens. See Syrens, The404 

Sister, The291 

Six Physicians. See Consultation, The2053 

Sixty-third Letter, The. See Joke, The1353 

Sketch of a Fine Lady's Return from a Rout, The220 

Slave, The. See Freedom and Slavery1942 

Sleeper, The1125 

Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, The1460 

Sleeping Draught, The2019 

66



Smiles and Tears. See Law-suit, The1889 

Smugglers, The1122 

Smuggler's Cave, The1580 

Soldano Generoso, Il502 

Soldier's Daughter, The1403 

Soldier's Opera, The930 

Soldier's Return, The. See Garland, The1445 

Solimano140 

Solitaire, Le2260 

Solomon78 

Something to Do1536 

Somiglianza, La. See Due Gobbi, I1118 

Son in Law, The489 

Song, (With Wonders each Year, we the Old Year out do)206 

Sons of Erin, The. See Prejudice1714 

Sorrows of Werther, The2025 

Sot, The. See Squire Badger333 

Spanish Barber, The436 

Spanish Bonds2361 

Spanish Dollars1451 

Spanish Gallants2139 

Spanish Lady, The218 

Spanish Patriots 1000 Years Ago, The1734 

Spanish Rivals, The672 

Specimen of Jewish Courtship, A765 

Spectre Bridegroom, The2232 

Speculation1097 

Speechless Wife, The. See Colin and Susan1025 

Speed the Plough1279 

Spendthrift, The463 

Spirit of Contradiction, The173 

Spleen, The403 

Spoilt Child, The862 

Sposa Fedele, La394 

Sposa in Equivoco, La1200 

Sprigs of Laurel984 

Squeeze to the Coronation, A2237 

Squire Badger333 

State Secrets2230 

State Tower, The1853 

Statesman Foil'd, The. See Trial of Skill, The283 

Statue, The2072 

Stella and Leatherlungs2370 

Step Mother, The1839 

Steward, The2098 

Stone Eater, The804 

Story of Semele, The43 

Stranger, The, prologue and epilogue to1201 

67



Strangers at Home, The710 

Stratagems1913 

Studente Alla Moda, Lo103 

Students, The437 

Students of Salamanca, The1754 

Such Things Are761 

Such Things Have Been818 

Such Things Were793 

Sudden Arrivals. See Man of Business, The1599 

Suicide, The450 

Sultan, The397 

Summer Amusement485 

Summer House, The1847 

Summer's Tale, The249 

Sunshine after Rain 


(Knight's)1943 

Sure Aim1519 

Surrender of Calais, The913 

Surrender of Trinidad, The1166 

Susannah156 

Suspicious Brother, The823 

Suspicious Husband, The. See Rake, The63 

Suspicious Husband Criticized, The. See New Play Criticiz'd, The64 

Swap. See Swop, The834. 

Swedish Patriotism. See Swedish Patriots2093 

Swedish Patriots2093 

Sweethearts and Wives2358 

Swindler, The719 

Swindlers, The374 

Switzerland, prologue to2075 

Swop, The834 

Syrens, The404 

Tag in Tribulation1252, 1840 

Tailors, The269, 2202 

See also Quadrupeds, The1684 

Tale of the Castle, The. See Who Is She Like977 

Tale of Mystery, A1361 

Tale of Other Times, A. See Minstrel Maid, The2318 

Tale of Terror1384 

Talisman, The685 

Tamer Tam'd, The133 

Tameing of the Shrew, The, alterations in66 

Tancred and Sigismunda50 

Tancredi2150 

Tantara-Rara. See Sing Tantara Rara797 

Taste194 

See also Virtuoso, The93 

68



Diversions of the Morning, The149 

Taste and Feeling877 

Tatlers, The1160 

Tears and Smiles1576 

Tears of Virtue, The. See Such Things Were793 

Tea's the Twaddle690 

Teazing Made Easy1981 

Tekeli1497 

Telegraphe, The1063 

Telemachus1863 

Tell Truth and Shame the Devil1257 

Temper. See Domestic Tyrant, The1575 

Tempest, The123 

Temple of Dullness, The47 

Teodolinda978 

Teresa e Claudio1573 

Tereza Tomkins2219 

Terrors of Conscience1923 

Tesoro, Il1136 

Test of Love, The783 

Thalia's Tears1474 

Thelyphthora549 

Theodosius, prologue to322 

Theresa, the Orphan of Geneva2201 

Thérèse2211 

See also Theresa, the Orphan of Geneva2201 

They've Bit the Old One1213 

Thimble's Flight from the Shopboard843 

Thirty Thousand1427 

Thomas and Sally, song to be inserted in. See Lyar, The200 

Three and the Deuce, The1091 

Three Crumps, The2005 

Three Fives, The1702 

Three Miles from Paris2006 

Three to One. See What Wou'd the Man Be At1325 

Three Singles in London, The. See Singles in London, The2107 

Throw Physick to the Dogs1221 

Thunder Ode, The347 

Thus Runs the World Away1828 

Timanthes305 

Times, The499 

Time's a Tell-tale. See Mark the End On't1520 

Timon of Athens328 

Timour the Tartar1670 

'Tis a Strange World1077 

'Tis a Wise Child Knows His Own Father1095 

'Tis All a Farce1295 

'Tis Well It's No Worse312 

69



Tit for Tat 


(Colman's)744 

To Arms981 

To Be Let by Auction2172 

To Marry or Not to Marry?1438 

Tom and Jerry2262, 2331 

Tom Jones290 

Ton, The801 

Tony Lumpkin's Ramble to London936 

Too Civil by Half604 

Too Curious by Half2362 

Too Friendly by Half. See Plaguy Goodnatured Friend, A1526 

Too Late for Dinner. See Ins and Outs2071 

Too Loving by Half657 

Too Many Cooks1435 

Tost in a Blanket2199 

Touch at the Times, A. See Town, The1720 

Touch of the Times, A807 

Touchstone, The 


(Kenney's)1969 

Tour in Wales484 

Towers of Urbandine1467 

Town, The1720 

Town and Country. See London and the Country1507 

Town as It Is, The1045 

Town Before You, The. See Town as It Is, The1045 

Toy, The813 

Traci Amanti, Gli1112 

Trame Deluse, Le934 

Transformation. See Love and Law164 

Travellers, The1471 

Travellers Benighted, The169 

Travellers in Switzerland, The1010 

Tre Sultane, Le1658 

Trial. See Tryal 

Trial of Skill, The283 

Trials of the Heart1250 

Trick for Trick1725 

Tricking Fair in Love1813 

Tricks upon Travellers1632 

Trionfo d'Arianna, Il644 

Trionfo della Continenza, Il56 

Trionfo della Costanza, Il611 

Trionfo di Camilla, Il87 

Trionfo di Cesare sopra i Galli, Il187 

Trip to Marseilles, A1487 

70



Trip to Portsmouth, A356 

Trip to Scarborough, A426 

Trip to the Nore1183 

Triple Discovery, The1282 

Tristram Shandy621 

Triumph of Peace, The76 

True-born Irishman, The274 

True Friends, The1280 

True Satisfaction1879 

Trumps in the Dumps2315 

Trustee, The1569 

Try Again2198 

See also Suspicious Brother, The823 

Tryal of Conjugal Love, The. See Nest of Plays, The1 

Tully's Rambles1020 

Turco in Italia, Il2227 

Turk and No Turk704 

Turn Him Out. See Tyrant and Parrasite, The1706 

Turn Out. See Tyrant and Parrasite The1706 

Turnpike Gate, The1270 

Turns and Returns1823 

Turret Clock, The2007 

Turret Daemon, The1640 

Tutor, The245 

Tutor Burlato, Il762 

Tutore, Il165 

Twelve Precisely2193 

Twenty Per Cent1884 

Twenty Years Ago1631 

Twin Sisters, The1718 

Twins, The1245 

See also Comedy of Errors, The212 

Two Connoisseurs, The668 

Two Dr. Hobbs's, The. See Love's Resurrection1870 

Two English Gentlemen, The371 

Two Faces under a Hood. See How Happy Could I Be with Either1527 

Two Farmers, The1301 

Two Galley Slaves2316 

See also Galley Slaves, The2314 

Two Gallows Slaves, The. See Two More Slaves2322 

Two More Slaves2322 

Two Pages of Frederick the Great, The. See Pages of Frederick the Great, The2261 

Two Pence2231 

Two Prisoners, The1426 

Two Spanish Valets, The. See Lie upon Lie2051 

Two to One631 

Two Violettas, The2203 

Two Wives!!2236 

71



Two Words. See Silent Not Dumb, The1932 

Tyrant and Parrasite, The1706 

Ugly Club, The1217 

Ugolino2288 

Ultra Exquisite, The2090 

Unconscious Counterfeit, The1564 

Undine2223 

Union, The908 

Universal Register Office, The189 

Unknown Guest, The. See State Tower, The1853 

Up All Night. See Smuggler's Cave, The1580 

Up to London1694 

Up to Town. See Up to London1694 

Upholsterer, The131, 227, 890 

Ups and Downs 

(Ebsworth's)2245 


Urania1338 

Usurers, The529 

L'Usurpator Innocente868 

Ut Pictura Poesis. See Enraged Musician, The826 

Valentine and Orson1408 

Valentine's Day407 

Valley of Diamonds, The1837 

Vampire, The2161 

Vampire Giovanni2197 

Variety582 

Vecchi Burlati, I619 

Vendemnira, La832 

Venetian Outlaw, The1449 

Venetian Tale, A1172 

Venison Pasty, The2255 

Venoni1561 

Vergine del Sole, La1402 

Verses to the Memory of Garrick. See Monody471 

Vertumnus and Pomona585 

Vespers of Palermo, The. See Procida2375 

Vestale, La 

(anon.)1625 

(Badini's)773 

Veteran Soldier, The2280 

Veteran Tar, The1314 

Veterans, The. See Veteran Soldier, The2280 

Viaggiatori Felici, I578, 1370 

Vicar of Wakefield, The1985, 2368 

Victim, The2131 

Village, The1457 

Village Coquet, The940 

72



Village Fête, The1171 

Village Hotel, The1577 

Village Lawyer, The784 

Villana Riconoscenta, La817 

Villanella Rapita, La888 

Villeggiattori Bizzari, I1566 

Vimonda785 

Vindictive Man, The1499 

Vintagers, The. See Tears and Smiles1576 

Virgin of the Sun, The 

(Plumptre's?)1868 

(Reynolds)1703 

Virginia 

(anon.)731 

(Cobb's)1292 

(Crisp's)109 

(Plowden's)1303 

Virginius; or, The Fall of the Decemviri2152 

Virginius; or, The Liberation of Rome2151 

Virtue and Beauty Reconciled207 

Virtuoso, The93 

Virtuose, Le2503 

Virtuosa in Margellina, La1517 

Vision of the Sun, The2343 

Vizier's Son and the Merchants Daughter, The1697 

Voice of Nature, The1355 

Volcano, The1272 

Voluntary Contribution1197 

Volunteers, The453 

See also Loyal Volunteers, The518 

Vortigern1110 

Votary of Wealth, The1240 

Voyage to Margate2160 

Wager, The512 

See also La Scomessa1598, 1600 

Walcot Castle. See Angelina1431 

Walk for a Wager2105 

Walking Statue, The741 

Wallace2175 

Walloons, The590 

Waltz, The1778 

Wanderer, The1488, 1531 

Wandering Boys, The1801 

Wandering Jew, The1163 

Wanted, a Governess1986 

Wanted, a Wife2092 

Ward of the Castle, The992 

Warlock of the Glen, The2182 

73



War-whoop, The1669 

Watch Word, The. See Assassin, The1939 

Waterman, The376 

Way to Get Married, The1105 

Way to Get Unmarried, The1119 

Way to Keep Him, The168 

Ways and Means. See More Ways than Means755 

We Fly by Night1472 

Weathercock, The 


(Forrest's)392 

Wedding Day, The 

(Fielding's)39 


Wedding Night, The 

(anon.)24 

(Cobb's)530 


Wedding Ring, The343 

Welch Heiress, The1064 

Werter711 

Werter and Charlotte1620 

West Indian, The315 

West Wind, A. See Retaliation1732 

Wet Weather2102 

See also Tailors, The269 

Whackham and Windham. See Broad Grins1798 

Whang Fong 

(anon.)2164 


What a Blunder1299 

What Is She?1253 

What Next?1911 

What We Must All Come To231 

What Wou'd the Man Be At?1325 

What's a Man of Fashion?1886 

What's Bred in the Bone Won't Come Out of the Flesh2176 

Wheel of Fortune, The1056 

When It Takes Place. See If It Takes Place2156 

Where Shall I Dine?2076 

Where to Find a Friend1674, 1888 

Which Is the Man?584 

Whim, The 

(anon.)28 

(Wallace's)1093, 1104 

Whistle for It1513 

White Cat, The1699 

White Plume, The1478 

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Who Can I Be?2032 

Who Is She?2181 

Who Is She Like977 

Who Is Who1885 

Who Kill'd the Dog2325 

Who Pays the Piper1611 

Who Pays the Reckoning?1090 

Who Wants a Guinea?1448 

Who Wants a Wife1916 

Who Wins. See Widow's Choice, The1540 

Who'd Have Thought It?556 

Who's Afraid! Ha! Ha! Ha!1458 

Who's My Father? See My Father!2021 

Who's the Dupe475 

Who's the Rogue?1327 

Who's to Father Her. See What's Bred in the Bone2176 

Who's to Have Her 

(anon.)889 


Who's Who. See Who Is Who1885 

Why Did I Marry2186 

Wicklow Gold Mines, The. See Lad o' the Hills1117 

Wicklow Mountains, The. See Lad o' the Hills1117 

Widow, The. See Widow's Choice, The1540 

Widow and No Widow, A487 

Widow and the Riding Horse, The1255 

Widow of Delphi, The508 

Widow of Malabar, The869 

Widow'd Wife, The275 

Widow's Choice, The1540 

Widow's Only Son, The1626 

Widow's Vow, The. See Neuter, The736 

Wife in the Right, A. See Patience the Best Remedy332 

Wife of a Million, The1367 

Wife with Two Husbands, A1390 

Wild Indian Girl, The1851 

Wild Oats898 

Will, The. See Will and the Deed, The1158 

Will and No Will, A58 

Will and the Deed, The1158 

Will for the Deed, The1410 

William and Nancy496 

William and Susan705 

William Tell1715 

Wilmore-Castle1302 

Win and Wear Her2385 

Windsor Castle1062 

Wise Man of the East, The1271 

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Wish, The387 

Wishes, The 

(anon.)586 

(Bentley's)199 

Witch of Derncleugh, The2235 

Witch of the Wood, The1131 

Wit's Last Stake281 

Wives as They Were and Maids as They Are. See Primitive Wife, The1155 

Wives in Plenty996 

Wives Reveng'd, The455 

Wizard, The1980 

Woman and Philosophy1765 

Woman's Will2099 

Woman's Word, A2187 

Wonders of Derbyshire, The465 

Wood Daemon, The1514 

Wooden Walls1494 

Woodman, The892 

Woodman's Hut, The1802 

Word for Nature, A1229 

Word of Honour, The1350 

Word to [for] the Ladies, A2061 

Word to the Wise, A307 

World, The1545 

World as It Goes, The548 

World in a Village, The997 

Writing a Farce1880 

X Y Z1646 

Xerxes 

(anon.)8 

(Jodrell's)2095 

Yes or No!1555 

Young Hussar, The1512 

Young Men and Old Women. See Lovers No Conjurors952 

Young Prude, The2111 

Young Quaker, The627 

Yours or Mine. See Hue and Cry1935 

Youth, Love, and Folly. See Love, Youth, and Folly1453 

Youthful Days of Frederick the Great. See Prussian Discipline1988 

Zaira1437, 1652 

Zajra1434 

Zamoski2185 

Zauber Flote, Die1679 

Zelma941 

Zelmira2398 

Zembuca1854 

Zemire e Azore469 

Zenobia 

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(altered from Metastasio's)1294 

(Murphy's)279 

Zenobia in Palmira1049 

Zimri169 

Zingari in Fiera, I986, 1051 

Zingis289 

Zoa1747 

Zodaiya1979 

Zoraida498 

Zorayda2259 

Zorinski. See Casimir the Great1081 

Zulieman1806 

Zuma2011 

List of Plays and Identified Prologues, etc. 

1. The Nest of Plays. Three comedies, 1 act each. Hildebrand Jacob. 

Scope and Content Note 

Application Dec. 27, 1737, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Jan. 25, 1737/8. 

MS: contains The Prodigal Reform'd, The Happy Constancy, and The Tryal of Conjugal 

Love; numerous deletions, corrections, and insertions; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 

1738 (K-D 286): virtually identical; corrections in MS incorporated in printed text. 

2. Art and Nature. Comedy, 5 acts. James Miller. 


Application Jan. 12, 1737/8, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Feb. 16. 

MS: a few passages deleted by Examiner; epilogue; cast. Comp. 1738 (K-D 240): a 

number of passages in MS, including those marked for deletion, not printed. 

J.P.C. in B.D. calls attention to The Pigeon Pie (1738), a satire upon Miller. 

3. The Coffee House. Dramatic piece, 1 act. James Miller. 


Application Jan. 12, 1737/8, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Jan. 26. 

MS: slight additions included, and one correction required by Examiner; prologue. Comp. 

1737 (K-D 240): slight differences. 

4. The Death of Agamemnon. Tragedy, 5 acts. James Thomson. 


Application Jan. 14, 1737/8, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. (as Agamemnon) Apr. 6, 1738. 

MS: a few deletions and alterations; prologue. Comp. Agamemnon, 1738 (Dev HC 5): 

extensive differences, especially in Acts III-V. 

Larpent Plays, 1737 

5. Sir John Cockle at Court. Farce, 1 act. Robert Dodsley. 


Application Jan. 21, 1737/8, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Feb. 23. 

MS: endorsed X; a number of deleted passages; corrections and several songs 

inserted. Comp. 1738 (K-D 267): MS contains two scenes not printed; other differences 

slight. 

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6. Comus: A Mask. John Dalton. 


Application Feb. 9, 1737/8, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Mar. 4. 

MS: title-page states, Alter'd from Milton's Mask at Ludlow Castle and adapted to the 

Stage; some alterations; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1738 (133952): a number of 

slight differences. 

7. Parthenius. [Partenio (?).] Opera (Italian and English), 3 acts. Paolo Antonio 

Rolli. 


No application. Prod. H1, Mar. 14, 1738 (?). 

Printed copy, 1738. 

8. Xerxes. Opera (Italian and English), 3 acts. 


No application. Prod. H1, Apr. 15, 1738. 


9. Marina. Play, 3 acts. George Lillo. 


Application July 6, 1738, A. Hallam, C.G. Prod. Aug. 1. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1738 (K-D 345): slight differences throughout, with 

considerable differences in Act II. 

10. Robin Goodfellow; or, The Rival Sisters. Pantomime, 1 act. 


Application Oct. 17, 1738, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Oct. 30. 

MS: slight revisions. 

11. Margery. Burlesque opera, 3 acts. Henry Carey. 


Application Nov. 25, 1738, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Dec. 9. 

MS: Comp. 3d ed., 1738 (K-D 214): slight differences. 


12. Edward and Eleonora. Tragedy, 5 acts. James Thomson. 


Application Feb. 23, 1738/9, John Rich, C.G. Not produced. (License refused.) 

MS: notice endorsed, by Chetwynd(?), forbid to be acted by the Ld. Chamberlain the 

26th. March. 1738/9. Comp. 1739 (123625): slight differences. 

13. The Fatal Retirement. Tragedy, 5 acts. Anthony Brown. 


Application Mar. 26, 1739, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Nov. 12. 

MS: some lines and numerous interpolations in hand of author; prologue and epilogue; 

note, Brown to Chetwynd, Fryday Oct. 19. 1739; cast. Comp. 1739 (K-D 16): most of 

the passages deleted in MS are printed. 

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14. Sir John Falstaff in Masquerade. Farce, 2 acts. Samuel Johnson (of Cheshire). 


Application Apr. 26, 1739, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. H2, Apr. 11, 1741. 

MS: a number of passages canceled; several corrections in hand of author. 

See No. 29. 

15. An Hospital for Fools. Dramatic fable, 1 act. James Miller. 


Application Nov. 1(?), 1739, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Nov. 15. 

MS: the mark X and frequent deletions appear in text; cast. Comp. 1739 (K-D 240): 

numerous differences. 

16. Britons Strike Home; or, The Sailor's Rehearsal. Farce, 1 act. Edward Phillips. 


Application Dec. 5, 1739, Charles Fletewood, D. L. Prod. Dec. 31. 

MS: endorsed X; title-page endorsed, by Mr. phillips. damned; numerous passages 

deleted, some marked X in margin; some corrections; cast. Comp. 1739 (K-D 221): 

numerous though minor differences; some lines deleted in MS are printed. 


17. Arminius. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Paterson. 


Application Dec. 15, 1739, Charles Fletewood, D. L. Not produced. (License refused.) 

MS: endorsed, by Chetwynd(?), by Mr. Patterson Forbid the 4th. Janry. 1739/10. Comp. 

1740 (147269): substantially the same. 

18. Rosalinda. Musical drama, 1 pt. John Lockman. 


Application 18 Decr. 1739 This piece is to be represented at my House. Jas. Hugford. 

Prod. Hickman's Room, Jan. 4, 1740. 

MS: some corrections, in hand of author(?); included are: Imitations. Argument, to ye. 

following Sonnet; an account of the circumstances attendant upon the composition of 

a sonnet by Henault, who speaks to ye Embrio in ye Person of Madlle de Guerchi; and 

the sonnet, in French. Comp. 1740 (K-D 46): virtually identical. 

19. Elmerick; or, Justice Triumphant. Tragedy, 5 acts. George Lillo. 


Application Jan. 5, 1739/40, Charles Fletewood, D. L. Prod. Feb. 23. 

MS: numerous deletions and alterations; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1740 (K-D 

345): slight differences. 

20. Orpheus and Eurydice, [with The Metamorphoses of Harlequin]. Pantomime. 

Lewis Theobald (?). 


Application Feb. 4, 1739/40, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Feb. 12. 

MS. Comp. Orpheus and Eurydice, 1739 (K-D 308): slight differences; comic portions 

not printed. 

21. Polite Conversation. Dramatic dialogues. From Jonathan Swift. 


Application Mar. 28, 1740, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Apr. 23. 

MS: prologue. (Prologue is by James Miller, who may have made the adaptation.) 

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22. Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades. Farce, 1 act. David Garrick. 


Application Apr. 1 (?), 1740, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Apr. 15. 

MS. Comp. 1749 (K-D 418): material differences. 

See No. 72. 


23. The Camp Visitants. Comedy, 1 act. James Miller (?). 


Application Dec. 11, 1740, Charles Fletewood, D.L. 

MS: a few corrections and several excisions. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It is wholly in the hand writing of the Revd. James Miller. 

24. The Wedding Night; or, Tamer Tam'd. Comedy, 5 acts. From John Feltcher, The 

Woman's Prize. 


Application Dec. 13, 1740, Charles Fletewood, D.L. 

MS. 

25. The Blind Beggar of Bednal Green. Farce, 1 act. Robert Dodsley. 


Application Dec. 27, 1740, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Apr. 3, 1741. 

MS. Comp. 1741 (K-D 267): slight differences. 

26. L'Allegro, ed Il Penseroso. Oratorio, 3 pts. Charles Jennens, from John Milton. 


Application n.d., George Frideric Handel, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Prod. 1740. 

MS. Comp. 1743 (27170) and n.d. (K-D 413): slight differences; Part III not printed in 

1743 ed. 

27. Alfred. Masque, 3 acts. James Thomson and David Mallet. 


Application Feb. 9, 1740/1, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Mar. 20, 1744/5 (privately at 

Cliveden, Aug. 1, 1740). 

MS. Comp. 1740 (32311): MS contains an act between the two of the printed version. 

See No. 51. 

28. The Whim; or, The Merry-Cheat. Ballad opera, 1 act. 


Application Mar. 30 (?), 1741, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Apr. 17. 

MS: application states, for Mrs. Vinc[ent's?] Benefit; prologue and table of songs. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Prol calls the author 'a young and inexperienced bard.' 


29. The Fool Made Wise; or, Sir John Falstaff in Masquerade. Operatical comedy, 3 

acts. Samuel Johnson (of Cheshire). 


Application n.d., Samuel Johnson, H2. Prod. Apr. 11, 1741. MS: partly in hand of 

author; numerous corrections and insertions. See No. 14. 

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30. Alessandro in Persia. Melodrama (Italian and English), 3 acts. Francesco 

Vanneschi. 


No application. Prod. H1, Oct. 31, 1741. Printed copy, 1741. 

31. The Lying Valet, Epilogue to. 


No application. Spoken Goodman's Fields, Nov. 30, 1741. MS. 

32. Penelope. Melodrama (Italian and English), 3 acts. Paolo Antonio Rolli. 


No application. Prod. H1, Dec. 12, 1741. Printed copy, 1741. 

33. [Miss Lucy in Town.] Farce, 1 act. Henry Fielding. 


Application Mar. 5, 1741/2, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. May 6, 1742. 

MS: title added in later hand (J.P.C.'s?); cover endorsed New Farce X 1741; cast. 

Comp. 1742 (125939); virtually identical. 

34. Scipione in Cartagine. Melodrama (English and Italian), 3 acts. 


No application. Prod. H1, Mar. (?), 1742. 



35. Gianguir. Opera (Italian and English), 3 acts. Apostolo Zeno. 


No application. Prod. H1, Nov. 2, 1742. 


36. Regulus. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Havard. 


Application Dec. 20 (?), 1742, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Feb. 21, 1743/4. 

MS: dated Dec. 20, 1742, by Chetwynd(?); prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1744 (K-D 


37. A Prologue on Shakespeare and His Writings. An Epilogue on Shakespeare's 

Women Characters. 


Application Jan. 7, 1742/3, Charles Fletewood, D.L. MS. 

38. Samson. Oratorio, 3 acts. Newburgh Hamilton, from John Milton. 


Application Jan. 10, 1742/3, John Rich and George Frederick Handel, C.G. Prod. Feb. 

18. 

MS: some corrections. Comp. 1743 (28347): slight differences. See No. 40. 

39. The Wedding Day. Comedy, 5 acts. Henry Fielding. 


Application Jan. 19, 1742/3, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Feb. 17. MS: endorsed X and 

1742/3; a few passages marked for omission. Comp. 1743 (123356): minor 

differences. 

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40. Samson. Oratorio, 3 acts. Newburgh Hamilton, from John Milton. 


No application. Prod. C.G., Feb. 18, 1742/3. 


See No. 38. 

41. Rossane. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 


No application. Prod. H1, Oct. or Nov., 1743(?). 

MS: numerous corrections and insertions; passages marked for omission; title-page 

states, An old opera by Mr. Handel acted...1726. To be reviv'd now in 8br. or 9br. 

1743. Comp. Alessandro, 1726 (131382): slight differences. 


42. Alfonso. Melodrama (English and Italian), 3 acts. Paolo Antonio Rolli. 


No application. Prod. H1, Jan. 3, 1744. 


43. The Story of Semele. Oratorio, 3 pts. From William Congreve. 


No application. Prod. C.G., Feb. 10, 1744. 

MS: some corrections in hand of Handel. Comp. 1744 (K-D 413): slight differences. 

44. Albumazar. [The Astrologer.] Comedy, 5 acts. James Ralph from Thomas 

Tomkis. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Apr. 3, 1744. 

MS: a number of minor corrections. (Dated in B.C., wrongly, 1773.) Comp. The 

Astrologer, 1744 (K-D 191): a few slight differences. 

45. Aristodemo, [Tiraimo di Cuma (?)]. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. [Paolo Antonio 

Rolli?] 

Note 

The title of this MS may be Aristodemo, but as that is the first name in the dramatis 

personae the title on the Bridgewater Library cover may be a wrong guess. As the 

endorsement on the first page, made in the office of the Examiner (?), is an X, the MS 

is probably pre-Larpent. Its general appearance also seems to me to indicate a date 

earlier than that assigned by Collier (?) and the Bridgewater Catalogue. Also, in the 

cast three singers whom I have tentatively identified, place the performance, if I am 

correct, at about 1745. They are Signor [Angelo Maria] Monticelli, who was in London 

from 1741 to 1746; Signora [Giulia] Frasi, who first appeared in London in 1743; and 

Signora Visconti, who was prima donna there during the forties. As both Monticelli and 

Frasi appear in the cast given in the MS, it must be for a performance between 1743 

and 1746. It may therefore be Aristodemo, Tiraimo di Cuma, pasticcio, ascribed to 

[Paolo Antonio?] Rolli (by Nicoll, Early Eighteenth Century Drama [2d ed.], p. 389), H1, 

April 3, 1744. 


No application. [Prod. H1, Apr. 3, 1744?] 

MS: endorsed X; cast. (Dated in B.C., wrongly, King's Theatre Haymarket Jany. 9th. 

1814.) 

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46. Mahomet [the Impostor]. Tragedy, 5 acts. James Miller and John Hoadly. 


Application Apr. 16, 1744, Charles Fletewood, D.L. Prod. Apr. 25. 


47. The Temple of Dullness, with The Humours of Sigr. Capochio and Sigra. 

Dorinna. Comic opera, 2 acts. Lewis Theobald. 


Application Jan. 12, 1744/5, James Lacy, D.L. Prod. (originally, as The Happy Captive) 

H2, Apr. 16, 1741. 

MS: contains A Short Preface, by way of Argument to the following Piece; cast. Comp. 

1745 (K-D 30): virtually identical. 

48. The Picture; or, The Cuckold in Conceit. Farce, 1 act. James Miller. 


Application Feb. 8, 1744/5, James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 11. 

Printed copy: endorsed with title and date, 1744; MS corrections and insertions; two 

songs added and MS cast given. Comp. 1745 (K-D 240): songs added in MS and other 

corrections incorporated in 1745 ed. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The printed title page was torn away but it [the play] obviously must 

have been in print before the 8vo. of 1745. 

49. Papal Tyranny [in the Reign of King John], Epilogue to. 


No application. Spoken C.G., Feb. 15, 1745 (?). 

MS. 

50. Tancred and Sigismunda. Tragedy, 5 acts. James Thomson. 


Application Mar. 14, 1744/5, James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Mar. 18. 

MS: numerous corrections. Comp. 1745 (148064): slight differences; a few passages 

deleted in MS are printed. 

51. Alfred the Great. Opera, 3 acts. From James Thomson and David Mallet. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Mar. 20, 1745 (?). 

Printed copy: title-page and pp. 19-22 lacking. 

See No. 27. 


52. Belshazzar. Oratorio, 3 acts. Charles Jennens (?). 


No application. Prod. H1, Mar. 27, 1745 (?). 

MS. (Tentatively identified with Handel's opera.) 

53. Love and Friendship. Serenata, 1 act. 


Application n.d., William Defesch. Prod. C.G., Mar. 1744/5 (?). 

Printed copy, 1734. Comp. 1744 (K-D 42): identical. 

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54. Epilogue, for Mrs. Woffington in the Character of Britannia. 


Application Oct. 19, 1745, Richard Cross, D.L. (Spoken before The Nonjuror, Oct. 22, 

1745?) 

MS. 

55. The Alternative, Tyranny or Liberty. Historical play, 5 acts. Charles Macklin. 


Application Jan. 11, 1745/6, Richard Cross for James Lacy, D.L. Prod. (as King Henry 

VII; or, The Popish Impostor) Jan. 18. 

MS: prologue. Comp. King Henry the VII, etc., 1746 (K-D 346): numerous differences. 

56. Il Trionfo della Continenza. Drama (Italian and English), 3 acts. 




57. The Double Disappointment. Farce, 1 act. Moses Mendez. 



MS: endorsed X; previous title, The double Deceit, deleted; prologue. Comp. 1760 (K-D 

26): numerous differences, each version containing songs and dialogue not in the 

other; prologue not printed. (This, the 1st, ed. is as it is acted at... Covent Garden, and 

is much later than the MS.) 


58. A Will and No Will; or, A Bone for the Lawyers. Farce, 2 acts. Charles Macklin. 


Application Apr. 15, 1746, James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Apr. 23. 

MS: a few corrections; notice states, for Mrs. Macklin's benefit; prologue. 

59. Prologue in Honour of the Duke of Cumberland & His Glorious Victory over the 

Rebels. Theophilus Cibber. 


Application n.d., Richard Cross, D.L. Spoken May 2, 1746. 

MS: notice, signed by Cross, states, for his own benefit. 

60. Antigono. [Antigone?] Opera (Italian and English), 3 acts. Pietro Metastasio. 


No application. Prod. H1, May 13, 1746 (?). 


61. Sir Roger de Coverly; or, The Merry Christmas. Dramatic entertainment, 2 

acts. _____ Dorman (of Hampstead). 


Application Dec. 16, 1746, James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Dec. 30. 

MS: several canceled passages. Comp. 1740 (K-D 7): no material differences; canceled 

passages are printed. 

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62. Miss in Her Teens; or, The Medley of Lovers. Farce, 2 acts. David Garrick. 


Application Dec. 29, 1746, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Jan. 17, 1746/7. 

MS: a number of corrections and excisions; several insertions in hand of author; 

prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1747 (K-D 142): MS contains an opening scene not 

printed; various other minor differences. 

63. The Rake. Comedy, 5 acts. Benjamin Hoadly. 


Application n.d., John Rich, C.G. Prod. (as The Suspicious Husband), Feb. 12, 1747. 

MS: a number of corrections and revisions. Comp. The Suspicious Husband, 1747 (Dev 

HC 26): minor differences. 

64. The New Play Criticiz'd; or, The Plague of Envy. [The Suspicious Husband 

Criticized; or, The Plague of Envy.] Farce, 1 act. Charles Macklin. 



MS: a few corrections; included, Rough draught of an Epilogue, in hand of Macklin(?), 

annotated, N B. This will damn the piece; notice states, I have given Mr. Macklin leave 

to perform this Piece at His Benefit at My Theatre; two copies of prologue. 

65. Judas Macchabaeus. Oratorio, 3 acts. Thomas Morell. 


No application. Prod. C.G., Apr. 1, 1747. 

MS: title-page signed by George Frederick Handel. Comp. 1762 (K-D 379): various 

differences. (The MS probably gives the version of 1747 [not available].) 

66. The Tameing of the Shrew, Alterations In. 


Application Nov. 14, 1747, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Not produced as altered 

(?). 

MS: alterations marked for insertion at specific points on pages of a copy of play. (Ed. 

to which they apply not identified.) 

67. La Ingratitudine Punita. Drama Pastorale (Italian), 3 acts. 



MS: endorsed X; cast. 

68. The Foundling. Comedy, 5 acts. Edward Moore. 


Application Jan. 22, 1747/8, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 13. 

MS: endorsed X; some deletions and corrections; some passages marked X; prologue. 

Comp. 1748 (Dev 8vo 10): minor differences throughout; some parts in MS not 

printed. 

69. Joshua. Oratorio, 3 pts. Thomas Morell. 


No application. Prod. C.G., Mar. 9, 1748. 

MS. Comp. 1748 (K-D 434): slight differences. (Dated erroneously in B.C., 1602.) 


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70. Alexander [Balus]. Oratorio, 3 pts. Thomas Morell. 



MS: several deletions and corrections; a few lines added, in Handel's hand(?). Comp. 

1748 (147140): a few minor differences. 

71. The Henpeck'd Captain; or, The Humours of the Militia. Farce, 1 act. Richard 

Cross. 


No application. Announced for production, D.L., Apr. 29, 1748; not produced (?). (See 

B.D. and Nicoll, Early Eighteenth Century Drama, p. 316.) 

MS: in hand of author(?); 1 p. lacking(?). 

72. Lethe. Farce, 1 act. David Garrick. 


Applications Oct. 25, 1748, David Garrick and James Lacy, and Dec. 26, 1771, 

unsigned, D.L. Prod., with alterations, Jan. 2, 1749, and Jan. 11, 1772. 

MS: insertion contains the Fribble additions of 1771. Comp. 1749 (K-D 418): several 

notable differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The entry in Larpents List is this-'Lethe or Esop in the Shades a Dramatic 

Satire acted at Drury Lane-Managers Letter signed C. Fletewood April 1st 1740.' nine 

years before it was printed: afterwards this occurs-'Lethe, a farce with alterations 

acted at Drury Lane. Managers letter signed D. Garrick & J. Lacy in 1748'-and in '1771 

the following-'Lethe with an additional Scene performed at Drury Lane-Managers letter 

signed D. Garrick 1771'-. [But the manager's letter in 1771 is unsigned. Collier also 

copies, in this note, the managers' letter of 1748.] 

See No. 22. 

73. La Comedia in Comedia. Opera (English and Italian), 3 acts. Francesco 

Vanneschi. 




74. Coriolanus. Tragedy, 5 acts. James Thomson. 


Application Nov. 12, 1748, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Jan. 13, 1749. 

MS: some corrections. Comp. 1749 (K-D 143): MS contains some lines not printed. 

75. Orazio. Opera (Italian and English), 3 acts. 




76. The Triumph Peace: A Masque. Robert Dodsley. 


Application Feb. 9, 1749 [1748/9?], David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 21, 

1748/9. 

MS. Comp 1749 (K-D 267): virtually the same. 

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77. The Intriguing Chambermaid, Addition to. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Mar. 13, 1748/9. 

MS: endorsed Addition to the Intriguing Chambermaid performed for Mrs. Clives 

benefit 1748/9. 

78. Solomon. Oratorio, 3 acts. Thomas Morell. 



MS: endorsed X. Comp. n.d. (K-D 413): great differences. 

79. Henry and Emma; or, The Nut-Brown Maid. Musical drama, 2 acts. From 

Matthew Prior; songs by Thomas Augustine Arne. 



MS: some erased passages, and one song marked out. Comp. Songs in Henry and 

Emma, 1749 (K-D 50): numerous differences. 

80. The Little French Lawyer. Farce, 1 act. From Francis Beaumont and John 

Fletcher. 


Application Sept. 29, 1749, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Oct. 7. 

MS: endorsed X; numerous deletions, additions, and corrections, some in Garrick's 

hand; cast. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: If this piece were not got up by Garrick, all the corrections &c. in the 

Licensers copy were in his hand writing. [The corrections by Garrick are slight and do 

not justify J.P.C.'s inference.] 


81. Edward the Black Prince; or, The Battle of Poictiers. Historical tragedy, 5 acts. 

William Shirley. 


Application Nov. 3, 1749, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Jan. 6, 1750. 

MS: numerous corrections; included, An Appropriate National Prologue to the Revival 

of Edward the Black Prince (D.L., May 26, 1803?). Comp. 1750 (147794): no important 

differences. 

82. The Chaplet: A Masque. Musical entertainment, 2 pts. Moses Mendez. 


Application Nov. 29, 1749, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Dec. 2. 

MS. Comp. 1749 (Dev 8vo 48): MS contains several stanzas and one complete song 

not printed. 

83. Madama Ciana. Comic opera (Italian), 3 acts. Giovanni Barlocci (?). 


No application. Prod. H1 (?), Jan. 13, 1750 (?). 

MS. (Dated 1787 in B.C.) 

84. The Roman Father. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Whitehead. 


Application Jan. 23, 1749/50, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 24. 

MS. Comp. 1750 (K-D 319): minor differences. 

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85. Don Saverio; or, The Modern Traveller. Musical drama, 2 acts. Thomas 

Augustine Arne (?). 


Application Feb. 12, 1749/50, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 15. 

MS: numerous deletions; cast. Comp. 1750 (K-D 26): lines deleted in MS not printed; a 

few slight variations. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The proof of it [Arne's authorship] is that the copy sent to the Licenser 

was wholly in Arne's hand-writing. 

86. [The Rehearsal; or, Bays in Petticoats.] Farce, 1 act. Catherine Clive. 


Application Mar. 5, 1749/50, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Mar. 15. 

MS: endorsed, in hand of Garrick (?), No Title; notice states, for Mrs. Clive's benefit; 

included, The New Scene in Mrs. Clive's Farce. Comp. 1753 (K-D 22): considerable 

differences; The New Scene, presumably submitted later than the original farce, is the 

final scene of the printed version. 

87. Il Trionfo di Camilla. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Silvio Stampiglia (?). 


No application. Prod. H1, Mar. 31, 1750. 

MS: endorsed X. (Dated [wrongly?] 1765 in B.C.) 

88. La Serva Padrona. Opera (Italian), 2 pts. Gennaro Antonio Federico. 


No application. Prod. H1, Apr. 27, 1750 (?). 

MS: cast. 

89. Robin Hood: An English Burletta. 2 acts. Moses Mendez. 



MS. Comp. 1751 (K-D 12): numerous discrepancies. 

90. Gil Blas. Comedy, 5 acts. Edward Moore. 


Application Jan. 3, 1751, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 2. 

MS. Comp. 1751 (146946): MS contains brief scenes not printed; other differences 

slight. 


91. The Earle of Essex. Tragedy, 5 acts. Henry Jones. 


Application Feb. 14, 1750/1, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Feb. 21, 1753. 

MS: much corrected and many passages erased; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1753 

(Dev HC 13): numerous and important differences. 

92. A Lick at the Town. Dramatic prelude, 1 act. Henry Woodward. 


Application Mar. 6, 1751, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Mar. 16. 

MS: notice states, for Woodward's benefit; prologue and epilogue. 

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93. The Virtuoso. Farce, 2 acts. Samuel Foote. 


Application Dec. 28, 1751, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. (as Taste) Jan. 13, 

1751/2. 

MS. Comp. Taste, 1752 (K-D 238): slight differences. 

See Nos. 149 and 194. 

94. The Oracle. Comedy, 1 act. Susannah Maria Cibber. 


Application Feb. 25, 1752, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Mar. 17. 

MS: notice states, for Mrs. Cibber's benefit; prologue (2 versions), epilogue, and 

Cinthia's Song. Comp. 1752 (K-D 49): slight differences. 

95. Jeptha. Oratorio, 3 pts. Thomas Morell. 



MS: title-page endorsed, by J.P.C.(?): Handells piece. It is said that Handel became 

blind during the composition of this Oratorio but see his autograph Feb. 15th. 1752 at 

the end; signed, George Frideric Handel London Covent Garden February 10th 1752. 

Comp. [1751?] (K-D 379): virtually the same. 

96. Covent Garden Theatre; or, Pasquin Turn'd Drawcan-sir. Dramatic satire, 2 

acts. Charles Macklin. 


Application n.d., John Rich, C.G. Prod. Apr. 8, 1752. 

MS: endorsed X; text marked frequently with X and brackets; notice states, for 

Macklin's benefit. 


97. The Gamester. Tragedy, 5 acts. Edward Moore. 


Application Jan. 9, 1753, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 7. 

MS. Comp. 1753 (Dev HC 16): slight differences. 

98. [The Brothers.] Tragedy [5 acts]. Edward Young. 


Application Feb. 24, 1753, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Mar. 3. 

MS: Act V lacking; no title; numerous deletions, corrections, and additions, some by 

Garrick. Comp. 1753 (K-D 279): numerous differences, particularly in Acts I and II. 

99. Hercules's Choice of Pleasure or Virtue, and The Occasional Oratorio. Oratorios 

(fragments). 


No application. Prod. (as The Choice of Hercules) C.G., Mar. 14, 1753 (?), and (as The 

Occasional Oratorio) C.G., Mar. 14, 1746. 

MS: contains fragments, only, of the two oratorios; last page signed, George Frideric 

Handel. 

100. The Englishman in Paris, Epilogue and Additions To. 


No application. Prod. with occasional prologue, D.L., Oct. 20, 1753. 

MS. (These alterations may apply to the performance noted.) 

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101. Boadicia. Tragedy, 5 acts. Richard Glover. 


Application Nov. 21, 1753, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Dec. 1. 

MS: a few corrections and some deleted passages; prologue. Comp. 1753 (145250): 


102. La Moglie A Forza; O Sia, La Finta Contadino. Intermezzo (Italian and French), 

2 pts. 


Application Jan. 9, 1754, John Rich, C.G. 

Printed copy, Amsterdam, 1752. 


103. Lo Studente Alla Moda. Opera (Italian and French), 3 acts. 


Application Jan. 9, 1754, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Jan. 18. 

Printed copy, Amsterdam, 1752: endorsed X. 

104. Philoclea. Tragedy, 5 acts. McNamara Morgan. 


Application Jan. 9, 1754, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Jan. 22. 

MS. Comp. 1754 (K-D 38): MS contains passages not printed. 

105. The Knights. Farce, 2 acts. Samuel Foote. 


Application Jan. 16, 1754, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 9, (previously 

H2, 1749). 

MS: endorsed X; some corrections, added lines, and prologue in hand of author. Comp. 


106. Artaserse. Opera (Italian and English), 3 acts. From Pietro Metastasio. 




107. L'Amor Costante; O Sia, Il Finto Femmina. Opera (Italian and French), 3 acts. 


Application Feb. 8, 1754, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Feb. 11. 

Printed copy, Amsterdam, 1752: endorsed X. 

108. Constantine the Great. Tragedy, 5 acts. Philip Francis. 



MS: prologue. Comp. 1754 (Dev HC 8): slight differences. 

109. Virginia. Tragedy, 5 acts. Henry Crisp. 


Application Feb. 18, 1754, David Garrick, for Mr. Lacy & Self, D.L. Prod. Feb. 25. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1754 (Dev HC 28): numerous differences, especially at end of 

Act IV. 

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110. The Sheep Shearing; or, Florizel and Perdita. Comedy, 2 acts. McNamara 

Morgan. 


Application Mar. 18, 1754, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Mar. 25. 

MS: prologue. Comp. Dublin, 1767 (K-D 219): various differences, especially in songs; 

prologue differs considerably. 

111. Creüsa, Queen of Athens. Tragedy [5 acts]. William Whitehead. 


Application Apr. 2, 1754, David Garrick for himself and Mr. Lacy, D.L. Prod. Apr. 20. 

MS: incomplete, containing Acts I and II and part of Act III; prologue and two epilogues. 

Comp. 1754 (K-D 221): few differences, except in prologue. 

112. The Grumbler. Farce, 2 acts. From Charles Sedley. 


Application Apr. 22, 1754, David Garrick, for Mr. Lacy & himself, D.L. Prod. Apr. 30. 

MS: endorsed 1754 X; a few passages deleted; notice states, for Pritchard's benefit; 

cast. 

113. Attilio Regolo. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Pietro Metastasio. 


Application n.d., Francesco Vanneschi, H1. Prod. May 11, 1754. 

MS: a few corrections and marginal notations. 

114. L'Arcadia in Brenta. Burletta (Italian and English), 3 acts. Carlo Goldoni. 


Application Nov. 11, 1754, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Nov. 18. 

Printed copy, 1755 [ sic]. 

115. Barbarossa. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Brown. 


Application Dec. 3, 1754, David Garrick, for Himself & Mr Lacy, D.L. Prod. Dec. 17. 

MS: endorsed X; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1755 (113189): slight differences. 

116. La Famiglia de Bertoldi alla Corte del Rè Alboino. Burletta (Italian and 

French), 3 acts. 


Application Dec. 6, 1754, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Dec. 9. 

Printed copy, Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno, Amsterdam, 1754: title, La Famiglia 

de Bertoldi..., written on flyleaf. 

117. Epilogue. (After this Bounteous, well-intended Play.) 


Application Jan. 6, 1755, John Rich, C.G. Spoken Jan. 8 (?). 

MS. 

118. Prologue. [Epilogue?] (In every Reign, in every Clime.) 


Application Jan. 11, 1755, John Rich, C.G. Spoken Jan. 14 (?). 

MS. 

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119. Appius. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Moncrieff. 


Application Feb. 17, 1755, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Mar. 6. 

MS: many erasures and corrections; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1755 (146912): 

variations slight, except in last half of Act V. 

120. The Brave Irishman; or, The Irishman in London. Farce, 2 acts. From Thomas 

Sheridan (?). 


Application Mar. 18, 1755, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Mar. 22 (originally, as The Honest 

Irishman; or, The Cuckold in Conceit, Dublin, 1737). 

MS: notice states, for Sparks's benefit. Comp. The Brave Irishman; or, Captain 

O'Blunder, Dublin, 1754 (K-D 284): MS differs so greatly from this ed. that it seems to 

be a different play based on the same source, Sheridan's farce (?). (See B.D., II, 

80-81.) 

121. Andromaca. Opera (Italian) (2 acts?). From Antonio Salvi. 


Application n.d., Francesco Vanneschi, H1. Prod. Nov. 11, 1755. 

MS: incomplete, containing only first act. 

122. Florizel and Perdita. A dramatic pastoral, 3 acts. David Garrick. 


Application Jan. 14, 1756, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Jan. 21. 

MS: a few corrections by Garrick. Comp. 1758 (K-D 319): numerous differences. 


123. The Tempest. Opera, 3 acts. David Garrick, from William Shakespeare. 


Application Feb. 9, 1756, David Garrick, for Himself & Mr. Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 11. 

MS: endorsed X; prologue. Prologue comp. A Dialogue between an Actor and a Critic, 

by Robert Lloyd, in St. James's Magazine, 1762 (Dev 8vo 22): differs only minutely. 

Play comp. 1756 (K-D 122): almost identical. 

124. Athelstan. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Brown. 


Application Feb. 18, 1756, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prof. Feb. 27. 

MS. Comp. 1756 (K-D 345): various minor differences. 

125. The Kept Mistress; or, The Mock Orators. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 7, 1756, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. (as The Mock 

Orators), Apr. 10. 

MS: notice states, for Yates's benefit. 

126. Amphitryon; or, The Two Sosias. Comedy, 5 acts. John Hawkesworth, from 

John Dryden. 



Printed copy of Dryden's play, 1732, interleaved with alterations and deletions by 

Hawkesworth. Comp. 1756 (K-D 283): virtually identical; alterations incorporated in 

printed text. 

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127. [Lilliput.] Farce, 1 act. David Garrick. 



MS: no title. Comp. 1757 (K-D 99): differs only slightly. 

128. Il Re Pastore. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. From Pietro Metastasio. 


Application n.d., Peter Crawford, H1. Prod. Jan. 22, 1757. 

MS: numerous corrections and erasures; cast. (L.L. states, The letter signed Signora 

Regina Mingotti in 1757.) 


129. The Author. Farce, 2 acts. Samuel Foote. 


Application Jan. 27, 1757, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Feb. 5. 

MS: a few corrections by author. Comp. 1757 (90220): only slight differences. 

130. The Modern Fine Gentleman. Farce, 2 acts. David Garrick. 



MS: cast. Comp. The Male-Coquette; or, Seventeen Hundred Fifty-Seven, 1757 (K-D 

99): numerous differences. 

131. The Upholsterer; or, What News. Farce, 2 acts. Arthur Murphy. 


Application Mar. 16, 1757, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Mar. 30, 1758. 

MS. Comp. 1758 (K-D 190): numerous and extensive differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was played at Covent Garden afterwards Priscilla Rich and John Beard 

in 1763 requesting from the Lord Chamberlain licence to act it as 'altered & added to'- 

In 1791 it appears to have been revived at Covent Garden and Harris the Manager 

sent 'Additions to the Upholdsterer a Farce' to Larpent to be licensed-The additions 

are stated to have been by Murphy. 


132. [The Provok'd Husband], Epilogue for Lady Townly. 


Application Apr. 14, 1757, John Rich, C.G. Spoken Apr. 15. 

MS: notice states, to be Spoke, to Morrow Night. 

133. The Tamer Tam'd. Farce, 3 acts. From John Fletcher, The Woman's Prize. 


Application Apr. 25, 1757, David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Apr. 30. 

MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: ...probably the work of Garrick, though not included in the list of pieces 

altered &c by him. 

134. Rosmira. Opera (Italian) (2 acts?). 


No application. Prod. H1, May 5, 1757. 

MS: incomplete, containing only Act I; numerous corrections; cast. 

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135. Euristeo. Opera (Italian), 10 scenes. Apostolo Zeno. 


Application May 31, 1757, Peter Crawford for Sigr. Regina Mingotti-Manager of ye 

Operas, H1. Prod. May 31. 

MS: numerous corrections; cast. 

136. Euristeo. Opera (English and Italian), 3 acts. Apostolo Zeno. 




137. The Conscious Lovers, Prologue and Epilogue TO. John(?) Lockman. 


Application Dec. 8, 1757, John Rich, C.G. 

MS: notice states, to be spoken on Thursday the Fifteenth of this Instant...for the 

Benefit of the City of London Lying in Hospital; under heading it is stated, By Mr 

Lockman. 

138. The Gamester[s]. Comedy, 5 acts. David Garrick, from James Shirley. 


Application Dec. 12, 1757, David Garrick for Mr. Lacy & self, D.L. Prod. Dec. 22. 

MS. Comp. 1758 (145220): printed version contains scenes in Act III not in MS. 

139. [The Insolvent; or, Filial Piety.] Tragedy, 5 acts. Aaron Hill. 


Application Jan. 9, 1758, Theophilus Cibber, H2. Prod. Mar. 6. 

MS: marked Untitled; some corrections. Comp. 1758 (K-D 450): only slight differences. 

Larpent Plays 1758 

140. Solimano. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 


Application n.d., Francesco Vanneschi, H1. Prod. Jan. 31, 1758. 

MS. 

141. Agis. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Home. 


Application Feb. 2, 1758, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 21. 

MS: a few corrections, by Garrick(?). Comp. 1758 (125156): various slight differences, 

especially at beginning of Act V. 

142. Prologue for Mrs. Hamilton's Benefit, 1758. 


Application Mar. 4, 1758, John Rich, C.G. Spoken Mar. 11. 

MS. 

143. The Frenchified Lady [Never in Paris], Epilogue To. 


Application n.d., David Garrick, for Mr Lacy & himself, D.L. Spoken Mar. 11, 1758. 

MS: notice states, for Mrs. Pritchard's benefit. 

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144. The Anniversary. Farce, 1 act. 



MS: after title: Being a Sequel to Lethe; notice states, to be perform'd on Mr. Ryan's 

Benefit Night on Wenesday March 29th. 

145. The Politician; or, No Matter What. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 15, 1758, David Garrick for himself & Mr. Lacy, D.L. Prod. (as No 

Matter What), Apr. 25. 

MS: prologue. 

146. The Beau in the Toy Shop, Addition to. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Apr. 22, 1758 (?). 

MS. 

147. A Night's Adventure of a Buck. Prologue. 


Application n.d., David Garrick, for Mr. Lacy & Self, D. L. Spoken May 4, 1758 (?). 

MS: notice states, We Intend to have this Prologue spoke at Mr. Austin's benefit. 

148. Madrigal and Trulletta. Mock-Tragedy, 5 acts. Joseph Reed. 


Application June 2, 1758, John Rich, C.G. Prod. July 6. 

MS: a few slight corrections and deletions; notice states, for Theophilus Cibber's 

benefit; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1758 (K-D 143): slight variations; lines in 

prologue canceled in MS not printed. 

149. The Diversions of the Morning. Farce, 2 acts. Samuel Foote. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Oct. 17, 1758 (originally, H2, Apr. 22, 1747). 

MS: consists of the Lady Pentweazle scene from Act I of Taste, set in a new frame, 

with Puff omitted; second act contains the burlesque rehearsal. (See Tate Wilkinson, 

Wandering Patentee [1795], I, 285; IV, 237.) 


150. Cleone. Tragedy, 5 acts. Robert Dodsley. 


Application Nov. 23, 1758, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Dec. 2. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1758 (K-D 267): important differences at several 

points; epilogue differs. 

151. The Busy Body, Epilogue to. 


Application n.d., David Garrick, for Mr. Lacy & Himself, D.L. Spoken Dec. 2, 1758 (?). 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., When Garrick acted the part first. 

152. The Rout. Farce, 2 acts. John Hill. 


Application Dec. 12, 1758, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Dec. 20. 

MS: slightly revised. Comp. 1758 (K-D 280): last half of Act II differs greatly. 

95




153. The Guardian. Farce, 2 acts. David Garrick. 



MS: a few deletions and corrections. Comp. 1759 (K-D 418): slight differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It does not appear from Garrick and Lacys letter for the Licence, dated 

Jany 17. 1759 that it was acted for [Christopher] Smart's benefit-a circumstance 

usually noticed. 


154. Cymbeline. Tragedy, 5 acts. Williams Hawkins, from William Shakespeare. 



MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1759 (K-D 279): prologue differs; various slight 

discrepancies in the play. 

155. Epilogue. 



MS: notice states, for Shuter's benefit. 

156. Susannah. Oratorio, 3 pts. 


No application. Prod. (altered), C.G., Mar. 9, 1759. 


157. The Lady's Choice. Farce, 2 acts. Paul Hiffernan. 


Application Mar. 31, 1759, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Apr. 20. 

MS: notice states, to be perform'd for the Author's Benefit. Comp. [1759?] (K-D 105): 


158. The Orphan of China. Tragedy, 5 acts. Arthur Murphy. 


Application Apr. 4, 1759, David Garrick for Mr. Lacy & Himself, D.L. Prod. Apr. 21. 

MS: numerous corrections. Comp. 1759 (K-D 453): differences slight except in 

conclusions of Acts IV and V, which differ considerably. 

159. The Heiress; or, Antigallican. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas Mozeen. 


Application May 8, 1759, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. May 21. 

MS: a few corrections and insertions. Comp. version in Mozeen's 

A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays, 1762 (K-D 230): virtually identical. 

160. Arden of Feversham. Tragedy, 5 acts. George Lillo and John Hoadly. 


Application June 29, 1759, James Lacy, D.L. Prod. July 7. 

MS. Comp. 1762 (K-D 345): virtually identical. 

See No. 867. 

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161. High Life below Stairs. Farce, 2 acts. James Townley. 


Application Oct. 23, 1759, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Oct. 31. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1759 (K-D 122): slight differences. 

162. Oroonoko, Alterations in. (Tragedy, 5 acts.) John Hawkesworth, from Thomas 

Southerne. 



MS: consists of alterations of certain scenes in first four acts of Southerne's Oroonoko; 

endorsed X. Comp. 1759 (K-D 283): slight differences. 

163. Prologue for the Marine Society. 


No application. Spoken D.L., Dec. 5, 1759 (?). 

MS: endorsed (in error?), by J.P.C.(?), on the bringing in[?] of Dr. Hills Farce of[?] The 

Rout in the season of 1758-9. 

164. An Occasional Song. 


Application Dec. 13, 1759, John Rich, C.G. Sung Dec. 13. 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), On George IIds Victories. 

165. Il Tutore; or, The Tutor. Comic burletta, 3 pts. 


Application Dec. 14, 1759, David Garrick for Mr Lacy & Self, D.L. Prod. Dec. 14. 

Printed copy (Translated from the Italian, and set to Musick By Signor Adolfo Hasse), 

n.d. (1759?). 

166. Harlequin's Invasion. Pantomime. David Garrick. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Dec. 31, 1759. 

MS: incomplete, containing only one scene. 

Printed in full in Three Plays by David Garrick, ed. Elizabeth P. Stein (1926), from a MS 

in the Boston Public Library. 

167. The Desert Island. Dramatic poem, 3 acts. Arthur Murphy, from Pietro 

Metastasio. 


Application Jan. 2, 1760, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Jan. 24. 

MS: contains, also, revision of last scene and two songs, one for The Way to Keep Him 

(No. 168). Comp. 1760 (K-D 190): slight differences. 

168. The Way to Keep Him. Comedy, 3 acts. Arthur Murphy. 


Application Jan. 8, 1760, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Jan. 24. 

MS. Comp. 1760 (K-D 190): numerous differences, especially in Act III. (Song, Act II, 

bound with The Desert Island [No. 167], differs slightly.) 

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169. Zimri. Oratorio, 3 pts. John Hawkesworth. 


Application Jan. 31, 1760, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Mar. 12. 

MS. Comp. 1760 (K-D 413): one air and several lines of recitative not in MS are 

printed; other slight differences. 

170. The Siege of Aquileia. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Home. 



MS: endorsed X; a few corrections and deletions; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1760 

(145951): some differences, chiefly passages in MS not printed. 

171. The Comic Extravaganza. Interlude (prose and verse monologue, with songs). 


Application (with No. 172) Feb. 28, 1760, John Rich, C.G. Prod. (as A Day of Taste; or, 

London Raree Show) Mar. 20. 

MS: endorsed X. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Comic Extravaganza-a piece acted for Shuters benefit at Covent 

Garden-Manager J. Rich in 1760-'L L. to this is added 'The Comic Extravagance [ sic]. 

N.B. Seems an altered copy of the above without date or introduction'- 


172. The French Flogged. Farce, 2 acts. George Alexander Stevens. 


Application Feb. 28, 1760, John Rich, C.G. Prod. (as Mr. Shuter's Droll that was 

perform'd at Bartholomew-Fair, call'd The English Sailors in America) Mar. 20. 

MS: notice includes, also, The Comic Extravaganza (No. 171). Comp. 1767 (137406): 

differs at several points. 

173. The Spirit of Contradiction; or, Domestick Tyrant. Farce, 2 acts. John Rich (?). 


Application n.d., John Rich, C.G. Prod. Mar. 6, 1760. 

MS: gives title also as The House Tyrant; or, Love and Discretion. Comp. 1760 (By a 

Gentleman of Cambridge) (K-D 8): great differences in phraseology throughout; one 

scene in MS not printed. 

174. Every Woman in Her Humour. Farce, 2 acts. Catherine Clive. 


Application n.d., David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Mar. 20, 1760. 

MS: notice states, for Mrs. Clive's benefit. 

175. The Picture of a Play House; or, Bucks Have at Ye All. An Epilogue. Thomas 

King (?). 


Application Mar. 26, 1760, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Spoken Mar. 29 (?). 

MS: notice states, the above Epilogue shall be spoke (On Saturday next only) for the 

Benefit of Mr. King; endorsed, by J.P.C., Kings writing and authorship. 

176. Antigona. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 



MS: endorsed X; cast. (L.L. states, The Managers Letter signed Vaneschi in 1760.) 

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177. The Minor. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel Foote. 


Application Nov. 20, 1760, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Nov. 22 

(previously, Crow Street, Dublin, Jan. 28, and H2, June 28). 

Printed copy, 3d ed., 1760: MS corrections and insertions in Garrick's hand; passages 

marked for omission, apparently by Examiner. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: There were at least three Editions in 1760. The third, as altered & 

corrected by the Licenser is among Larpents Plays. It was licensed for Garrick & Lacy, 

who sent it to Chetwynd on 20th. Nov. 1760, after the run at the Haymarket. Capell 

who acted for Chetwynd objected to many parts and they were omitted in the 

performance, including the chief part of Shift's Epilogue. Garrick himself made two 

alterations on a separate piece of paper. 

It appears from a letter from the Duke of Devonshire to Garrick dated 25th. Octr. 1760 

that the Archbp of Canterbury had objected to the performance of the Minor. (Vide 

Garrick Papers Vol I) Private Correspondence, I, 120. 

In a letter from Foote to Woodfall which I have seen he mentions that 'the Minor was 

first produced at the Crow Street Theatre.' 

178. The Enchanter; or, Love and Magic. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. David 

Garrick. 


Application Nov., 1760, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Dec. 13. 

MS. Comp. 1760 (K-D 122): practically identical. 

179. Polly Honeycombe. Farce, 1 act. George Colman. 


Application n.d., James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Dec. 5, 1760. 

MS: some alterations and one insertion; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1760 (K-D 99): 


180. Arianna e Teseo. Opera (English and Italian), 3 acts. From Francis Colman, 

Ariadne in Crete. 


No application. Prod. H1, Dec. 20, 1760. 


181. The Earl of Essex. Tragedy, 5 acts. Henry Brooke. 


Application Dec. 31, 1760, Garrick and Lacy, D.L. Prod. Jan. 3, 1761 (previously Dublin 

[Smock Alley], May, 1750). 

MS: much corrected; largely in hand of Garrick; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1761 

(K-D 447): slight variations in Acts I-IV; more extensive variations in Act V. 

182. Fetonte. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 


No application. [1760?] 

MS: some erasures and corrections. 

183. Il Filosofo di Campagna. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Carlo Goldoni. 



MS: endorsed 1761 X; a few deletions; cast. 

99




184. The School for Husbands. Comedy, 5 acts. Charles Macklin. 


Application Jan. 16, 1761, John Rich, C.G. Prod. (as The Married Libertine) Jan. 28. 

MS: prologue and epilogue; marginal note points out passage, in Act IV, from The Man 

of the World. 

185. Edgar and Emmeline: A Fairy Tale. Comedy, 2 acts. John Hawkesworth. 


Application Jan., 1761, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Jan. 31. 

MS. Comp. 1761 (K-D 283): differs only slightly. 

186. Rebecca. Oratorio, 3 pts. 


Application Jan., 1761, Christopher Smith, C.G. Prod. (during Lent?), 1761. 


187. Judith. Oratorio, 3 acts. Isaac Bickerstaffe. 



MS: endorsed X. Comp. [1769] (K-D 401): first two acts virtually indentical; in Act III 

MS contains lines not printed. 


188. Buck's Interlude. Interlude (verse monologue with songs). 



MS: endorsed X; notice states, for Shuter's benefit. 

189. The Universal Register Office. Farce, 2 acts. Joseph Reed. 


Application Mar. 7, 1761, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Not produced. (License 

refused.) 

MS: note on title-page and under notice to Examiner, not thought fit to be acted; 

marginal notations and frequent underlining of text in pencil. Comp. The Register 

Office, 1761 (Dev HC 24): numerous and extensive differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'The Universal Register Office-A farce acted at Drury Lane. Managers 

letter signed Lacy & Garrick-This farce was forbidden. The Licenser by a short note 

informed the Manager it was not fit to acted. 1761'-Yet it was acted as is above stated 

from Larpents List-See the Register office of the same date. Afterwards in Larpents 

List we read this-'The Universal Register Office, altered with a Song and an additional 

Scene, acted at Drury Lane. Managers letter signed Garrick & Lacy. 1761' See among 

Larpents MSS. two copies-one called 'The Universal Register Office' on which is written 

'not thought fit to be acted'-and the other called 'the Register Office' which was 

allowed. 

See No. 196. 

190. The Island of Slaves. Comedy (incomplete). Catherine Clive. 


Application Mar. 9, 1761, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Mar. 26. 

MS: contains only a few scenes from Acts I and II; a number of corrections and 

deletions. 

100




191. [Rule a Wife and Have a Wife], Epilogue in the Character of Estifania. 



MS: notice states, for Mrs. Hamilton's benefit. 

192. The New Hippocrates; or, A Lesson for Quacks. Comedy, 2 acts. Paul 

Hiffernan. 


Application Mar., 1761, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Apr. 1. 

MS: endorsed X; prologue. 

193. Prologue. 


Application Apr. 4, 1761, John Rich, C.G. Spoken Apr. 7, 1761 (?). 

MS: notice states, for the Benefit of the Widow of the late Mr. Ryan. 

194. Taste. Comedy, 2 acts. Samuel Foote. 


Application Mar., 1761, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. [as The first act of 

Taste, with a new additional act (never performed before) called Modern Tragedy] Apr. 

6. 

MS: endorsed X. (Apparently an unprinted alteration of the version of 1751.) 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Foote's Taste was sent by Lacy & Garrick to the Licenser on Decr. 28, 

1751-a very incorrect and ignorantly written M.S. In 'March 1761' (no day) Lacy & 

Garrick sent another 'Comedy of Taste' to the Licenser of which no notice is taken in 

the biographies of Foote. It consists in the first act chiefly of the scene, in the piece of 

1751, between Carmine & Lady Pentweazle; and in the second act of a part of Foote's 

Diversions of the Morning, including the mock-tragedy of Lindamira. There is an 

introductory scene also between Townley and Manley:-the latter having just come to 

town after a long residence in the country is first carried by the former for amusement 

to Carmine's, the painter, and afterwards to Project's, a manager of a company of 

players. This was no doubt also by Foote and played by him at Drury Lane in 1761-2. 

[This seems to be an accurate statement of the situation.] 




Application Apr. 21, 1761, John Rich, C. G. 

MS: notice states, for Mrs. Vernon's benefit. 

101




196. The Register Office. Farce, 2 acts. Joseph Reed. 


Application n.d., James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Apr. 25, 1761. 

MS: notice states, There are so many Alterations and Omissions since your Perusal of 

this Piece that We have ventur'd to lay it again before You; some erasures and 

corrections; text marked with brackets and X; prologue. Comp. 1761 (Dev HC 24): 

slight differences in phraseology; characters and order of scenes do not exactly 

correspond; one additional scene in MS not printed. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Scene of the Yorkshire servant maid [inserted in this MS] was a 

subsequent addition probably Garrick ['s]-The scene of Mrs. Doggrel [also inserted in 

this MS] was certainly Garricks and in the Licensers Copy it is corrected throughout by 

him-The scene of the Yorkshire Servant Maid & of Mrs. Doggrel were both licensed at 

different dates-But see Reads letter to Garrick Feb 11th. 1767 in which he mentions 

the new part of Mrs Doggrel, as if it were his. 

See No. 189. 



Application n.d., David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Spoken May 20, 1761. 

MS: headed: Epilogue, to be spoken by Mr. Tomlinson, on his Benefit Night at Drury 

Lane, Wednesday the 20th May 1761. By a Friend; four lines deleted. 

198. All in the Wrong. Comedy, 5 acts. Arthur Murphy. 


Application June 5, 1761, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. June 15. 

MS. Comp. 1761 (Dev HC 4): numerous differences. 

199. The Wishes; or, Harlequin's Mouth Open'd. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Bentley. 


No application. Prod. D.L., July 27, 1761. 

MS: numerous corrections and insertions. 

200. The Lyar. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel Foote. 


Application Sept. 16, 1761, John Rich, C.G. Prod. Jan. 12, 1762. 

MS: prologue and epilogue, with separate application, Jan. 9, 1762, John Beard, C.G.; 

included, Song for Thos. & Sally, and scene and song To be introduced in the Fair, with 

application, Oct. 6, 1761, John Rich, C.G. Comp. 1764 (Dev 8vo 76): a few differences. 

201. Alessandro Nelle Indie. Opera (English and Italian), 3 acts. From Pietro 

Metastasio. 


No application. Prod. H1, Oct. 13, 1761. 


202. Hecuba. Tragedy, 3 acts. John Delap. 



MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1762 (K-D 282): slight differences. 

102




203. A Briton, the Son of a Briton. An Ode for Music. 


Application n.d., Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. [1761?]. 

MS. (A part of The Coronation, 1761-62?) 

204. Apollo and Daphne, Song in. 


Application Jan. 9, 1762, John Beard, C.G. 

Presumably sung in the pantomime ( Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster 

Tricked, by John Rich and Lewis Theobald) revived, not performed these 10 Years, Jan. 

28. 

MS. 

205. Hearts of Oak. Comic interlude. George Alexander Stevens. 



MS: several canceled passages and some corrections. 

206. Song. (With Wonders each Year, we the Old Year out do.) 


Application Jan. 27, 1762, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Sung, Jan. 29 (?). 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), On the Cock Lane Ghost. (L.L. lists with this song a play 

called the Ghost.) 


207. Virtue and Beauty Reconciled. Masque. 


Application Feb. 23, 1762, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. 

MS: cast. Comp. (K-D 413): virtually identical. 

208. The Musical Lady. Farce, 2 acts. George Colman. 



MS: endorsed X; prologue. Comp. 1762 (K-D 200): slight differences. 

209. The Love Match. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 8, 1762, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Mar. 13. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. 

210. The Bourbon League. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 8, 1762, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Not produced. (License 

refused.) 

MS: endorsed: The Bourbon League. X 1762 forbid. 

211. Farmer's Return [from London]. Interlude, 1 act. David Garrick. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Mar. 20, 1762. 

MS. Comp. 1762 (K-D 212): numerous differences; last third entirely different. 

103




212. The Comedy of Errors. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Hull, from William 

Shakespeare. 


Application Apr. 1, 1762, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. (as The Twins; or, 

Comedy of Errors) Apr. 24. 


213. Epilogue. Mr. Tomlinson. 


Application Apr. 27, 1762, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Spoken May 18 (?). 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), On his [Tomlinson's] return to the Stage. 

214. Occasional Prologue. Henry Woodward. 


Application Oct. 2, 1762, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Spoken (on Woodward's 

return from Ireland) Oct. 5. 

MS. Comp. The Gentleman's Magazine, XXXII, 494: numerous slight differences. 

215. Elvira. Tragedy, 5 acts. David Mallet. 


Application Dec. 7, 1762, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Jan. 19, 1763. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1763 (83552): slight differences. 

216. The Birth of Hercules. Masque, 2 acts. William Shirley. 


Application Jan. 11, 1763, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Not produced. 

MS: cast. Comp. ed. appended to Shirley's Electra, 1765 (K-D 434): virtually identical. 

(Concerning production see op. cit., preface.) 

217. Hymen. Serenata. _____ Allen. 


Application Jan. 17, 1763, James Lacy, for self & partner, D.L. Prod. Jan. 20, 1764. 

MS: endorsed January 1763. Comp. text in The Gentleman's Magazine, Jan., 1764: 

slight differences; one song in MS not printed. 

218. The Spanish Lady. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Thomas Hull. 


Application Jan. 22, 1763, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. May 2, 1765. 

MS: endorsed X; prologue. Comp. [1765] (K-D 198): slight differences. 

219. The Discovery. Comedy, 5 acts. Frances Sheridan. 



MS: endorsed X; epilogue. Comp. 1763 (K-D 284): slight differences. 


220. The Sketch of a Fine Lady's Return from a Rout. Farce, 1 act. Catherine Clive. 



MS. 

104




221. Prologue. ('Tis strange [excuse my Gravity] 'tis passing strange.) 


Application n.d., Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Spoken Mar. 15, 1763. 

MS: notice states, to be spoken by Mr. Woodward on his Benefit Night. 

222. A Comic Paraphrase on Shakespear's Seven Ages. 


Application Mar. 15(?), 1763, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Spoken (as The 

Humours of the Age) Mar. 17. 

MS. (Spoken by Smith at his benefit.) 

223. The Elopement. Farce, 2 acts. William Havard. 


Application Mar. 26, 1763, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Apr. 6. 


224. The Mayor of Garratt. Comedy, 2 acts. Samuel Foote. 


Application June 20, 1763, Samuel Foote, H2. Prod. June 20. 

MS. Comp. 1764 (30263): differs considerably; MS in Act II lacks passages found in 

printed text. 

225. The Deuce Is in Him. Farce, 2 acts. George Colman. 


Application Sept. 23, 1763, James Lacy for self and Partner, D.L. Prod. Nov. 4. 

MS: previous title, The Test, deleted; prologue; epilogue, with separate application, 

Oct. 1, 1763. Comp. 1763 (Dev HC 11): slight differences; epilogue not printed. 

226. Love at First Sight. Ballad farce, 2 acts. Thomas King. 


Application n.d., David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Oct. 17, 1763. 


227. Upholsterer. (Altered.) Farce, 2 acts. Arthur Murphy. 


Application n.d., Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Oct. 26, 1763. 

MS: notice states the farce is here alter'd & added to. 


228. The Dupe. Comedy, 5 acts. Frances Sheridan. 


Application Nov. 22, 1763, James Lacy for myself & Partner, D.L. Prod. Dec. 10. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1764 (K-D 284): slight differences. 

229. Midsummer Night's Dream, New Additions to. David Garrick. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Nov. 23, 1763. 

MS. Comp. 1763 (K-D 131): a few variations. 

105




230. No One's Enemy but His Own. Comedy, 3 acts. Arthur Murphy. 


Application Dec. 10, 1763, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Jan. 9, 1764. 

MS. Comp. 1764 (K-D 108): no great differences. 

231. What We Must All Come To. Comedy, 2 acts. Arthur Murphy. 


Application Dec. 10, 1763, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. (in part) Jan. 9, 

1764. 

MS. Comp. 1764 (Dev HC 28): slight differences. 

232. Rites of Hecate; or, Harlequin from the Moon. Pantomime. 



MS: contains songs and some dialogue; endorsed X. 

233. Nabal. Oratorio, 3 pts. Thomas Morell. 


Application Feb. 15, 1764, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Mar. 21. 



234. Senocrita. [Senoscrita?] Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 


No application. Prod. H1, Feb. 21, 1764. 

MS: endorsed X; frequent deletions and corrections; cast. 

235. Midas. Burletta, 3 acts. Kane O'Hara. 


Application n.d., Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Feb. 22, 1764 (Previously 

Crow Street, Dublin, Jan. 22, 1762). 

MS: prologue. Comp. 1764 (K-D 98): slight differences. 

See No. 1900. 

236. False Concord. Farce, 2 acts. James Townley. 


Application n.d., Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Mar. 20, 1764. 

MS. 

237. Music Alamode; or, Bays in Chromatics. Bulesque entertainment, 1 act. 


Application Mar. 29, 1764, James Lacy, for himself & partner, D.L. Announced for Apr. 

14, but deferred. 


J.P.C. in B.D.: The piece reads like a ridicule of Dr. Arne under the name of Dr. 

Crotchet. It is stupid enough, but only in one Act. 

238. Hannah. Oratorio, 3 acts. Christopher Smart. 


Application n.d., I. Worgan. for Mr Giardini, H1. Prod. Apr. 3, 1764. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. [1764] (K-D 413): only slight differences. 

106




239. The Absent Man. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas Hull. 


Application n.d., Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Apr. 28, 1764. 

MS: endorsed X; some corrections. 

240. The Shepherd's Artifice. Pastoral drama, 2 acts. Charles Dibdin. 


Application Apr. 28, 1764 [dated in another hand?], Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. 

Prod. May 21. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1765 (K-D 188): marked differences throughout. 

241. Almena. Opera, 3 acts. Richard Rolt. 


Application Oct. 27, 1764, James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Nov. 2. 


242. The Capricious Lovers. Opera, 3 acts. Robert Lloyd. 


Application Nov. 16, 1764, James Lacy, for self and partner, D.L. Prod. Nov. 28. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1764 (K-D 138): slight differences. 

243. The Guardian Outwitted. Comic opera, 3 acts. Thomas Augustine Arne (?). 


Application Nov. 21, 1764, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Dec. 12. 

MS. Comp. 1764 (K-D 268): a number of scenes in MS not printed. 

244. The Platonic Wife. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Griffith. 


Application Jan. 12, 1765, James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Jan. 24. 

MS: numerous corrections and deletions. Comp. 1765 (Dev HC 23): a few differences; 

canceled passages in MS not printed. 

245. The Tutor. Farce, 2 acts. James Townley. 


Application Jan. 26, 1765, James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 4. 


246. Pharnaces. Opera, 3 acts. Thomas Hull. 


Application Jan. 26, 1765, James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 15. 


247. The Faithful Irish Woman. Farce, 2 acts. Catherine Clive. 


Application Mar. 9, 1765, James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Mar. 18. 

MS: endorsed X; numerous minor deletions and corrections. 


107




248. The Choice. Farce, 2 acts. Arthur Murphy. 



MS: endorsed X; numerous deletions and extensive corrections. Comp. excerpt, 

apparently, from The Works of Arthur Murphy, 1786 (K-D 108): constant differences; 

printed version a paraphrase of MS. 

249. The Summer's Tale. Comic opera, 3 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Nov. 25, 1765, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Dec. 6. 

MS. Comp. 1765 (K-D 195): slight differences, especially in songs. 

250. The Plain Dealer, Alterations and Additions to. Isaac Bickerstaffe. 


Application Nov. 25, 1765, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. (as altered) Dec. 

7. 

MS. Comp. 1766 (with alterations from Wycherley) (K-D 424): MS contains the major 

portion of Bickerstaffe's alterations; minor differences. 

251. The Double Mistake. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Griffith. 


Application Dec. 24, 1765, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Jan. 9, 1766. 

MS: prologue and two epilogues. Comp. 1766 (K-D 159): differs at several points. 

252. Falstaff's Wedding. Comedy, 5 acts. William Kenrick. 



MS. Comp. 1766 (Dev 8vo 10): slight differences. 

See No. 1382. 

253. The Hobby Horse. Farce, 1 act. Edward Thompson. 




254. Ralph's Ramble; [or, O! Rare London]. Descriptive piece. 



MS. 


255. All in the Right. Comedy, 2 acts. Thomas Hull. 


Application n.d., Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod Apr. 26, 1766. 


256. The Accomplish'd Maid. Comic opera, 3 acts. Edward Toms. 


Application Oct. 16, 1766, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Dec. 3. 

MS. Comp. 1767 (K-D 34): a few differences. 

108




257. The Fairy Favour. Masque, 1 act. Thomas Hull. 


Application Oct. 16, 1766, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Jan. 31, 1767. 


258. The Country Girl. Comedy, 5 acts. David Garrick, from William Wycherley, The 

Country Wife. 


Application Oct. 20, 1766, David Garrick, for Mr. Lacy & himself, D.L. Prod. Oct. 25. 

Printed sheets of Wycherley's play, with numerous MS revisions, bound with MS 

pages: numerous corrections, interpolations, and epilogue in Garrick's hand. Comp. 

1766 (K-D 122): numerous differences; alterations indicated in MS incorporated in 

printed text. 

259. [Harlequin] Dr. Faustus, Songs in. Pantomime. 


Application Oct. 24, 1766, I. Stede (?), C.G. Prod. (New Pantimime Entertainment 

[altered from The Necromancer]), Nov. 18. 

MS: included: letter of Stede to Edward Capell, Oct. 24, 1766, requesting license of 

songs substituted instead of old Ones, in Dr. Faustus, which is now reviving, with 

Alterations; and three songs. 

260. The Narrow Escape. Farce, 2 acts. David Garrick. 


Application Nov. 4, 1766, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. (as Neck or 

Nothing), Nov. 18. 

MS: cast. Comp. Neck or Nothing, 1766 (145230): slight differences. 

261. The Cunning Man. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Charles Burney, from Jean 

Jacques Rousseau. 


Application Nov. 13, 1766, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Nov. 21. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1766 (147552): slight differences. 

262. The School for Guardians. Comedy, 5 acts. Arthur Murphy. 


Application Dec. 1, 1766, John Beard and Priscilla Rich, C.G. Prod. Jan. 10, 1767. 

MS. Comp. 1767 (147054): minor differences. 

263. Cymon. Dramatic opera, 5 acts. David Garrick. 


Application Dec., 1766, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Jan. 2, 1767. 

MS. Comp. 1767 (Dev 8vo 22): a number of discrepancies. 

264. The Perplexities. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Hull. 


Application Jan. 16, 1767, Priscilla Rich and John Beard, C.G. Prod. Jan. 31. 

MS: epilogue. Comp. 1767 (Dev HC 23): slight differences. 

265. The English Merchant, Prologue to. 


No application. Spoken D.L., Feb. 21, 1767. 

MS. 

109




266. Dido. Tragedy, 5 acts. Joseph Reed. 



MS. Comp. 1808 (K-D 436): great differences; MS longer than printed version. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was written in 1761 being mentioned in a letter from the author to 

Mrs. Dancer in the Garrick Papers vol I. See also Garricks abuse of it on April 5th. 

1767. 

267. Le Inamorate del' Cicisbeo. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application n.d., P. Crawford & Co, H1. Prod. Apr. 2, 1767. 

MS: notice states, for benefit of Sigra Zamparini[?] one of our principal[?] Singers; 

cast. 


268. Linco's Travels. Interlude, 1 act. David Garrick. 


Application Apr. 2, 1767, James Lacy, for self & partner, D.L. Prod. Apr. 6. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. with text in The Poetical Works of David Garrick, 1785 

(145217): practically identical. 

269. [The Tailors, a Tragedy for Warm Weather.] Burlesque, 3 acts. 


No application. Prod. H2, July 2, 1767. 

MS: a few corrections; endorsed Wet [We]athe[r?], and with a note by J.P.C., The 

second title of this piece is Wet Weather. Comp. 1778 (K-D 457): differs slightly, 

except in Act III, which differs greatly. 

See No. 2202, and Quadrupeds (1684), both alterations of this play. 

270. [The Countess of Salisbury.] Tragedy, 5 acts. Hall Hartson. 


No application. Prod. H2, Aug. 31 (?), 1767 (previously Crow Street, Dublin, May 2, 

1765). 

MS: endorsed Without Dates; pp. 37-40 lacking. Comp. 1767 (Dev HC 10): differs 

markedly, especially in Act IV. 

271. The New Rehearsal. Farce, 2 acts. David Garrick. 


Application Oct. 14, 1767, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. (as A Peep Behind 

the Curtain) Oct. 23. 

MS: endorsed X and dated Oct., 1767; prologue and epilogue. Comp. A Peep Behind 

the Curtain; or, The New Rehearsal, 1767 (90219): a few differences. 

272. Lycidas. Musical entertainment. William Jackson, from John Milton. 


Application Nov. 3, 1767, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Nov. 4. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1767 (K-D 42): virtually identical. 

110




273. The Oxonian in Town. Farce, 2 acts. George Colman. 


Application n.d., George Colman, C.G. Prod. Nov. 7, 1767. 

MS: prologue and epilogue; The Catch in Act 2d. in hand of author. Comp. 1770 (K-D 

366): slight differences-lines in MS not printed, and vice versa. 

274. The True-born Irishman. Comedy, 2 acts. Charles Macklin. 


Application Nov. 21, 1767, George Colman, C.G. Prod. (as The Irish Fine Lady) Nov. 28. 

MS: endorsed X; prologue; marginal marks, by Examiner(?). Comp. Dublin, 1795 

(136020): prologue not printed; notable differences in Act I; Act II substantially 

identical. 

275. The Widow'd Wife. Comedy, 5 acts. William Kenrick. 



MS: some corrections and insertions. Comp. 1767 (Dev HC 28): striking differences, at 

numerous points, in brief passages. 

276. The Royal Merchant. Opera, 3 acts. Thomas Hull, from Beaumont and 

Fletcher. 


Application Dec. 2, 1767, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Dec. 14. 

MS: endorsed X and For William Chetwynd Esq. Comp. 1768 (K-D 198): numerous 

differences; songs and passages in MS not printed, particularly in Act III; difference in 

act divisions. 

277. False Delicacy. Comedy, 5 acts. Hugh Kelly. 



MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1768 (146408): slight differences throughout. 

278. Lionel and Clarissa. Comic opera, 3 acts. Isaac Bickerstaffe. 


Application Feb. 16, 1768, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Feb. 25. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1768 (K-D 189): unimportant differences. 


279. Zenobia. Tragedy, 5 acts. Arthur Murphy. 


Application Feb. 19, 1768, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Feb. 27. 

MS: endorsed X; epilogue. Comp. 1768 (Dev 8vo 29): slight differences throughout, 

but more numerous in last act. 

280. The Absent Man. Farce, 2 acts. Isaac Bickerstaffe. 



MS: endorsed X; prologue. Comp. 1768 (Dev HC 4): slight discrepancies throughout, 

particularly in end of Act II. 

111




281. Wit's Last Stake. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas King. 


Application Apr. 5, 1768, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Apr. 14. 

MS. Comp. 1769 (K-D 283): material differences; printed in one act; many portions of 

MS not printed. 

282. The Devil upon Two Sticks. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel Foote. 



MS: last two pages of Act II and two pages in Act III lacking; a few corrections in hand 

of author. Comp. 1778 (K-D 91): slight differences, especially near end of last act. 

283. The Trail of Skill; or, The Statesman Foil'd. Musical comedy, 2 acts. Robert 

Dossie. 


Application June 11, 1768, Samuel Foote, H2. Prod. (as The Statesman Foil'd) July 8. 

MS: pp. 9-12 lacking. Comp. The Statesman Foil'd, 1768 (K-D 18): several slight 

differences. 

284. The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty. Burletta, 2 acts. Ralph 

Schomberg. 


No application. Prod. H1, Aug. 24, 1768. 

MS: pp. 17-20 lacking. Comp. 1768 (K-D 321): songs in Act II not printed; no other 

differences. 

285. The Padlock. Comic opera, 2 acts. Isaac Bickerstaffe. 


Application Sept. 19, 1768, David Garrick and James Lacy, D.L. Prod. Oct. 3. 

MS: Preface and partial cast. Comp. 1768 (K-D 189): Preface of MS differs slightly from 

Advertisement in printed text; slight differences throughout. 

286. [The Royal Garland], An Occasional Interlude. 1 act. Isaac Bickerstaffe. 


Application Oct. 7, 1768, George Colman, C.G. Prod. (celebrating the arrival of the 

King of Denmark in England) Oct. 10. 


287. Cyrus. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Hoole. 


Application Nov. 20, 1768, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Dec. 3. 

MS. Comp. 1768 (Dev HC 10): slight differences in Acts I-IV; more extensive 

differences in Act V. 

288. Prologue. (When frighten'd Poets give the Town a Play.) George Colman. 


Application Nov. 21, 1768, George Colman, C.G. Spoken (to introduce Miss Morris as 

Juliet) Nov. 26. 

MS. Comp. The Gentleman's Magazine, XXXVIII, 583: slight differences. 

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289. Zingis. Tragedy, 5 acts. Alexander Dow. 


Application Dec. 3, 1768, David Garrick for Mr. Lacy and himself, D.L. Prod. Dec. 17. 

MS: endorsed X; numerous corrections and deletions; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 

1769 (Dev HC 29): slight differences. 

290. Tom Jones. Comic opera, 3 acts. Joseph Reed, from Henry Fielding. 


Application Dec. 22, 1768, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Jan. 14, 1769. 

MS. Comp. 1769 (K-D 191): many small differences, particularly in the songs. 


291. The Sister. Comedy, 5 acts. Charlotte Lennox. 


Application Jan. 31, 1769, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Feb. 18. 

MS: prologue and two epilogues. Comp. 1769 (K-D 284): slight differences; one 

epilogue not printed. 

292. The Fatal Discovery. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Home. 



MS: endorsed X; corrections, by the author(?). Comp. 1769 (K-D 231): only minor 

differences. 

293. The Rival Favourites; or, The Death of Bucephalus, the Great. Burlesque 

tragedy, 2 acts. From Ralph Schomberg. 


Application Feb. 27, 1769, George Colman, C.G. 

Printed copy of Schomberg's The Death of Bucephalus, 1765: MS alterations; pp. 1-6 

lacking; numerous excisions and insertions; notice states, for Woodward's benefit. 



Application Mar. 8, 1769, George Colman, C.G. Spoken Mar. 16. 

MS: notice states, for Shuter's benefit. 

295. Epilogue to Be Spoken by Mrs. Clive on Her Quitting the Stage. Horace 

Walpole. 


No application. Spoken, D.L., Apr. 24, 1769. 

MS. 

296. Man and Wife; or, Shakespeare Jubilee. Comedy, 3 acts. George Colman. 


Application Oct. 3, 1769, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Oct. 7. 

MS: endorsed X. (An additional scene included with No. 297, q.v.) Comp. 2d ed., 1770 

(K-D 200): slight differences; some parts printed not in MS; additional scene not 

printed. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was sent by Colman for License on Octr. 3. 1769, and appended to it 

were some additional Scenes called 'Comic Scenes in the Jubilee of Covent Garden 

Theatre'. 

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297. Jubilee of Covent Garden Theatre, Comic Scenes in the. George Colman. 


Application (with No. 296) Oct. 3, 1769, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Oct. 7. 

MS: contains one scene of Man and Wife (No. 296), q.v. 

298. The Jubilee. Interlude, 2 pts. David Garrick. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Oct. 14, 1769. 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.K., Collated & Perfect. J:P:K. 1800; prologue. 

(This MS [HM 13] is bound in the Kemble-Devonshire collection of plays, Vol. 332. It 

was not a part of the Larpent Collection, and is not listed in B.C. The prologue, bound 

separately, was not in Kemble's possession.) 

Printed in Three Plays by David Garrick, ed. Elizabeth P. Stein (1926). 

299. Le Contadine Bizzarre, the Humourous Country-Lasses. Comic opera (Italian), 

3 acts. G. Petrosellini. 


Application Oct. 28, 1769, Peter Crawford & Co., H1. Prod. Nov. 7. 

MS: a number of corrections and insertions; cast. 

300. The Brothers. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: several passages deleted, apparently by Examiner. Comp. 1770 (Dev HC 6): slight 

differences. 

See No. 306. 

301. Occasional Prologue for the Benefit of the London Lying-in Hospital in 

Aldersgate Street. 


Application Dec. 15, 1769, George Colman, C.G. Spoken Dec. 20 (?). 

MS. (Spoken by Mrs. Yates.) 

302. The Court of Alexander. Burlesque, 2 acts. George Alexander Stevens. 


Application Dec. 15, 1769, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Jan. 5, 1770. 

MS. Comp. 2d ed., 1770 (K-D 272): many differences throughout. 

303. Epilogue. (I speak an Epilogue Masters old and lame!) 


Application Dec. 20, 1769, George Colman, C.G. Spoken Dec. 22. 

MS: notice states, for benefit of Lying-in Hospital, Tottenham Court Road. (Spoken by 

Shuter.) 

304. Harlequin's Jubilee, Songs, Etc. Henry Woodward. 


No application. Prod. C.G., Jan. 27, 1770. 

MS: apparently incomplete, containing one song, The Magpies, a Ballad, and four 

lines, in hand of George Colman, of Last Song and Chorus. Comp. Songs, Choruses, 

&c....of Harlequin's Jubilee, 1770 (K-D 12): The Magpies identical; lines from Last Song 

differ slightly. 

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305. Timanthes. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Hoole. 



MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1770 (K-D 267): a few differences in Acts I-III; more numerous 

differences in Acts IV-V. 

306. [The Brothers], Epilogue for Mr. Woodward in the Character of Ironsides. 

Richard Cumberland (?). 


Application Feb. 7, 1770, George Colman, C.G. Spoken Feb. 10. 

MS: notice states, to be spoken after the Comedy of the Brothers. 

See No. 300. 

307. A Word to the Wise. Comedy, 5 acts. Hugh Kelly. 


Application Feb. 15, 1770, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Mar. 3. 


308. Fashion Displayed. Comedy, 5 acts. Philippina Burton. 


Application Mar. 29, 1770, Samuel Foote, H2. Prod. Apr. 27. 

MS. 

309. An Epilogue to Be Spoken by Lord Chief Joker and His Attorney-General. 


Application May 2, 1770, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Spoken May 14. 

MS. 


310. The Lame Lover. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel Foote. 


Application June 1, 1770, S. Foote, H2. Prod. June 22. 

MS: a few corrections in hand of author. Comp. 1770 (K-D 91): considerable 

differences. 

311. The Man of the World. Comedy, 5 acts. Charles Macklin. 


Application Aug. 2, [1770,] Samuel Foote, H2. Not produced. (License refused.) 

MS: endorsed Thought unfit to be licensed. Comp. 1793 (K-D 346): great differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The entry in Larpents List regarding this play is as follows 'Man of the 

World, from the Little Theatre Haymarket. Manager S. Foote. This piece was refused 

the license in 1770.' Afterwards we have these entries-'Man of the World from Covent 

Garden. Author Macklin. Manager T. Harris-The license refused -1779'-'Man of the 

World from Covent Garden-Author Macklin-License allowed 1781'-... 

In 1779 there was a correspondence on the Subject between Macklin & Lord Hertford. 


312. 'Tis Well It's No Worse. Comedy, 5 acts. Isaac Bickerstaffe. 


Application Nov. 17, 1770, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Nov. 24. 

MS: Act IV lacking; prologue. Comp. 1770 (K-D 189): slight differences. 

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313. The Portrait; or, The Painter's Easel. Burletta, 3 pts. George Colman. 


Application n.d., George Colman, C.G. Prod. Nov. 22, 1770. 


314. Almida. Tragedy, 5 acts. Dorothea Celesia. 



MS: endorsed X and Madm. Celesio; some corrections; cast. Comp. 1771 (Dev HC 5): 

slight differences; printed lines indicated for omission in performance are not in MS, 

except in last act. 


315. The West Indian. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: endorsed X and Mr Cumberland; prologue. Comp. 1771 (Dev HC 28): slight 

differences. 

316. Semiramide Riconosciuta; or, Semiramis Discovered. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 

Pietro Metastasio. Alterations by Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli. 


Application Jan. 29, 1771, P: Crawford & Co, H1. Prod. Feb. 9. 

MS: title-page endorsed X and The Music entirely new by Signor Gioacchino 

Cocchi...The Poetry of Metastasio, alter'd and encreased by Giovan Gualberto 

Bottarelli; cast. 

317. Semiramide. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli (?), from 

Pietro Metastasio. 


No application. Prod. H1, 1771 (?). 

MS: title-page states, Music by F. Bianchi under the Direction of Mr. Federici; cast. 

318. Clementina. Tragedy, 5 acts. Hugh Kelly. 


Application Feb. 14, 1771, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Feb. 23. 

MS: endorsed X; passages marked for omission, by Examiner(?). Comp. 1771 (Dev HC 

10): numerous and important differences throughout. 

319. Le Pazzie d'Orlando. Comic opera (Italian), 3 acts. Charles Francis Badini. 


Application Feb. 16, 1771, P: Crawford & Co, H1. Prod. Feb. 23. 

MS: title-page states, written by Badini. 

320. La Contadina in Corte. Comic opera (Italian), 3 acts. 


Application Mar. 6, 1771, Peter Crawford & Co., H1. Prod. Mar. 14. 

MS: endorsed X; title-page states, for benefit of Siga. Caterina Ristorini; cast. 

See No. 503. 

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321. The Modern Wife. Comedy, 5 acts. From John Gay. 


Application Apr. 15, 1771, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Apr. 27. 

MS: prologue and epilogue, with separate notice to Examiner, n.d. 

322. [Theodosius], Prologue, (Proposed) to Be Spoken by Miss Hayward in the 

Character of Athenais. 


Application Apr. 22, 1771, David Garrick, for Mr Lacy & himself, D.L. Spoken Apr. 23. 

MS. 

323. The Capricious Lady. Farce, 1 act. J. Henrietta Pye. 


Application Apr. 30, 1771, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. May 10. 

MS: endorsed X; numerous corrections. 

324. The Maid of Bath. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel Foote. 



MS: minor corrections in hand of author; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1778 (K-D 91): 


325. Dido. Comic opera, 3 acts. Thomas Bridges. 


Application June 19, 1771, Samuel Foote, H2. Prod. July 24. 

MS: prologue. Comp. 1771 (K-D 279): considerable differences. 

326. The Fairy Prince. Masque, 3 pts. George Colman. 


Application Sept. 28, 1771, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Nov. 12. 

MS. Comp. 1771 (K-D 94): a few differences in the songs. 

327. The Order of the Garter. Masque, 3 pts. David Garrick. 


Application Oct. 3, 1771, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. (as The Institution 

of the Garter) Oct. 28. 

MS: endorsed X; included, with separate application, Oct. 15, 1771, unsigned, a scene 

to be added to the New Masque calld The Institution of the Order of the Garter... 

Comp. The Songs, Choruses, and Serious Dialogue of the Masque Called The 

Institution of the Garter; or, Arthur's Round Table Restored, 1771 (K-D 131): 

differences few, except that MS contains comic scenes not printed. 

328. Timon of Athens. Tragedy, 4 acts. Richard Cumberland, from William 

Shakespeare. 



MS: endorsed X; notice describes piece as Alterations in the following Tragedy of 

Timon of Athens; some corrections; one scene noted as transcribed from Shakespear. 

Comp. 1771 (K-D 195): a few differences, particularly in Act IV, MS containing 

numerous lines not printed. 

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329. The Fashionable Lover. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Jan. 10, [1772,] James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Jan. 20. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1772 (Dev HC 15): a few differences. 

330. The Golden Pippin. Burletta, 3 acts. Kane O'Hara. 


Application Feb. 5, 1772, George Colman, C.G. Not produced. (License refused.) 

MS: endorsed forbid the 17th. Febry. 1772; one passage deleted by Examiner. Comp. 

1773 (K-D 221): extensive differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: It was at first forbidden as 

appears by the following entries in Larpents List-'The Golden Pippin-a Burletta to be 

performed at Covent Garden. Managers letter G. Colman-On Feby 17th. 1772 it was 

forbid'-'Pippin, the Golden-Altered and offered again-Licensed Octr. 1772' Both copies 

were among Larpents MSS. It was reduced to 2 acts before it was licensed- 

See Nos. 339 and 1141. 

331. The Grecian Daughter. Tragedy, 5 acts. Arthur Murphy. 



MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1772 (Dev HC 16): notable differences at conclusions of Acts 

III and V. 


332. Patience the Best Remedy; or, A Wife in the Right. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth 

Griffith. 


Application Feb. 20, 1772, George Colman, C.G. Prod. (as A Wife in the Right) Mar. 9. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. A Wife in the Right, 1772 (K-D 160): many differences; 

discrepancies in dialogue, order of scenes, and points of division between acts. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was sent to the Licenser without any title and Capell inserted the 

name of 'Patience the best Remedy' in Colman's Letter of Feb 20th. 1772-On the outer 

cover of the MS it is called 'Patience the best Remedy or a Wife in the Right.' 

333. Squire Badger. Burletta, 2 pts. Thomas Augustine Arne, from Henry Fielding. 


Application Mar. 6, [1772,] T. A. Arne, H2. Prod. (as The Sot) Mar. 16 (?). 

MS: endorsed X; note, Arne to Chetwynd; another title-page gives title, Squire Badger, 

inserted in place of The Sot. Comp. 1772 (K-D 424): slight differences. 

334. The Cooper. Comic opera, 2 acts. Thomas Augustine Arne (?). 


Application May 26, 1772, Samuel Foote, H2. Prod. June 10. 

MS: some insertions and deletions. Comp. 1772 (K-D 48): slight differences. 

335. The Nabob. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel Foote. 



MS: minor corrections, throughout, by author. Comp. 1778 (K-D 365): numerous 

differences in first half, slight discrepancies in latter half. 

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336. Cupid's Revenge. Pastoral, 2 acts. Francis Gentleman. 


Application n.d., Samuel Foote, H2. Prod. July 27, 1772. 

MS: endorsed X; two songs deleted. Comp. 1772 (K-D 366): Act I differs considerably; 

Act II virtually identical. 

337. Occasional Prelude for the Opening of the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. 

George Colman. 


Application Sept. 10, 1772, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Sept. 21. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1776 (K-D 200): MS contains one scene not printed; other 

differences slight. 

338. Elfrida. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Mason. 


Application Oct. 9, 1772, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Nov. 2. 

MS. Comp. 1752 (K-D 434): MS version a condensation of printed text; except for 

omissions, it is practically identical with printed version. 

339. The Golden Pippin. Burletta, 2 acts. Kane O'Hara. 


Application Oct. 9, 1772, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Feb. 6, 1773. 

MS. Comp. 1773 (K-D 221): considerable differences. (MS differs also from No. 330, 

q.v.) 

See also No. 1141. 

340. The Rose; or, The Female Contest. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Thomas 

Augustine Arne (?). 



MS: cover, endorsed X, gives title as The Female Contest or Rose. Comp. 1773 (K-D 


341. The Duel. Play, 5 acts. William O'Brien. 



MS: endorsed X; numerous deletions and corrections. Comp. 2d ed., 1773 (K-D 269): 


342. Cross Purposes. Farce, 2 acts. William O'Brien. 



MS: endorsed X. Comp. 2d ed., [1772] (K-D 269): a number of differences. 


343. The Wedding Ring. Comic opera, 2 acts. Charles Dibdin. 



MS: endorsed X; numerous revisions. Comp. 1773 (K-D 91): minor differences. 

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344. Alzuma. Tragedy, 5 acts. Arthur Murphy. 



MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1773 (Dev HC 4): numerous differences. 

345. Alonzo. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Home. 



MS: dated Jan. 29, 1773. Comp. 1773 (K-D 231): slight differences. 

346. Piety in Pattens. Comedy, 1 act. Samuel Foote. 



MS. 

347. The Thunder Ode. Thomas Augustine Arne (?). 


No application. Introduced into Judith, C.G., Feb. 26, 1773 (?). 

MS. 

348. The Macaroni. Comedy, 5 acts. Robert Hitchcock. 


Application n.d. [Feb., 1773], Tate Wilkinson, York. Prod. 1773 (?). 

MS: endorsed X and acted at York in Feb. 1773. Comp. York, 1773 (K-D 67): numerous 

minor differences. 

349. The Novel; or, Mistakes of a Night. Comedy, 5 acts. Oliver Goldsmith. 


Application n.d., George Colman, C.G. Prod. (as She Stoops to Conquer) Mar. 15, 1773. 

MS: prologue. Comp. She Stoops to Conquer; or, Mistakes of a Night, 1773 (Dev 8vo 

15): minor differences throughout. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpents List contains the following-'The Novel or Mistakes of a Night, 

acted at Covent Garden. Manager George Colman in 1783 [ sic]-This Comedy was 

licensed under that Title but was known on the stage by that of She Stoops to 

Conquer. The Author Goldsmith.'-See Boswell's Life of Johnson where the latter says 

something about the difficulty of finding a title for Goldsmith's Play The MS among 

Larpents Plays was called 'The Novel' &c. 

350. Prologue. (You all have heard, no Doubt, one time or other.) 


Application Mar. 18, 1773, David Garrick, for his Partner Mr Lacy & himself, D.L. 

Spoken Mar. 23. 

MS: endorsed For Mr. King after the Double Dealer. 

351. An Apology for Apologies. [Prologue?] 


Application Apr. 3, 1773, David Garrick, for Mr Lacy & himself, D.L. Spoken Apr. 13. 

MS: headed Address'd to the Town and spoken by Mr. King; endorsed For Mr. Love's 

Benefit. 

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352. Henry 2d; or, The Fall of Rosamond. Tragedy, 5 acts. Thomas Hull. 


Application n.d., George Colman, C.G. Prod. May 1, 1773. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1774 (Dev HC 15): numerous minor differences. 

353. The Maid of Kent. Comedy, 5 acts. Francis Godolphin Waldron. 


Application May 6, 1773, James Lacy and David Garrick, D.L. Prod. May 17. 

MS. Comp. 1778 (K-D 21): minor differences in dialogue. 

354. The Grumbler. Comedy, 1 act. Oliver Goldsmith. 


No application. Prod. C.G., May 8, 1773. 


(This MS [HM 23] is not now in the Larpent Collection; nor is it listed in B.C. See ed., 

Cambridge, Mass., 1931, with Introduction and notes by Alice I. Perry Wood.) 

355. The Bankrupt. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel Foote. 


Application July 8, 1773, S. Foote, H2. Prod. July 21. 

MS: a few corrections in hand of author; some passages marked, by Examiner(?), for 

omission; prologue. Comp. 1776 (123800): no important differences; passages marked 

for omission are printed. 

356. A Trip to Portsmouth. Sketch, 1 act. George Alexander Stevens. 


Application Aug. 3, 1773, Samuel Foote, H2. Prod. Aug. 11. 

MS. Comp. n.d. (K-D 272): various slight differences. 

357. The Pantheonites. Comedy, 2 acts. Francis Gentleman. 


No application. Prod. H2, Sept. 3, 1773. 

MS: some corrections; cast. Comp. 1773 (K-D 141): MS lacks one stanza of first song; 

otherwise practically identical. 

358. The Modish Wife, Prologue for. Francis Gentleman (?). 


No application. Spoken H2, Sept. 18, 1773 (?). 

MS. 

359. Lucio Vero. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. From Apostolo Zeno. 


Application Oct. 8, 1773, Richard Yates, H1. Prod. Nov. 20. 

MS. 

360. The Deserter. Musical drama, 2 acts. Charles Dibdin. 


Application Oct. 18, 1773, David Garrick for Mr Lacy & himself, D.L. Prod. Nov. 2. 

MS: numerous corrections and insertions; cast. Comp. 1773 (K-D 91): notable 

differences, particularly in Act II. 

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361. The Duellist. Comedy, 5 acts. William Kenrick. 


Application Nov. 1, 1773, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Nov. 20. 

MS. Comp. [1773] (Dev HC 11): minor differences throughout; conclusion quite 

different. 

362. The School for Wives. Comedy, 5 acts. Hugh Kelly. 


Application Nov. 29, 1773, David Garrick for himself & Mr Lacy, D.L. Prod. Dec. 11. 

MS: endorsed X; numerous corrections and deletions. Comp. 1774 (Dev 8vo 72): many 

differences; MS contains long passages not printed; certain passages deleted in MS 

are printed, others are not. 

363. The Christmas Tale. Musical entertainment, 5 pts. David Garrick. 


Application Dec. 13, 1773, David Garrick, for himself & Mr. Lacy, D.L. Prod. Dec. 27. 

MS: endorsed X; numerous deletions, corrections, and additions, some by author; 

prologue and epilogue. Comp. A Christmas Tale, 1774 (Dev HC 10): numerous 

differences, particularly in last part. 

J.P.C. in B.D..: The prompter who wrote the body of the letter to the Licenser did not 

know what species of production to call it and leaving a blank Garrick filled it up with 

the words 'Musical Entertainment.' The letter was dated Decr. 13. 1773 The MS in 

Larpents collection was corrected by Garrick. 

The account of this piece in the Biogr. Dram was the authorship of Steevens. 

364. The Man of Business. Comedy, 5 acts. George Colman. 


Application n.d., G. Colman, C.G. Prod. Jan. 29, 1774. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1774 (Dev HC 20): a few differences. 

365. The Note of Hand; or, A Trip to Newmarket. Farce, 2 acts. Richard 

Cumberland. 


Application Jan. 31, 1774, David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Feb. 9. 

MS: partial cast; epilogue. Comp. 1774 (K-D 195): some slight differences. 

366. Sethona. Tragedy, 5 acts. Alexander Dow. 


Application Feb. 4, 1774, David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Feb. 19. 

MS: endorsed X; some deletions and corrections; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1774 

(K-D 281): minor discrepancies. 


367. Eldred; or, The British Father. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Jackson. 


No application. Prod. Edinburgh, Feb., 1774; H2, July 7, 1775 (previously, Capel Street, 

Dublin, Dec., 1773). 

MS: pp. 17-18 lacking. Comp. Eldred; or, The British Freeholder, Edinburgh, 1782 (K-D 

392): some differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: In Larpents List without date but after 1780 is entred a tragedy as 

licenced under the title of Eldred the British Father. 

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368. The Heroine of the Cave. Tragedy, 5 acts. Paul Hiffernan, from Henry Jones, 

The Cave of Indra. 


Application Mar. 11, 1774, David Garrick for myself & Partner, D.L. Prod. Mar. 19. 

MS: endorsed X; endorsed (by Capell?) (recd. this afternoon, Mar. 14th.); prologue and 

epilogue. 

Comp. 1775 (K-D 105): slight differences. 

369. The Fall of Egypt. Oratorio, 3 pts. John Hawkesworth. 


Application Mar. 19, 1774, unsigned, D.L. Prod. (during Lent?) 1774. 

MS: title-page states, By Docr Hawkesworth LL D; some corrections. 

370. The Prince of Agra. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Addington [or Hugh Kelly?], from 

John Dryden, Aureng-Zebe. 


Application Mar. 21, 1774, George Colman, C.G. Prod. Apr. 7. 

MS: notice states, for Mrs. Lessingham's benefit; prologue and epilogue. 

371. The Two English Gentlemen; or, The Sham Funeral. Comedy, 5 acts. James 

Stewart. 


Application Mar. 21, 1774, Samuel Foote, H2. Prod. H2 (?). 

Note 

B.D. says acted one night; Genest (X, 190) lists the play as not acted. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1774 (K-D 30): differs in detail throughout. 

372. The Conjurer. Farce, 2 acts. Miles Peter Andrews. 


Application Apr. 16, 1774, David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Apr. 29. 

MS: endorsed X; prologue. (Bound with MS of The Election [No. 380].) 

373. Nitteti. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli, from Pietro 

Metastasio. 



MS: cast. (L.L. states performed H1, 1785.) 

374. The Swindlers. Farce, 2 acts. Robert Baddeley. 


Application n.d., David Garrick, for himself & Partner, D.L. Prod. Apr. 25, 1774. 

MS. 

375. The Cozeners. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel Foote. 


Application June 28, 1774, S. Foote, H2. Prod. July 15. 

MS: numerous corrections and one two-page insertion in hand of author; prologue. 

Comp. 1778 (K-D 91): various differences; each version contains scenes not in the 

other. 

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376. The Waterman; or, The First of August. Ballad opera, 2 acts. Charles Dibdin. 


Application Aug. 2, 1744 [1774], Samuel Foote, H2, Prod. Aug. 8, 1774. 

MS: some cancellations; cast. Comp. 1774 (K-D 181): a number of differences. 



Application Sept. 13, 1774, Thomas Hull, C.G. Spoken Sept. 19 (?). 

MS: notice states that prologue is to be spoken at opening of Covent Garden on 

Monday next the 19th. Instant; endorsed Mr. Woodward 1774. 

378. The Meeting of the Company; or, Bayes's Art of Acting. Prelude, 1 act. David 

Garrick. 


Application n.d., David Garrick, for Mr. Lacy & himself, D.L. Prod. Sept. 17, 1774. 

MS: notice endorsed Collated & Perfect. J:P:K[emble]: 1800. (This MS [HM 12] is bound 

in the Kemble-Devonshire collection of plays, Vol. 332. It is not part of the Larpent 

Collection, and it is not listed in B.C.) 

Printed in Three Plays by David Garrick, ed. Elizabeth P. Stein (1926). 

379. The Romance of an Hour. Farce, 2 acts. Hugh Kelly. 


Application Sept. 24, 1774, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Dec. 2. 

MS: interleaved, with numerous excisions and some corrections; partial cast. Comp. 

1774 (146407): MS contains numerous lines not printed. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It is entered by this title [ The Romance of an Hour] in Larpents List but it 

is also there stated that the original title was The innocent Incendiary. 

380. The Election. Musical interlude, 1 act. Miles Peter Andrews. 


Application Oct. 15, 1774, David Garrick, for Mr Lacy & himself, D.L. Prod. Oct. 19. 

MS: endorsed X; one chorus deleted in red ink and endorsed in margin by Edward 

Capell, This was not in the Copy you shew'd me, nor should be in this. (dele.). (Bound 

with MS of The Conjurer [No. 372].) Comp. 1774 (K-D 189): a final song in MS not 

printed; censored chorus printed in slightly different version. 

Note 

Bound with 372 

381. The Maid of the Oaks. Comedy, 5 acts. John Burgoyne. 


Application Oct. 20, 1774, David Garrick, for himself & Mr Lacy, D.L. Prod. Nov. 5. 

MS: endorsed X; included, Additions In the 5: Act of the Maid of the Oaks (1782?); 

prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1774 (K-D 281): different prologue and epilogue; Acts 

IV and V very different. 

382. The Choleric Man. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Dec. 7, 1774, David Garrick for Mr Lacy & himself, D.L. Prod. Dec. 19. 

MS: Act V lacking. Comp. 3d ed., 1775 (K-D 358): numerous differences, especially at 

the close of Act IV. 


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383. The Rivals. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Brinsley Sheridan. 


Application Jan. 9, 1775, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Jan. 17. 

MS. Comp. 1775 (Dev HC 24): differs in many important respects. (See Sheridan, The 

Rivals [Oxford, 1935], ed. from the Larpent MS by Richard Little Purdy.) 

384. The Rival Candidates. Comic opera, 2 acts. Henry Bate [Bate Dudley]. 


Application Jan. 21, 1775, David Garrick, for Mr. Lacy & himself, D.L. Prod. Feb. 1. 

MS: frequent revisions; excisions indicated by Edward Capell (?); note, in hand of 

Capell: Sir If you shall be of opinion that the passages I have mark'd should not be 

allow'd, it will be proper the Prompter should be told so by you as soon as you can. 

Your obedient humble servant, E. C. Tuesday night; epilogue. Comp. 1775 (113742): 


385. Cleonice. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Hoole. 



MS: cover endorsed Mr. Hoole. Comp. 1775 (Dev HC 9): slight differences throughout. 

386. Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs. Comedy, 3 acts. David Garrick. 


Application Mar. 7, 1775, D. Garrick, for Mr. Lacy & himself, D.L. Prod. Mar. 18. 

MS: a few deletions. Comp. 1775 (K-D 366): Acts I and II in MS appear as Act I in 

printed text, which is in two acts; other differences slight. 

387. The Wish. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 22, 1775, Willoughby Lacy For Self & Partner, D.L. Prod. May 2 (?). 

Note 

Genest records performance on May 2, 1775; but it is not found in D.L. playbills of that 

day or in the Public Advertiser. 


388. St. Patrick's Day; or, The Scheeming Lieutenant. Farce, 2 acts. Richard 

Brinsley Sheridan. 


Application Apr. 24, 1775, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. May 2. 

MS. Comp. [Dublin], 1788 (K-D 378): numerous slight differences. 

389. Didone Abbandonata. Opera (Italian) (2 acts). Pietro Metastasio. 


Application May 1, 1775, Richard Yates, H1. Prod. 1775. 

MS: contains first act and one additional page; notice states in postscript, This Opera 

has been perform'd here some few years since; cast. 

390. The Contract. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas Francklin. 


Application Aug. 10, 1775, Samuel Foote, H2. Prod. June 12, 1776. 


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391. The Dutchman. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas Bridges. 


Application Aug. 15, 1775, Samuel Foote, H2. Prod. Aug. 21. 

MS. Comp. 1775 (K-D 279): a number of unimportant differences. 

392. The Weathercock. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Theodosius Forrest. 


Application Oct. 4, 1775, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Oct. 17. 


393. The Little Gipsy; or, May Day. Musical piece, 1 act. David Garrick. 


Application Oct. 14, 1775, D. Garrick, D.L. Prod. (as May Day; or, The Little Gipsy) Oct. 

28. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. May Day; or, The Little Gipsy, 1775 (K-D 453): a few 

differences. 

394. La Sposa Fedele. Comic opera (Italian), 3 acts. Pietro Chiari. 


Application Oct. 27, 1775, Richard Yates, H1. Prod. Oct. 31. 

MS: numerous deletions; cast. 

395. The Coquette; or, The Mistakes of the Heart. Comedy, 5 acts. Robert 

Hitchcock. 


Application Nov. 2, 1775, Tate Wilkinson, York and Hull. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. Bath, 1777 (K-D 67): numerous minor differences; a few more 

extensive differences. 

396. Old City Manners. Comedy, 5 acts. Charlotte Lennox, from Jonson, Chapman, 

and Marston, Eastward Hoe. 


Application Nov. 3, 1775, David Garrick, D. L. Prod. Nov. 9. 

MS: note to Examiner describes play as Alterations in the following comedy call'd Old 

City Manners (taken from the Old Comedy of Eastward Hoe); a number of corrections; 

included, Prologue for Eastward Hoe. Comp. 1775 (Dev HC 22): slight differences. 

397. The Sultan; or, A Peep into the Seraglio. Dramatic entertainment, 2 acts. 

Isaac Bickerstaffe. 


Application Nov. 30, 1775, David Garrick for himself & Mr. Lacy, D.L. Prod. Dec. 12. 

MS: endorsed X; a few deletions; title-page states songs are One by Gierdini, One by 

Bach. Comp. 1787 (K-D 101): extensive differences, with some parts entirely different. 

398. The Mercantile Lovers. Comedy, 5 acts. George Wallis. 


Application n.d., Tate Wilkinson, York. Prod. 1775(?). 

MS. Comp. ed. with alterations, 1775 (K-D 21): marked differences, with scenes 

rearranged, revised, and omitted or added. 

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399. Il Demetrio. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Pietro Metastasio (?). 


No application. [Ca. 1775? dated 1785 in L.L.] 

MS: cast. 

See No. 751, an alteration of this opera. 

400. The Black-a-moor Wash'd White. Comic opera, 2 acts. Henry Bate [Bate 

Dudley]. 


Application Jan. 22, 1776, David Garrick and Willoughby Lacy, D.L. Prod. Feb. 1. 

MS: endorsed X; a number of revisions and corrections. Comp. Airs, Ballads, &c., 1776 

(K-D 429): slight differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: See extract from a letter from Garrick to Woodfall regarding The 

Blackamoor in my MS. Diary. 

Note 

See The Private Correspondence of David Garrick, II, 135-37. 


401. The Reasonable Lover. [The Man of Reason (?).] Comedy, 5 acts. [Hugh 

Kelly?] 


Application Feb. 5, 1776, Thomas Harris, C.G. [Prod. (as The Man of Reason) Feb. 9?] 


402. The Runaway. Comedy, 5 acts. Hannah Cowley. 


Application Feb. 5, 1776, David Garrick, for Mr Lacy & himself, D.L. Prod. Feb. 15. 

MS: endorsed X; many alterations. Comp. 1776 (K-D 228): minor differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It had originally another title viz 'The Cantabs or the College Vacation'-In 

Larpents MS this title is erased by Garrick and The Runaway substituted. There are 

also some alterations in his handwriting-It was first performed, as appears by the bills 

on Saturday April 13th. 1776. [It was performed on April 13 for the fifteenth time.] 

403. The Spleen; or, Islington Spa. Farce, 2 acts. George Colman. 


Application Feb. 17, 1776, David Garrick, D.L. Prod. Mar. 7. 

MS: some corrections and erasures; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1776 (K-D 228): 

many passages printed not in MS; some transposition of scenes, and other 

differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was perhaps the last piece Garrick sent with a note under his hand to 

be licensed. [But see Nos. 407 and 410.] 

404. The Syren [s]. Masque, 2 acts. Edward Thompson. 


Application Feb. 20, 1776, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Feb. 26. 

MS. Comp. 1776 (K-D 318): a number of differences. 

405. The Ascension. Oratorio, 3 acts. 


Application Feb. 20, 1776, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. 1776. 


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406. Concerto Spirituale. Anthem (English, Latin, and Italian). 


Application Feb. 20, 1776, Thomas Harris, C.G. 

MS: contains four anthems; endorsed X. 

407. Valentine's Day. Musical drama, 2 acts. William Heard. 


Application Mar. 2, 1776, David Garrick for himself & Mr Lacy, D.L. Prod. Mar. 23. 

MS: author's name on title-page. Comp. 1776 (K-D 321): numerous differences, 

especially in the songs. 

408. Medea, Epilogue for. 


No application. Spoken D.L., Mar. 11, 1776 (?). 

MS. 

409. The Impostors; or, The Credulous Don. Farce, 2 acts. Joseph Reed. 


Application Mar. 11, 1776, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Impostors; or, A Cure for 

Credulity) Mar. 19. 

MS: notice states, for Woodward's benefit; prologue. 

410. An Address to the Public. (When Ancient Rome in all its Glory Shone.) 


Application Mar. 14, 1776, David Garrick, for Mr Lacy & himself, D.L. Spoken Mar. 23 

(?). 

MS: endorsed X and, by J.P.C. (in error?), 1776 On opening the Theatre for the Season. 

411. Caio Mario. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 



MS: cast. 

412. St. Helena; or, The Isle of Love. Farce, 2 acts. Edward Thompson. 


Application July 30, 1776, Thomas Jefferson, Richmond. Prod. 1776. 

MS: endorsed X; title-page indicates Isle of Love (erased) was original title. 

413: The Capuchin. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel Foote. 


Application Aug. 8, 1776, S. Foote, H2. Prod. Aug. 19. 

MS: prologue. Comp. 1778 (Dev 8vo 15): slight differences. 

414. [New Brooms], A New Occasional Prelude. 1 act. George Colman. 


Application Sept. 3, 1776, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, For self & Partners, D.L. Prod. 

Sept. 21. 


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415. News from Parnassus. Prelude. Arthur Murphy. 


Application Sept. 9, 1776, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Sept. 23. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. excerpt, apparently, from The Works of Arthur Murphy, 1786 

(K-D 108): many slight differences. 

416. The Prejudice of Fashion. Comedy, 2 acts. 


Application Sept. 24, 1776, Samuel Foote, H2. Prod. Feb. 22, 1779. 

MS: prologue. 

417. La Frascatana. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. From Filippo Livigni. 



MS: dated by Larpent June, 1794; cast. 

See No. 1535, substantially the same. 

418. The Seraglio. Comic opera, 2 acts. Charles Dibdin. 


Application Nov. 9, 1776, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Nov. 14. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1776 (K-D 49): slight differences; MS contains several songs 

and one scene in Act II not printed. 

419. Prologue. (Ladies and Gentlemen-quite void of passion.) 


Application Nov. 16, 1776, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, For self, & Partners, D.L. Spoken 

Nov. 19 (?). 

MS. 

420. The Hotel; or, The Double Valet. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas Vaughan. 


Application Nov. 16, 1776, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, for self & Partners, D.L. Prod. 

Nov. 21. 

MS: endorsed X; epilogue, with separate application, Nov. 30. Comp. 1776 (K-D 19): 

virtually the same. 

421. Selima and Azor. Dramatic romance, 3 acts. George Collier. 


Application Dec. 2, 1776, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, For self & Partners, D.L. Prod. 

Dec. 5. 

MS: lacks Act I, Scene 1, and most of Scene 2; many alterations. Comp. 1784 (K-D 


422. Semiramis. Tragedy, 5 acts. George Edward Ayscough. 


Application Dec. 2, 1776, Richard Brinsley Sheridan For self & Partners, D.L. Prod. Dec. 

14. 

MS: endorsed X; numerous deletions and corrections. Comp. 1776 (Dev HC 25): a 

number of slight differences. 

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423. Germondo. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Carlo Goldoni. 


Application Jan. 1, 1777, Richard Yates, H1. Prod. Jan. 21. 

MS: endorsed X; cast. 

424. Sir Thomas Overbury. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Woodfall, from Richard 

Savage. 


Application Jan. 23, 1777, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Feb. 1. 

MS. Comp. 1777 (147584): many lines printed not in MS. 

425. Know Your Own Mind. Comedy, 5 acts. Arthur Murphy. 



MS. Comp. 1778 (Dev HC 18): numerous marked differences. 


426. A Trip to Scarborough. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, from John 

Vanbrugh. 


Application Feb. 17, 1777, R. B. Sheridan For self & Partners, D.L. Prod. Feb. 24. 

MS: endorsed X; cast. Comp. Dublin, 1781 (138263): substantially the same. 

427. The Milesian. Comic opera, 2 acts. Isaac Jackman. 


Application Mar. 14, 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, For self & Partners, D.L. Prod. 

Mar. 20. 

MS: endorsed X. Comp. 1777 (K-D 266): a few differences. 

428. All the World's A Stage. Farce, 2 acts. Isaac Jackman. 


Application Mar. 31, 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan For self & Partners, D.L. Prod. 

Apr. 7. 

MS: additional scene; prologue; cast. Comp. 1777 (Dev HC 5): slight differences; 

additional scene not printed. 

429. The Experiment. Comedy, 2 acts. Charles Stuart (?). 


Application Apr. 8, 1777, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Apr. 16. MS: epilogue. 

430. The Distress'd Wife. Comedy, 3 acts. George Colman (?), from John Gay. 


Application Apr. 14, 1777, George Colman, H2. 

MS: endorsed X; prologue. Prologue comp. Prologue On the Opening of the 

Theatre-Royal in the Haymarket, May 15, 1777. Written by G. Colman, Esq; Spoken by 

Mr. Palmer, The Gentleman's Magazine, XLVII (1777): almost identical. (The 

Haymarket opened on May 15 with The English Merchant and Lilliput.) 

431. Polly. Ballad opera, 3 acts. George Colman, from John Gay. 


Application Apr. 15, 1777, George Colman, H2. Prod. June 19. 

MS. Comp. 1777 (Dev 8vo 79): MS contains two scenes, several airs, and some 

dialogue not in printed version; act and scene divisions differ. 

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432. The Device; or, The Marriage Office. Farce, 2 acts. - Richards. 



MS: notice states, for Wild's benefit. Comp. Airs, Duet, & Finale, in the Device, [1777] 

(Dev 8vo 72): slight differences. 

433. The Clock Case; or, Female Curiosity. Interlude. 


Application Apr., 1777, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. May 2. 

MS. 

434. Prologue and Epilogue, for the Benefit of the Widow and Children of the Late 

Mr. Kelly. Samuel Johnson and A Friend. 


Application May 27, 1777, Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken May 29. 

MS. 

435. The Matrimonial Advertisement; or, A Bold Stroke for A Husband. Comedy, 3 

acts. Mrs. Gardner (Miss Cheney). 


Application July 26, 1777, George Colman, H2. Prod. (as The Advertisement; or, A Bold 

Stroke for a Husband) Aug. 9. 

MS: a number of corrections; prologue. 

436. The Spanish Barber; or, The Fruitless Precaution. Comedy, 3 acts. George 

Colman. 


Application Aug. 25, 1777, George Colman, H2. Prod. Aug. 30. 

MS: endorsed X; prologue and Songs. 

437. The Students; or, The Humours of Saint Andrew's. Farce, 2 acts. James 

Stewart. 


Application Sept. 24, 1777, George Colman, H2. Prod. 1779 (?). 

MS. 

438. The Beggar's Opera, New Scene for. Edward Thompson (?). 



MS. 

439. Creso. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 


Application Nov. 1, 1777, Richard Yates, H1. Prod. Nov. 8 (?). 

MS: cast. 

440. Percy. Tragedy, 5 acts. Hannah More. 


Application Dec. 2, 1777, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Dec. 10. 

MS. Comp. 1778 (Dev 8vo 16): a few slight differences. 

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441. The Female Officer. Farce, 2 acts. John Philip Kemble. 


Application Jan. 1, 1778, Joseph Younger, Manchester. Prod. 1778. 

MS: prologue, Written for the Play of Injur'd Innocence by C: Cibber. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The MS of this piece was in Larpents Collection and the whole of it was in 

the hand writing of J. P Kemble. It was licensed on Jany 1st 1778 to the Manager of the 

Liverpool theatre [but application is for performance at Manchester], Mr Joseph 

Younger. Qy if it be not an alteration of 3 Hours after Marriage by Pope Gay & 

Arbuthnot-at least the incident of the Nunnery & the Crocodile are in both-See Cibbers 

Letter to Pope 1742 p 17 & 18. See MS. Diary p 160 for a par: from a letter by J.P.K 

regarding the opposition to it. 

442. Alfred. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Home. 



MS. Comp. 1778 (K-D 231): some differences, MS containing passages not printed. 

443. Poor Vulcan. Burletta, 2 acts. Charles Dibdin. 



MS: many excisions and corrections. Comp. 2d ed., 1778 (K-D 321): numerous 

differences. 

444. Erifile, Regina di Zacinto. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Giovanni de' Gamerra. 


Application Feb. 6, 1778, Richard Yates, H1. Prod. Feb. 7. 

MS: endorsed X; numerous deletions and revisions; cast. 


445. The Cady [of Bagdad]. Comic opera, 3 acts. Abraham Portal. 


Application Feb. 9, 1978, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, For self & Partners, D.L. Prod. Feb. 

19. 


446. Belphegor; or, The Wishes. Comic opera, 2 acts. Miles Peter Andrews. 


Application Mar. 6, 1778, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, For self & Partners, D.L. Prod. 

Mar. 16. 

MS. Comp. [Dublin?], 1788 (Dev 12mo 67): several minor differences. 

447. The Lucky Escape. Musical farce, 2 acts. Mary Robinson. 


Application Apr. 23, 1778, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Apr. 30. 

MS: endorsed X; cast. Comp. Songs, Chorusses, &c., in The Lucky Escape, n.d. (K-D 

630): a few differences. 

448. The British Heroine. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Jackson. 


Application Apr. 28, 1778, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. May 5 (previously, as Geralda; or, 

The Siege of Harlech, Dublin, Jan. 13, 1777). 

MS: numerous corrections; prologue and epilogue. 

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449. Buxom Joan. Burletta, 1 act. Thomas Willet. 


Application June 17, 1778, George Colman, H2. Prod. June 25. 


450. The Suicide. Comedy, 4 acts. George Colman. 


Application June 29, 1778, George Colman, H2. Prod. July 11. 

MS: some corrections; cast. 

451. Belisarius; or, Injur'd Innocence. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Philip Kemble. 


Application July 27, 1778, Joseph Younger, Liverpool. Prod. Liverpool and Hull, 1778; 

York, 1779. 

MS: epilogue. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Belisarius or Injured Innocence-Acted at Liverpool 1778.' LL. 

J.P.K. in B.D.: After the note on this play, Kemble has written N.P. (not printed); but he 

does not deny the ascription of authorship. 

452. The Flitch of Bacon. Comic opera, 2 acts. Henry Bate [Bate Dudley]. 



MS: names of performers. Comp. 1779 (K-D 103): slight differences. 

453. The Volunteers; [or, Britons Strike Home (?)]. Farce, 1 act. [William Woods?] 

Note 

This may be Woods's The Volunteers; or, Britons Strike Home, which B.D. suggests 

may have been performed at Edinburgh before it was performed at Hull. As it was 

licensed for York, it may first have appeared there. 


Application Aug. 5, 1778, Tate Wilkinson, York. [Prod. York, and Hull, 1778?] 

MS. 

454. Rose and Colin. Musical piece, 1 act. Charles Dibdin. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Sept. 18, 1778. 

MS: endorsed Rx 7th. Novr. 1778. but approved by the Lord Chamberlain in Octr. 


455. The Wives Reveng'd. Musical piece, 1 act. Charles Dibdin. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Sept. 18, 1778. 

MS: endorsed Rx 7th Novr. 1778. but approved by the Lord Chamberlain in Octr. 


456. Annette and Lubin. Musical piece, 1 act. Charles Dibdin. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Oct. 2, 1778. 

MS: endorsed Rx 7th. Novr. 1778. but approved by the Lord Chamberlain in October. 

Comp. 1778 (83370): slight differences. 

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457. The Camp. Entertainment, 2 acts. Richard Brinsley Sheridan. 

Note 

As The Camp is now generally assumed to be at least in part Sheridan's, it seems 

most convenient here to attribute it to him without question. 


Application Oct. 13, 1778, R. B. Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Oct. 15. 

MS: endorsed Rx 7th Novr. 1778. but approved by the Lord Chamberlain in Octr.; 

prologue (incomplete). Comp. 1795 (123649): differs in detail throughout; each 

version contains songs and passages not in the other. Comp. also [1833?] and The 

Plays and Poems of R. B. Sheridan, 1928: MS differs correspondingly from these 

editions. 

458. The Invasion; or, A Trip to Brighthelmstone. Comedy, 2 acts. Frederick Pilon. 


Application n.d., For Mr Harris. I: Wild, C.G. Prod. Nov. 4, 1778. 

MS: endorsed Rx 29th. October 1778; prologue. Comp. 3d ed., 1782 (3512): slight 

differences. 

459. The Lady of the Manor. Comic opera, 3 acts. William Kenrick. 


Application Nov., 1778, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Nov. 23. 

MS: endorsed Rx 19th. Novr. 1778. Comp. 2d ed., 1778 (Dev HC 19): slight 

differences. 

460. L'Avaro Deluso. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Giovanni Bertati and Antonio Andrei 

(?). 


Application Nov. 23, 1778, Thomas Harris and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, H1. Prod. 

Nov. 24. 

MS: cast. 

461. The Fathers; or, The Good Natur'd Man. Comedy, 5 acts. Henry Fielding. 


Application Nov. 25, 1778, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Nov. 30. 

MS: numerous cancellations and corrections; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1778 

(64902): slight differences. 

J.P.C. in B. D.: Various corrections & improvements in the Copy among Larpents MSS 

are in the hand writing of Sheridan. 

462. Buthred. Tragedy, 5 acts. 



MS: prologue. Comp. 1779 (Dev HC 6): one scene and several lines printed not in MS; 

other, slight differences. 

463. The Spendthrift; or, The Christmas Gambol. Comedy, 2 acts. William Kenrick. 


Application Dec., 1778, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Dec. 21. 

MS: prologue. 

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464. The Touchstone. Pantomime, 2 pts. Charles Dibdin. 


Application Dec., 1778, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Touchstone; or, Harlequin 

Traveller) Jan. 4, 1779. 

MS. Comp. The Songs, Choruses, &c., in The Touchstone, 5th ed., 1779 (83368): songs 

printed are virtually the same as those in MS; but each version contains songs not in 

the other. 

See No. 851, and J.P.C.'s note thereon. 

465. The Wonders of Derbyshire; or, Harlequin in the Peak. Songs, Chorusses, & 

Recitative. 


Application Jan. 2, 1779, Thomas Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Jan. 8. 

MS. Comp. An Account of the Wonders of Derbyshire, 1779 (Dev 8vo 61): slight 

discrepancies. 

466. The Law of Lombardy. Tragedy, 5 acts. Robert Jephson. 


Application Jan. 26, 1779, Thomas Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Feb. 8. 


467. Jehu. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 17, 1779, Thomas Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Feb. 19. 

MS. 

468. The Liverpool Prize. Farce, 2 acts. Frederick Pilon. 


Application Feb., 1779, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Feb. 22. 

MS: three passages marked X in margin, by Examiner(?). Comp. 1779 (K-D 407): 

numerous differences; MS contains characters and scenes not printed; there are also 

other discrepancies. 


469. Zemire e Azore. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Translation by Verazzi of Marmontel's 

Zémire et Azor. 


Application Feb. 22, 1779, Thomas Harris and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, H1. Prod. 

Feb. 23. 

MS. 

470. The School for Scandal Scandalized. Interlude, 1 act. John Philip Kemble (?). 


Application Mar. 3, 1779, Tate Wilkinson, York. Prod. Mar. 27. 

MS: in J.P. Kemble's hand. 

471. Monody. [Verses to the Memory of Garrick.] Richard Brinsley Sheridan. 


Application Mar. 10, 1779, Thomas Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Mar. 11. 

MS: four lines at end deleted, and note states: These four last lines were erased in the 

prompter's copy and were not delivered. Comp. Verses to the Memory of Garrick, in 

The Plays and Poems of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, ed. Rhodes, 1928: several minor 

differences in phraseology; last 20 lines of printed text not in MS. 

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472. The Critic. Prelude. Richard Cumberland (?). 


Application Mar. 15, 1779, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Mar. 20. 

MS: notice includes Calypso (No. 473), and concludes with a prologue (to Calypso?). 

473. Calypso. Masque, 3 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application (with No. 472) Mar. 15, 1779, Thomas Harris, C. G. Prod. Mar. 20. 

MS: prologue (?[see No. 472]). Comp. 1779 (K-D 103): slight differences. 

474. Enea e Lavinia. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Giovanni Gualberto Bottarelli (?). 


Application Mar. 20, 1779, Thomas Harris and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, H1. Prod. 

Mar. 25. 

MS. 

475. Who's the Dupe. Farce, 2 acts. Hannah Cowley. 


Application Mar. 29, 1779, ichard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Apr. 4. 


476. The Contract; or, Female Captain. Farce, 2 acts. James Cobb (?). 


Application Mar. 29, 1779, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Apr. 5. 

MS: prologue. 

477. Illumination; or, The Glazier's Conspiracy. Prelude, 1 act. Frederick Pilon. 


Application Apr. 7, 1779, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Apr. 12. 

MS: endorsed, in hand of Capell(?), to be consider'd; epilogue. Comp. 1779 (3518): 


478. The Double Deception; or, Lovers Perplex'd. Comedy (5 acts). Elizabeth 

Richardson. 


Application Apr. 23, 1779, Thomas Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Apr. 28. 

MS: Act V lacking; A New Epilogue. 

479. The Cobler of Castlebury. Ballad farce, 2 acts. Charles Stuart. 



MS: notice states, for Wilson's benefit; cast. Comp. [1779] (K-D 52): minor variations. 

480. Gallic Gratitude. Comedy, 2 acts. James Solas Dodd. 


Application Apr. 24, 1779, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Apr. 30 (previously, as The 

Funeral Pile, Smock Alley, Dublin, 1772). 

MS: notice states, for Mrs. Jackson's benefit; prologue. Comp. 1779 (K-D 545): slight 

differences in Act I; more extensive differences in Act II. 

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481. Fatal Falsehood. Tragedy, 5 acts. Hannah More. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. May 6, 1779. 

MS: notice includes The Chelsea Pensioner (No. 482). Comp. 1779 (Dev HC 14): slight 

differences. 

482. The Chelsea Pensioner. Comic Opera, 2 acts. Charles Dibdin. 


Application (with No. 481) n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. May 6, 1779. 

MS: a number of corrections and deletions. Comp. 1st ed., 1779 (K-D 422): slight 

differences. 

483. La Governante; or, The Duenna. Comic opera (Italian), 3 acts. Charles Francis 

Badini. 


Application May 7, 1779, Thomas Harris and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, H1. Prod. May 

15. 

MS: numerous revisions; title states, translated into Italian. 

484. Tour in Wales. Comedy, 3 acts. 


Application June 30, 1779, George Colman, H2. 

MS. 

485. Summer Amusement. Comic opera, 3 acts. Miles Peter Andrews and William 

Augustus Miles. 


Application n.d., George Colman, H2. Prod. July 1, 1779. 

MS: a number of corrections. Comp. Songs, Trios, Duetts, and Choruses, in the Comic 

Opera of Summer Amusement; or, An Adventure at Margate, 3d ed., 1781 (Dev 8vo 

72): minor differences; some songs in MS not printed. 

486. Albina, Countess of Raimond. Tragedy, 5 acts. Hannah Cowley. 


Application July 10, 1779, George Colman, H2. Prod. July 31. 

MS: several pages in Act V lacking. Comp. 1779 (Dev HC 5): slight discrepancies; 

printed version contains scenes, in Acts III and IV, not in MS. 

487. A Widow and No Widow. Comedy, 3 acts. Richard Paul Jodrell. 


Application n.d., George Colman, H2. Prod. July 17, 1779. 

MS: prologue. Comp. 1780 (K-D 457): minor discrepancies. 

488. Prologue for the Opening the Theatre at Windsor. Francis Godolphin 

Waldron. 


Application July 22, 1779, F. G. Waldron, Windsor. 

MS: notice refers to license, previously granted, for No. 504. 

489. The Son in Law. Musical farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application n.d., George Colman, H2. Prod. Aug. 14, 1779. 

MS. Comp. [1833?] (Dev 12mo 69): numerous differences in details. 

137




490. The Separate Maintenance. Comedy, 4 acts. George Colman. 



MS. 

491. The Device; or, The Deaf Doctor. Farce, 2 acts. Frederick Pilon. 



MS: prologue. Comp. The Deaf Lover, 1780 (Dev 8vo 17), which is an alteration of The 

Device: Act I virtually the same; Act II completely different. 

See No. 510. 

492. The Bondman, Prologue for. 


No application. Spoken, C.G., Oct. 13, 1779. 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., As altered by Cumberland. 

493. Plymouth in an Uproar. Farce, 2 acts. Edward Neville. 



MS. Comp. 1779 (K-D 362): considerable differences, MS containing scenes and 

speeches in Act II not printed. 

494. The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehears'd. Dramatic piece, 2 acts. Richard Brinsley 

Sheridan. 


Application Oct. 29, 1779, R. B. Sheridan, for self & Partners, D.L. Prod. Oct. 30. 

MS: several deletions; prologue, by Richard Fitzpatrick. Comp. 1781 

(K-D 139): Acts II and III in printed copy appear as Act II in MS; also several minor 

differences. 

495. Prologue (This night, we set to view a Guiltless Wife.) and Epilogue (When 

Senators attend St. Stephens call.) [to The Duke of Milan?]. 


Application Nov. 9, 1779, Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken Nov. 10 (?). 

MS. 

496. William and Nancy [Nanny]. Musical farce, 2 acts. Richard Josceline 

Goodenough. 



MS. Comp. 1779 (K-D 224): MS contains several songs and some speeches not 

printed. 

497. The Mirror; or, Harlequin Every Where. Pantomimic burletta, 3 pts. Charles 

Dibdin. 



MS. Comp. 2d ed., 1779 (K-D 360): many differences; MS contains two scenes not 

printed. 

138




498. Zoraida. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Hodson. 


Application Nov. 26, 1779, Thomas Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Dec. 13. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1780 (Dev 8vo 16): minor differences. 

499. The Times. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Griffith. 


Application Nov. 29, 1779, Thomas Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Dec. 2. 

MS: numerous corrections; prologue; cast. Comp. 1780 (K-D 160): several scenes in 

MS not printed; great discrepancies in Act V. 



Application Dec. 4, 1779, Thomas Harris, C.G. and Charles Macklin, author. Not 

produced. (Licensed refused.) 

MS: some passages canceled (by Examiner?) and substitutions written in; included: 

letter to the Lord Chamberlain from Harris, stating, I have taken the Liberty of giving 

this opportunity to the Author of speaking for himself; letter to the Lord Chamberlain 

from Macklin, stating his purpose in writing the play, the objects of the satire, etc. 

Comp. 1793 (K-D 346): virtually identical, except for canceled passages, which are 

printed as they originally appeared in MS. 


501. Prologue for the Benefit of the Dispensary for the Infant Poor. 


Application Dec. 5, 1779, Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken Dec. 22. 

MS. 

502. [Il Soldano Generoso (?).] Opera (Italian), 8 scenes. 


Application Dec. 14, 1779, Thomas Harris and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, H1. Prod. Jan. 

1, 1780 (?). 

MS: called simply An Opera. 

503. La Contadina in Corte. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 14, 1779, Thomas Harris and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, H1. 

MS. 

See No. 320. 

504. The Dramatic Chronicle. An occasional address, to be spoken at the Opening 

of The Theatre-Royal on Richmond-Green. 1779. Francis Godolphin Waldron (?). 


No application (but see No. 488). [1779.] 

MS. 

505. The Experiment. Farce, 2 acts. Charles Murray. 


No application. Prod. Norwich, 1779. 

MS: several cancellations; one passage marked To be Expunged (by Examiner?). 

Comp. Norwich, 1779 (Dev 8vo 49): slight differences; corrections in MS appear in 

printed version. 

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506. A Mirror for the Ladies. Musical interlude, 1 act. 



MS: endorsed March the 1st 1779 Wm. Harricks; numerous revisions. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'A Mirror for the Ladies-an Interlude performed at Drury Lane for the 

benefit of Mr Davis 1779' L.L. (Apparently neither Mr. nor Mrs. Davis had a benefit at 

D.L. or C.G. in 1779.) 


507. The Shepherdess of the Alps. Comic Opera, 3 acts. Charles Dibdin. 



MS. Comp. 1780 (K-D 319): MS contains one scene and some stanzas of songs not 

printed; otherwise practically identical. 

508. The Widow of Delphi; or, The Descent of the Deities. Musical drama, 5 acts. 

Richard Cumberland. 


Two applications, Jan. 20, 1780, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, H1, and Jan. 24, 1780, 

Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. C.G., Feb. 1. 

MS: prologue (Statesmen and Poets, oft one fortune find), with separate application, 

Jan. 28, Thomas Harris, C.G. Comp. The Songs in the Widow of Delphi, 1780 (K-D 103): 

virtually identical. 

509. Quinto Fabio. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Antonio Andrei (?), from Apostolo Zeno. 



MS: numerous corrections and cancellations. 

See No. 929 (there are many differences). 

510. The Deaf Lover. Farce, 2 acts. Frederick Pilon. 


Application Jan., 1780, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Feb. 2. 

MS. Comp. 1780 (Dev 8vo 17): slight differences. 

See No. 491. 

511. Oh! It's Impossible. Comedy, 5 acts. John Philip Kemble, from Shakespeare, 

Comedy of Errors. 


Application Feb. 4, 1780, John Kemble for Tate Wilkinson, York. Prod. 1780 (?). 

MS: some corrections. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It is an alteration of the Comedy of Errors with the names of the 

characters all changed and the scene laid in London. 

512. The Wager. Farce, 3 acts. 


Application Feb. 7, 1780, Joseph Younger, Manchester. 


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513. The Belle's Stratagem. Comedy, 5 acts. Hannah Cowley. 



MS. Comp. 1782 (K-D 228): a number of discrepancies in dialogue. 

514. The Artifice. Comic opera, 2 acts. William Augustus Miles. 


Application Mar. 16, 1780, Richard Brinsley Sheridan For self & Partners, D.L. Prod. 

Apr. 14. 

MS: many corrections and cancellations; cast. Comp. 1780 (K-D 354): order of scenes 

in Act I quite different; other differences unimportant. 

515. The School of Eloquence. Interlude. Hannah Cowley. 


Application Mar. 30, 1780, Thomas Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Apr. 4. 

MS. 

516. A School for Ladies, Occasional Prologue for. W-H-. 


No application. Spoken H2, Apr. 8, 1780 (?). 

MS: states, Written by Mr. W. H. Spoken by Mr. Burton, for his Benefit, April 8, 1780. 

517. Moses and Shadrac; or, A Specimen of Jewish Education. Petit piece, 1 act. 


Application Apr. 13, 1780, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Apr. 17. 

MS. (Performed for Baddeley's benefit, by him and Burton; perhaps written by 

Baddeley.) 

518. The Loyal Volunteers; or, Taylors to Arms. Prelude, 1 act. George Downing. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Volunteers; or, Taylors to Arms) Apr. 

19, 1780. 

MS: several deletions of text; prologue, endorsed not to be inserted; cast. 

519. The Elders. Comedy, 2 acts. Henry Man. 



MS: prologue. Comp. Miscellaneous Works...of the Late Henry Man, 1802 (Dev 8vo 14): 

unimportant differences. 

520. Rinaldo. Opera (English and Italian), 3 acts. Charles Francis Badini, or 

Giovanni de' Gamerra (?). 




521. The Female Orators; or, Ladies' Debating Society. Prelude. 


Application May 7, 1780, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. May 12. 

MS. 

141




522. Fire and Water. Comic opera, 2 acts. Miles Peter Andrews. 


Application May 12, 1780, George Colman, H2. Prod. July 8. 

MS. Comp. 1780 (K-D 448): a few differences in Act I; more extensive differences in 

Act II. 

523. [The Disputants (?).] Farce, 2 acts. 


Application May 12, 1780, George Colman, H2. 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), 1780 and The Disputants; title does not appear elsewhere 

in MS. 

524. The Manager in Distress. Prelude, 1 act. George Colman. 


Application May 21, [1780,] George Colman, H2. Prod. May 30. 

MS. Comp. [1780] (K-D 316): virtually identical. 

525. The Miniature Picture. Comedy, 3 acts. Elizabeth, Countess of Craven (later 

Margravine of Anspach). 


Application May 22, 1780, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. May 24. 

Printed copy, 1780: a few MS revisions; MS prologue, containing numerous 

corrections; MS epilogue states, spoken by the Honble Mrs. Hobart at Lady Cravens 

(Apr. 8). Comp. 1781 (K-D 453): slight differences in prologue; otherwise virtually 

identical. 

526. The Chapter of Accidents. Comedy, 5 acts. Sophia Lee. 


Application May 23, 1780, George Colman, H2. Prod. Aug. 5. 

MS: prologue. Comp. 1780 (146648): extensive differences. 

527. The Lecture upon Heads, New Matter for. Monologue. Frederick Pilon (?). 


Application June 25, 1780, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. June 26 (?). 

MS: many corrections; prologue. Comp. A Lecture on Heads, Written by George 

Alexander Stevens, with Additions by Mr. Pilon; As Delivered by Mr. Charles Lee 

Lewis,...1788 (X66850): MS agrees substantially with printed text. Also comp. 1784: 

the New Matter and prologue do not appear there. 

528. The Belles Association; or, Female Orators. Farce, 1 act. 


Application July 14, 1780, Joseph Younger, Liverpool. Prod. 1780(?). 

MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Acted at Liverpool 1780'-L.L. 

529. The Usurers. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application July 14, 1780, Joseph Younger, Liverpool. 

MS: prologue. 

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530. The Wedding Night. Musical farce, 1 act. James Cobb. 


Application July 21, 1780, George Colman, H2. Prod. Aug. 12. 

MS. Comp. Songs, Duetts, Trios, &c., in The Wedding Night, 1780 (Dev 8vo 66): MS 

and printed songs differ at several points. 

531. [The Wedding Night (?)], Epilogue in the Character of Arabella. 


No application. [Spoken H2, Aug. 12, 1780?] 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), Qy to Wedding Night or Tamer Tamed Qy 1780. 

532. The Genius of Nonsense. Pantomime. George Colman (?). 


Application Aug. 25, [1780,] George Colman, H2. Prod. Sept. 2. 

MS: inserted, new Song. Comp. Songs, Duetts, Trios, &c., in The Genius of Nonsense, 

1781 (K-D 629): corresponds closely; some parts printed not in MS. 

533. The Cabinet of Fancy; or, Evening Exhibition. Dramatic piece, 3 pts. 

[Illustrated lecture, with songs.] George Alexander Stevens. 


No application. [Oct. 2, 1780.] 

MS: in hand of author; dated Oct. 2d. 1780. (L.L. states, Acted at the Little T.H. 1780.) 

534. The Close of the Poll. Farce, 2 acts. Frederick Pilon. 


Application Oct. 11, 1780, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Humours of an Election) 

Oct. 19. 

MS: prologue. Comp. The Humours of an Election, new ed., 1780 (K-D 359): printed as 

one act; some other discrepancies. 

535. [The Exciseman.] Farce, 2 acts. Henry Knapp. 



MS: no title; called Comic Piece in Two Acts, and endorsed, by Capell(?), Call'd What? 

536. The Generous Imposter. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Lewis O'Beirne. 



MS: prologue and Pastoral. Comp. 1781 (K-D 316): MS contains a few passages not 

printed; prologue differs slightly. 

537. The Islanders. Comic opera, 3 acts. Charles Dibdin. 



MS: cast. Comp. Songs, Duetts, Trios, &c., in The Islanders, 1780 (K-D 429): a number 

of discrepancies. 

538. L'Arcifanfano. Comic opera (Italian), 3 acts. Carlo Goldoni. 



MS: cast. 

143




539. Deaf Indeed. Comedy, 2 acts. Edward Topham. 


Application Nov. 29, 1780, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Dec. 4. 

MS: previous title, As It Should Be, erased; a few deletions in text; prologue. 

540. The Lord of the Manor. Comic opera, 3 acts. John Burgoyne. 


Application n.d., Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Dec. 27, 1780. 

MS: cast. Comp. 1781 (K-D 281): a few differences; one scene printed not in MS. 

See No. 1736. 

541. Harlequin Free Mason, Songs, Duetts, Trios, &c., in. Pantomime. Charles 

Dibdin. 



MS. 

542. The Casino; or, London Trip'd down to Bath. Interlude, 1 act. 


No application. Prod. Bath, 1780 (?). 

MS: some alterations. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Casino, the or London trippd down to Bath.' An Interlude acted at Bath in 

1780-This appears from Larpents account book for it does not state on the face of the 

MS from whence it was sent to be licensed. 

543. Orfeo. Opera (Italian and English), 1 act. Translated by Povoleri. 




544. Mitridate. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application n.d., Peter Crawford, H1, Prod. Jan. 23, 1781. 

MS. 


545. The Siege of Sinope. Tragedy, 5 acts. Frances Brooke. 



MS. Comp. 1781 (Dev HC 25): slight discrepancies in dialogue and in order of scenes 

in Act V. 

546. The Royal Suppliants; or, Macaria. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Delap. 


Application Jan. 26, 1781, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Feb. 17. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1781 (Dev HC 24): slight discrepancies in dialogue. 

547. Il Barone di Torre Forte. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 13, 1781, Peter Crawford for Mr. Sheridan, H1. Prod. Feb. 22. 

MS. 

144




548. The World as It Goes; or, A Party at Montpelier. Comedy, 5 acts. Hannah 

Cowley. 



MS: prologue and epilogue. (L.L. states, the name afterwards altered to Second 

thoughts are best.) 

549. Thelyphthora; or, More Wives than One. Farce, 2 acts. Frederick Pilon. 



MS: previous subtitle, Wives Provok'd, erased, and More Wives than One substituted; 

prologue. 

550. Dissipation. Comedy, 5 acts. Miles Peter Andrews. 


Application n.d., Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Mar. 10, 1781. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1781 (Dev HC 11): numerous differences; one 

scene in MS not printed; Act IV and end of Act V considerably different. 

551. Elmira. Tragedy, 5 acts. 


Application Mar. 19, 1781, Joseph Younger, Manchester. 


552. The Conquest of St. Eustacia. Interlude. 


Application Mar. 27, 1781, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D. L. Prod. Mar. 31. 

MS. 

553. Chit Chat; or, Penance for Polygamy. Interlude, 1 act. B. Walwyn. 



MS: notice states, for the Benefit of Mr. Lee Lewis. Comp. 1781 (K-D 629): songs 

printed are not in MS; no other differences. 

554. The Captain. Musical farce, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 24 [1781?], Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. 

MS: cast. 

555. The Counterfeit Captain; or, Usurer Outwitted. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 24 [1781?], Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. 

MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Counterfeit Captain or the Usurer Outwitted a farce in two Acts was 

among Larpents MSS. R B. Sheridans letter for the license is dated April 24 (1781) It 

was therefore performed at Drury Lane. [I have found no record of its performance at 

D.L., 1780-83.] 

145




556. Who'd Have Thought It? Farce, 2 acts. James Cobb. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Apr. 28, 1781. 

MS: notice states, for Wilson's benefit. 

557. Seventeen Hundred & Eighty One; or, The Cartel at Philadelphia. Prelude, 4 

scenes. 



MS: contains no songs, blank spaces being left for their insertion. 




MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), This is the later of the 2 4to copies [It?] is altered according 

to the Licensers remarks in the other 4to-; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1793 (K-D 

346): extensive differences. 


559. Edward and Caroline; or, The Dead Alive. Musical farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application May 10, 1781, George Colman, H2. Prod. (as The Dead Alive) June 16. 

MS. Comp. The Dead Alive, [pirated,] Dublin, 1783 (K-D 288): slight differences. 

560. An Occasional Prologue on Opening the Theatre Royal Haymarket. 


No application. Spoken H2, May 30, 1781. 

MS. 

561. L'Omaggio. Festa Teatrale Giardino. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 


No application. Prod. H1, June 5, 1781. 

MS. 

562. The Baron of Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern. Musical comedy, 3 acts. 

Miles Peter Andrews. 



MS: numerous corrections; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1781 (Dev HC 6): 

numerous and extensive differences in order of scenes, in dialogue, and in songs; MS 

contains two scenes and many lines not printed. 

563. The Rose-Wreath; or, Chaplet of Innocence. Pastoral drama, 1 act. John 

Palmer (?). 


No application. Prod. Bath, June 16, 1781. 

MS: numerous revisions; cast (Perform'd by Children); signature of J. Palmer at end. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'The Rose Wreath or Chaplet of Innocence a farce in one Act from 

Bath-1781.' LL-The piece in Larpents MSS. is signed 'J. Palmer' and he was no doubt 

the author of it. The characters are all filled up as acted at Bath, including Mast 

Siddons who acted Henry-It is all in Palmers writing. 

146




564. The Silver Tankard; or, The Point at Portsmouth. Musical entertainment, 2 

acts. Elizabeth, Countess of Craven (later Margravine of Anspach). 



MS: 1 page lacking; prologue. 

565. The Beggar's Opera [alterations]. Prelude. George Colman, or George Keate 

(?). 


Application Aug. 2, 1781, G. Colman, H2. Prod. Aug. 8. 

MS: headed Preludio To the Beggars Opera Haymarket 1781. 

566. Ripe Fruit; or, The Marriage Act. Interlude, 1 act. Charles Stuart. 



MS: cast. 

567. Kensington Gardens; or, The Walking Jockey. Piece, 1 act. James Cobb. 



MS: partial cast. 

568. The Agreeable Surprize. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application Aug. 23, 1781, George Colman, H2. Prod. Sept. 3. 

MS. Comp. Dublin, 1786 (Dev 12mo 67): slight differences, chiefly in songs. 

569. The Hodge Podge; or, A Receipt for a Benefit. Interlude. 



MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It is a scene between Palmer, Hitchcock the Prompter, Grubstreet, an 

Author, and Miss Harper. It was for Palmer's benefit. 

570. Damnation; or, The Playhouse Hissing Hot. Dramatic piece, 1 act. Charles 

Stuart. 



MS: prologue; cast. 

571. Duplicity. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 



MS: two prologues. Comp. 1781 (Dev HC 11): numerous differences; MS contains 

many lines and several scenes not printed; second prologue in MS not printed. 

See No. 1129. 

572. The Beggar's Opera, Prelude to. 


Application Oct. 13, 1781, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Beggar's Opera, now first 

performed under the title of The Lady's Opera. With a new introduction) Oct. 16. 

MS. 

147




573. Jupiter and Alcmena. Comic opera, 3 acts. Charles Dibdin, from John Dryden, 

Amphitryon. 

Note 

Microprint 2 



MS. 

574. The Divorce. Comedy, 2 acts. Isaac Jackman. 



MS: prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1781 (K-D 266): a number of differences, 

mostly lines in MS not printed. 

575. The Count of Narbonne. Tragedy, 5 acts. Robert Jephson. 



MS: prologue and two epilogues, one with separate notice to Examiner, Nov. 20, 

Thomas Harris, C.G. Comp. 1781 (Dev HC 9): slight differences; both epilogues, one by 

Edmnd Malone and one by R. J. Goodenough, are printed. 

Note 

01 

576. The Circassian. Tragedy, 5 acts. Samuel Jackson Pratt. 


Application Nov. 19, 1781, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. (as The Fair 

Circassian) Nov. 27. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. The Fair Circassian, 2d ed., 1781 (K-D 15): a few 

differences. 

577. The Banditti; or, Love in a Labyrinth. Comic opera, 3 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: cast. (Bound with it: Songs, Choruses, &c., in The Choice of Harlequin [No. 580].) 

Comp. Songs, Duetts, Trios, Chorusses, &c., &c., in...The Banditti, 1781 (K-D 429): 


See No. 605. 

578. I Viaggiatori Felici. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Filippo Livigni. 



MS: cast. 

See No. 1370. 

148




579. Ignatius. Tragedy, 5 acts. 


Application Dec. 20, 1781, Tate Wilkinson, Hull. 

MS: several extensive deletions. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Ignatius, a Tragedy-Acted at York. Manager Tate Wilkinson. 1781.' L.L. 

Ignatius, a Tragedy in five Acts was sent by Tate Wilkinson to the licencer that it might 

be performed at the T. R. Hull 'as it was altered' and the MS having many erasures. 

The Managers letter is dated Hull Dec. 20th. 1781. 

580. The Choice of Harlequin, Songs, Choruses, &c., in. Pantomime. 


Application Dec. 22, 1781, Thomas Harri, C.G. Prod. (as The Choice of Harlequin; or, 

The Indian Chief) Dec. 26. 

MS. (Bound with The Banditti [No. 577]; not listed in B.C.) Comp. 1782 (K-D 365): 

slight discrepancies. 

581. Giunio Bruto. [Junius Brutus.] Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 3, 1781 [1782?], William Taylor, H1. Prod. Jan. 12, 1782. 

MS: numerous deletions and revisions. 

582. Variety. Comedy (5 acts). Richard Griffith. 


Application Feb. 5, 1782, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. Feb. 25. 

MS: Acts IV and V lacking; prologue, endorsed By Tickell to Griffiths Play 1782. Comp. 

1782 (K-D 160): numerous slight differences, particularly in Act III. 

583. The Dramatic Puffers. Prelude. Henry Bate [Bate Dudley]. 


Application (with No. 584) Feb. 7, 1782, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Feb. 9. 

MS: includes prologue to Which Is the Man? Comp. 1782 (K-D 447): substantially 

identical. (Not listed in B.C.) 

584. Which Is the Man? Comedy, 5 acts. Hannah Cowley. 



MS: notice includes a Prelude [Bate's The Dramatic Puffers (No. 583)] and Prologue. 

Comp. 2d ed., 1783 (Dev HC 28): a few differences; prelude not printed with this play. 

585. Vertumnus and Pomona. Dramatic pastoral, 2 acts. Matthew Pelide. 



MS: Comp. Songs, Duets, &c., in Vertumnus and Pomona, 1782 (Dev 8vo 66): slight 

differences. 

586. The Wishes. Dramatic satire, 5 acts. 


Application Feb. 18, 1782, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (in 3 acts) Oct. 3. 

MS: prologue and epilogue, with separate notice, endorsed This Piece was licens'd last 

Season, but it is forgot whether or not the Prologue and Epilogue were sent with it. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It is not a revival of the former piece [i.e., Richard Bentley's The Wishes 

(No. 199)]. 

149





587. The Positive Man. Farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: inserted, Song by a Sailor and three other songs. Comp. The Dramatic Works of 

John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): marked differences. 

588. L'Eroe Cinese. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Pietro Metastasio. 


Application Mar. 14, 1782, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Mar. 16. 

MS: numerous deletions; cast. 

589. Prologue by the Ghost of Whittington. 


Application Apr. 4, 1782, Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken Apr. 10. 

MS: notice states, for Quick's benefit. 

590. The Walloons. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: included, an Alteration in 2d. Act and New Fifth Act; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 

The Posthumous Dramatick Works of the Late Richard Cumberland, 1813 (121215): 

epilogue in MS not printed; New Fifth Act printed; numerous other differences. 

591. Retaliation. Farce, 2 acts. Leonard MacNally. 



MS: prologue. Comp. 2d ed., 1782 (K-D 362): printed version contains many speeches 

not in MS. 

592. The Fair American. Comedy, 3 acts. Frederick Pilon. 


Application May 14, 1782, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Prod. May 18. 

MS: cast. Comp. 1785 (K-D 404): several songs and speeches printed not in MS. 

593. Ifigenia [in Aulide (?)]. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Antonio Andrei (?), from V. A. 

Cigna. 


Application May 23, 1782, William Taylor, H1. Prod. May 25. 

MS: cast. 

See No. 812. 

594. The Blind Man; or, The Manoeuvre. [None So Blind as Those Who Won't See 

(?).] Ballad farce, 2 acts. [Charles Dibdin?] 


Application June 14, 1782, George Colman, H2. [Prod. (as None So Blind as Those Who 

Won't See) July 2?] 

MS. 

150




595. Fatal Curiosity, Prologue to. 


Application June 22, [1782,] George Colman, H2. Spoken June 29 (?). 

MS. (Spoken by Palmer.) 

596. The East Indian. Comedy, 5 acts. Frances (Burney) D'Arblay (?). 



MS: prologue. 

597. The Candidate. Farce, 2 acts. John Dent. 



MS: previous title, The Gudgeon, erased; prologue; cast. Comp. 1782 (K-D 445): slight 

differences in dialogue, and a number of differences in order of scenes, etc. 

598. The Female Dramatist. Farce, 2 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 



MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was in fact by George Colman the Younger and at his death in 1836 he 

left two copies of it behind him in his own hand-writing. They are now in the 

possession of the Duke of Devonshire. 

599. The Belles' Stratagem; or, The Female Fortune-Hunters. Comedy, 5 acts. 

Francis Godolphin Waldron, from Imitation; or, The Female Fortune Hunters. 


Application Aug. 12, 1782, F. G. Waldron, Richmond. Prod. 1782 (?); and (as Imitation) 

D.L., May 12, 1783. 

MS: many revisions; prologue. Comp. Heigho for a Husband [also an alteration of 

Imitation], 1794 (K-D 253): many differences; printed play in four acts; prologue 

differs. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Prologue was written by Waldron. 

See No. 1002. 

600. Harlequin Teague; or, The Giant's Causeway. Dialogue, Songs, Duetts, &c. 

Pantomime. George Colman (?) and John O'Keeffe (?). 


Application Aug. 15, 1782, G. Colman, H2. Prod. Aug. 17. 

MS. Comp. Songs, Airs, &c., 2d ed., 1782 (K-D 627): a few discrepancies. 

601. Monopoly. Prelude. 



MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It seems to have been played on the opening of the theatre for the 

Season, after it had undergone alterations. 

151




602. A Dramatic Oglio. Prelude (monologue). 


Application Sept. 13, 1782, Thomas King, D.L. Spoken Sept. 19 (?). 

MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: This is a soliloquy with parodies & Songs spoken by Tom King on his 

undertaking the Management of Drury Lane Theatre in 1782. 

603. The Fatal Interview. Tragedy, 5 acts. Thomas Hull. 


Application Oct. 12, 1782, Thomas King, D.L. Prod. Nov. 16. 

MS. 

604. Too Civil by Half. Farce, 2 acts. John Dent. 


Application Oct. 17, 1782, Thomas King, D.L. Prod. Nov. 7. 

MS: prologue. Comp. 1783 (K-D 257): a few differences. 

605. The Castle of Andalusia. Comic opera, 3 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application Oct. 28, 1782, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Nov. 2. 

MS. Comp. 1794 (133039): numerous and extensive discrepancies. See No.577. 

606. Il Convito. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

607. The Best Bidder. Farce, 2 acts. Miles Peter Andrews. 


Application Nov. 22, 1782, Thomas King, D.L. Prod. Dec. 11. 

MS: prologue. 

608. Lord Mayor's Day; or, A Flight from Lapland. Pantomime, 2 pts. John 

O'Keeffe. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Nov. 25, 1782. 

MS: notice describes piece as Medley Entertainment of Dialogue, Song, and 

Pantomime; numerous corrections. 

609. Address to the Public. (Oft have I come Ambassadress in State.) 


Application Nov. 28, 1782, Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken Nov. 29. 

MS. (Spoken by Mrs. Abington on her first appearance at C.G.) 

610. Philodamus. Tragedy, 5 acts. Richard Bentley. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Dec. 14, 1782. 

Printed copy, 1767: cuts marked to reduce the play to four acts; MS prologue and 

epilogue. 

152




611. Il Trionfo della Costanza. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

612. Rosina. Musical piece, 2 acts. Frances Brooke. 



MS. Comp. 1783 (Dev 8vo 72): Act II differs considerably. 

613. The School for Vanity. Comedy, 5 acts. Samuel Jackson Pratt. 


Application Jan. 15, 1783, Thomas King, D.L. Prod. Jan. 29. 

MS: prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. Miscellanies, by Mr. Pratt, 1785 (Harvard 

Library copy): slight differences. 


614. The Capricious Lady. Comedy, 5 acts. William Cooke, from Beaumont and 

Fletcher. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Jan. 17, 1783. 

MS: prologue, epilogue, and Glee, intended to be Sung in the 2d. Act. Comp. 1783 

(Dev HC 9): dialogue more compressed in MS than in printed version. 

615. The Mysterious Husband. Play, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: a number of passages marked for omission, by Examiner(?); prologue and 

epilogue; cast. Comp. 1783 (K-D 103): slight differences; canceled passages in MS 

generally printed. 

616. The Servant Mistress. Musical farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe, from G. A. 

Federico, La Serva Padrona. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Maid's the Mistress) Feb. 14, 1783. 

MS: a number of corrections. Comp. 1770 (K-D 12): dialogue quite different, and songs 

only slightly similar. 

J.P.C. in B.D. [in connection with the 1770 version there listed]: It was licenced again in 

1783 or a new piece under the same title, as appears by the following from Larpents 

MSS-The Servant Mistress, a Musical Farce in 2 Acts acted at Covent Garden in 1783. 

617. A Bold Stroke for a Husband. Comedy, 5 acts. Hannah Cowley. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Feb. 25, 1783. 

MS: prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 2d ed., 1784 (K-D 358): slight differences. 

618. The Adventures of a Night. Farce, 2 acts. William Hodson. 


Application Feb. 28, 1783, Thomas King, D.L. Prod. Mar. 24. 

MS: prologue; partial cast. Comp. 1783 (K-D 354): a few differences in Act I, more 

extensive differences in Act II. 

153




619. I Vecchi Burlati. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

620. The Shamrock; or, Anniversary of St. Patrick. Pastoral romance, 2 acts. John 

O'Keeffe. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Apr. 7, 1783 (previously, Crow Street, 

Dublin, Apr. 15, 1777). 

MS. 

See No. 636. 

621. Tristram Shandy. Farce, 2 acts. Leonard MacNally. 



MS: notice states, for Aickin's benefit; cast. Comp. 1783 (K-D 206): great differences in 

order of scenes, dialogue, and songs. 

622. Creusa in Delfo. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Marco Coltellini (?). 



MS: cast. 

623. Coalition. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Leonard MacNally. 



MS: notice states, for Wild's benefit. 

624. Prologue. (Of real Novelty we're told, there's none.) 


Application May 28, 1783, George Colman, H2. Spoken June 6 (?). 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), On Opening the H. M. Theatre May 1783. 

625. L'Avaro. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

626. A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed. Comedy, 3 acts. Denis O'Bryen. 




627. The Young Quaker. Comedy, 5 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: a few passages marked for omission, by Examiner(?); prologue and epilogue; cast. 

Comp. [Dublin,] 1788 (K-D 288): differs greatly in content, order of scenes, and 

phraseology. 

154




628. The Birth Day; or, The Prince of Arragon. Comic opera, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: prologue; cast. Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): 

numerous slight differences. 

629. The Receipt Tax. Farce, 2 acts. John Dent. 



MS: notices states, for Wilson's benefit; prologue. Comp. 1783 (K-D 362): slight 

differences. 

630. The Lawyer; or, A Suit for the Season. Comedy, 3 acts. _____ Williamson. 



MS: notice states, for Mrs. Bulkley's benefit; prologue and epilogue. 

631. Two to One. Musical comedy, 3 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 


Application Aug. 14, 1783, George Colman, H2. Prod. June 19, 1784. 

MS: prologue. Comp. Songs, Duets, Trios, &c., in the New Comedy of Two to One, 1784 

(K-D 627): numerous discrepancies; dialogue not printed. 

632. One Rake in a Thousand! Comedy, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. Bristol, Aug. 16, 1783. 

MS: prologue. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It appears by Larpens Book of accounts to have been sent from Bath in 

1783 & he licensed it on June 4th. 1783. 

633. Seeing Is Believing: A Dramatic Proverb. Farce, 1 act. Richard Paul Jodrell. 



MS: cast. Comp. 1786 (K-D 265): practically identical. 

634. Gretna Green. Musical farce, 2 acts. Charles Stuart. 



MS: cover gives title, New Gretna Green (piece is so listed in B.C.); prologue; cast. 

Comp. Songs, Airs, &c. in the Musical Farce called Gretna Green, 1783 (K-D 203): MS 

contains several songs not printed; a few other discrepancies; dialogue not printed. 

635. The Green Room. Prelude. _____ Finney. 



MS: notice states, for Bannister's benefit. 

155




636. The Poor Soldier. Comic opera, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS. Comp. [1828] (Cumberland's British Theatre): a few differences; songs do not 

correspond exactly. 

See No. 620. 

637. The Magic Picture, Prologue. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken Nov. 8, 1783 (?). 

MS: headed Prologue to the Revived Play of The Magic Picture; notice states, intended 

to be spoken as Massinger's Ghost. 

638. The Metamorphosis. Comic opera, 3 acts. William Jackson. 


Application Nov. 25, 1783, Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Dec. 5. 

MS. Comp. Songs, Duets, &c., in The Metamorphosis, 1783 (Dev 8vo 62): a number of 

discrepancies; dialogue not printed. 

639. Lucio Silla. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 


Application Nov. 28, 1783, Peter Crawford and Giovanni Gallini, H1. Prod. Nov. 29 (?). 

MS: cast. 

640. New Ways to Catch Hearts. Comedy, 5 acts. Hannah Cowley. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as More Ways Than One) Dec. 6, 1783. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. More Ways Than One, 2d ed., 1784 (K-D 361): 

numerous lines in printed version not in MS. 

641. L'Albergatrice Vivaci. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 13, 1783, Giovanni Gallini and Peter Crawford, H1. Prod. Dec. 16. 

MS: cast. 

642. Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin Gulliver. Dialogue and songs. Pantomime, 2 pts. 

John O'Keeffe. 



MS. 

643. Li Rivali Delusi. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 5, 1784, Peter Crawford, H1. Prod. Jan. 6. 

MS: cast. 

644. Il Trionfo d'Arianna. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. C. G. Lanfranchi-Rossi. 


Application n.d., Giovanni Gallini and Peter Crawford, H1. Prod. Jan. 17, 1784. 

MS: cast. 

156




645. The Reparation. Comedy, 5 acts. Miles Peter Andrews. 


Application Jan. 31, 1784, Joseph Younger, D.L. Prod. Feb. 14. 

MS: some erasures; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1784 (K-D 319): a few passages 

and lines in MS not printed. 


646. The Double Disguise. Comic opera, 2 acts. Mrs. James (Harriet Horncastle) 

Hook. 


Application Feb. 6, 1784, Joseph Younger, D.L. Prod. Mar. 8. 

MS. Comp. 1784 (K-D 32): a few slight differences. 

647. The Shipwreck; or, Fatal Curiosity. Tragedy, 5 acts. Henry Mackenzie, from 

George Lillo. 



MS: prologue. 

648. Alina; o sia, La Regina di Golgonda. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 


Application Mar. 16, 1784, Peter Crawford, H1. Prod. Mar. 18. 

MS. 

649. The Interview. Comic opera, 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 26, 1784, Joseph Younger, D.L. Prod. 1784 (?). 

MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: ...it was doubtless acted at Drury Lane soon afterwards [after Mar. 26, 

1784]-In his account book Larpent entered the payment for the licence on the 27th 

March 1784. 

650. The Quacks; or, The Credulous Man. Comedy, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 12, 1784, Joseph Younger, D.L. Prod. Apr. 19. 

MS: prologue. (Ascribed to Jesse Foot.-Nicoll.) 

651. The Fair Refugee; or, The Rival Jews. Comedy, 5 acts. 


No application. [Apr. 12, 1784?] Prod. H2, 1784 (?). 

MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: In Larpents MS it is said that the Comedy was written in 1780-It was 

licenced by Larpents Acct. books on 12 April 1784-It is probable therefore that it was 

played in the summer of that year. 

652. Address by Mr. Quick Riding on an Elelphant. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken Apr. 13, 1784. 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), Quicks Benefit. 

157




653. Hallow Fair; or, The School for Lasses. Interlude, 1 act. [William Woods?] 


No application. Prod. Edinburgh, Apr. 17, 1784. 

MS: described as A Local, Comical, Farcical, Musical Interlude; endorsed, at end, 

Edina: W:W: 1784. March. (Performed for the benefit of Woods.) 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Hallow Fair or the School for Lasses an Interlude represented at 

Edinburgh. Managers letter signed Jackson'-n. d in L. L. 

654. Robin Hood; or, Sherwood Forest. Comic opera, 3 acts. Leonard MacNally. 



MS. Comp. 1784 (K-D 319): only slight resemblance between MS and printed version. 

655. An Address to Be Spoken by Mrs. Wells on Her Benefit Night. 


Application Apr. 27, 1784, Joseph Younger, D.L. Spoken Apr. 30. 

MS. 

656. Bribery on Both Sides. Farce, 1 act. 



MS. 

657. Too Loving by Half. Interlude, 2 acts. Horatio Robinson. 



MS: notice states, for Mrs. Martyr's benefit; cast; Airs Duetts &c included separately. 

658. An Address Written for Mrs. [Stephen] Kemble. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken May 18, 1784. 

MS. 

659. The Election of the Managers. Prelude, 2 acts. George Colman. 


Application May 18, 1784, George Colman, H2. Prod. June 2. 

MS: title-page states, For the opening of the Theatre Royal Haymarket 1784; some 

corrections, by author(?), and passages marked for omission, by Examiner(?). 

See No. 663, of which this is apparently a copy, with some corrections made. 

660. Hunt the Slipper. Farce, 2 acts. Henry Knapp. 


Application May 20, 1784, George Colman, H2. Prod. Aug. 21. 

MS: title on title-page, The Equivocal Lover. 

661. A Mogul Tale. Farce, 2 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 


Application May 29, 1784, George Colman; H2. Prod. July 6. 

MS. Comp. 1796 (Dev 12mo 35): numerous and important differences. 

158




662. Peeping Tom of Coventry. Musical piece, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application May 29, 1784, George Colman, H2. Prod. Sept. 6. 

MS. Comp. [Dublin], 1784 (K-D 288): conspicuous differences throughout. 

663. The Election of the Managers. Prelude, 2 pts. George Colman. 



MS: title-page states, for the opening of the Theatre Royal Haymarket. 1784; 

corrections; some marks, by Examiner(?); prologue and songs. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpents copy has the author's corrections and omissions-It was 

objected to on account chiefly of personal allusions to the instrumentality of the 

Duchess of Devonshire in the Westr. Elect: of 1784. 

See No. 659. 

664. The Manager an Actor in Spite of Himself. Interlude. Charles Bonnor, from 

Jean du Castre d'Auvigny (?). 


No application. Prod. C.G., June 14, 1784. 

MS: endorsed Translation of La Fête de Compagne or L'Intendant Comédien malgre lui 

Comedie Episodique Par M. Dauvigny. First perform'd in Paris, in the Year 1784. 

665. Lord Russell. Tragedy, 3 acts. William Hayley. 


Application June 24, 1784, George Colman, H2. Prod. Aug. 18. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. Plays of Three Acts, Written for a Private Theatre, 

1784 (K-D 327): slight differences; prologue and epilogue not printed. 

666. The Noble Peasant. Comic opera, 3 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 



MS. Comp. 1784 (K-D 408): numerous differences. 

667. A Peep into Elysium; or, Foote, Shuter, and Weston in the Shades. Interlude, 

1 act. 



MS: notice states, for Wilson's benefit; cast. 

668. The Two Connoisseurs. Comedy, 3 acts. William Hayley. 


Application n.d., George Colman, H2. Prod. Sept. 2, 1784. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. Plays of Three Acts, 1784 (K-D 327): numerous 

unimportant differences; prologue and epilogue not printed. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Prologue apologises for the rhime-The Epilogue written by Captain 

Topham was spoken by Miss Farren. 

669. An Address to Be Spoken by Mr. Lacy. 


Application Sept. 13, 1784, unsigned, H2 (?). Spoken Sept. 13. 

MS. (Spoken by Lacy on his first appearance at H2, as Hamlet?) 

159




670. The Deception. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Vaughan. 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Oct. 28, 1784. 

MS: some erasures; prologue and two epilogues, one with separate application for 

license. 

671. Aerostation; or, The Templar's Stratagem. Farce, 2 acts. Frederick Pilon. 



MS: prologue, with separate notice to Examiner; previous title, All the World in the 

Clouds, erased. Comp. 1784 (K-D 354): slight differences. 

672. The Spanish Rivals. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. M. Lonsdale. 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Nov. 4, 1784. 

MS: prologue, with separate application, n.d. Comp. 1784 (K-D 636): a few differences. 

673. Fontainbleau; or, Our Way in France. Comic opera, 3 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS. Comp. Dublin, 1785 (K-D 288): only very slight resemblance, except that songs 

correspond in general. 

Note 

Microprint 2 

674. The Carmelite. Tragedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Dec. 2, 1784. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1784 (K-D 591): a few differences, especially in Act 

II. 

675. The Marriage of Figaro. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft, from 

Beaumarchais. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Follies of a Day) Dec. 14, 1784. 

MS: prologue. Comp. The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro, 1785 (88503): 


J.P.C. in B.D.: Holcroft told me that he took down the dialogue &c in the first instance 

in the theatre at Paris, then wrote it out & sent the piece to England. 

See No. 2077. 

676. The Natural Son. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley. Prod. Dec. 22, 1784. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1785 (K-D 103): a few differences. See No. 1026, 

an abridgment of this play. 

677. Il Curioso Indiscreto. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

160




678. Darius. Tragedy, 5 acts. Thomas Stratford (?). 


No application. Prod. D.L., 1784 (?). 

MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Darius a Tragedy-Acted at Drury Lane-The Managers letter signed 

Thomas Linley 1784. L.L. This is no doubt Dr. Stratfords Tragedy... but the MS, among 

Larpent's Plays, gives no further information. (See B.D., II, 153.) 

679. An Elopement; or, The Liverpool Welcome. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application n.d., unsigned, for Liverpool. 

MS: dated 1784; prologue. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: ...acted at Liverpool in 1784 [L.L.]. 

680. Le Gelosie Villane. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

681. Le Gemèlle. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Girolamo Tonioli (?). 



MS: dated 1784; cast. 

682. Isipile. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS. (Dated in L.L., H1, 1784.) 

683. Lingo's Wedding. Ballad farce, 2 acts. 



MS: epilogue. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Lingo's Wedding-a ballad farce from Edinburgh in 1784-' L.L. 

684. Runnamede. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Logan. 


No application. Prod. Edinburgh, 1784 (?). 

MS: dated 1784; prologue. Comp. Edinburgh, 1784 (K-D 363): numerous differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpent's List says that it was acted at Edinburgh in 1784.-It was among 

his MSS. as having been licenced. 

685. The Talisman. Farce, 1 act. 


No application. [H2, 1784?] 

MS: some corrections; prologue. 

161




686. The Blacksmith of Antwerp. Farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: inserted, 2 songs, one with separate application, Sept. 21, 1816, J.[?] Stokes, D.L.; 

prologue. Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (K-D 322): virtually 

identical; songs inserted in MS not printed. 

See No. 1936. 

687. The Maid of Honor. Comedy, 5 acts. John Philip Kemble, from Philip 

Massinger. 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Jan. 27, 1785. 


688. Liberty Hall. Musical piece, 2 acts. Charles Dibdin. 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Feb. 8, 1785. 

MS: cast given, but erased. Comp. 1785 (K-D 451): unimportant differences. 

689. Philander and Rose; or, The Bridal Day. Farce, 2 acts. Elizabeth (Satchell) 

Kemble. 


Application Feb. 8, 1785, William Powell, Manchester. Prod. Apr. 25. 

MS. Comp. The Songs, in the Pastoral, called Philander and Rose, Manchester, [1785] 

(K-D 237): a few differences; dialogue not printed. 

690. Tea's the Twaddle. Interlude. 


Application Feb. 8, 1785, Elizabeth Lloyd, [H2?]. 

MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Tea's the Twaddle', a prelude in one Act performed at the Haymarket in 

1785 for the benefit of Elizabeth Lloyd. It is written in imitation of Garricks 'Farmers 

Return', and like it is in rhime. 


691. The Arab. Tragedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Mar. 8, 1785. 

MS: prologue. Comp. Alcanor, in The Posthumous Dramatick Works of the Late Richard 

Cumberland, 1813 (121215): only slight resemblance in plot between the two plays. 

692. St. Giles's Scrutiny. Interlude. 


Application Mar. 31 [1785?], unsigned, D.L. Prod. Apr. 11 (?), 1785. 

MS. (Performed for Baddeley's benefit.) 

693. The Israelites; or, The Pamper'd Nabob. Farce, 2 acts. Tobias Smollett (?). 



MS: notice states, for Aickin's benefit. 

162




694. Fashionable Levities. Comedy, 5 acts. Leonard MacNally. 



MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1785 (K-D 448): numerous detailed differences; MS 

contains several scenes not printed. 

695. The Author on the Wheel; or, A Piece Cut in the Green Room. Entertainment, 

1 act. 


Application n.d. [Apr. 9, 1785?], Thomas Linley, D.L. 

MS: slight revisions. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Author on the Wheel, a piece cut in the Greenroom was probably 

played in 1785 as Larpent licensed it on 9th April in that year as appears by his 

account book-It was only one act. It was sent from the Manager of Drury Lane, Lindly. 

696. The Nunnery. Musical farce, 2 acts. William Pearce. 



MS: several passages canceled. Comp. The Words of the Songs... in The Nunnery, 

1785 (K-D 627): slight differences; dialogue not printed. 

697. The Fool. Farce, 2 acts. Edward Topham. 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Apr. 15, 1785. 

MS: included, an Epilogue-Prologue; prologue and additional scene, with separate 

application (n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G.), for performance with alterations, C.G., Dec. 14, 

1785. Comp. 1786 (K-D 365): slight differences; the C.G. alterations and additional 

scene of MS are in printed version, but Epilogue-Prologue is not printed. 

698. The Humourist; or, Who's Who. Farce, 2 acts. James Cobb. 



MS: prologue; stage directions. 

699. A Beggar on Horseback. Farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS. Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): slight differences. 

700. I'll Tell You What. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 


Application Apr. 30, 1785, George Colman, H2. Prod. Aug. 4. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1786 (K-D 181): a few differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It is very doubtful whether Colman gave the name to it [as B.D. reports 

on hearsay], because in his letter to the Licenser prefixed to Larpents MS. he inserted 

no name, and it was added with a caret in the hand writing of Mrs. Inchbald. 

701. The Lawyer's Panic; or, Westminster Hall in an Uproar. Prelude. John Dent. 


Application n.d., Richard Wilson, C.G. Prod. May 7, 1785. 

MS: notice states, for Wilson's benefit; cast. Comp. 1785 (K-D 359): printed version 

contains a short scene not in MS; other differences slight. 

163




702. Robin Bullcalf's Readings; or, His Journey to London. Interlude. 


Application [May 9, 1785], Thomas Linley, D.L. 

MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Robin Bullcalf's Readings, or his Journey to London, an Interlude 

performed at Drury Lane 1785. obviously performed for some benefit, altho' Lindleys 

(the Managers) letter does not state for whose benefit. 

703. The Campaign; or, Love in the East Indies. Comic opera, 3 acts. Robert 

Jehpson. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. May 12, 1785 (previously, Smock Alley, 

Dublin, Jan., 1784). 

MS: title-page endorsed a Comic Opera written by Robert Jephson Esqre the poetry by 

Sr Nathaniel Barry; numerous passages marked for deletion, by Examiner(?). 

704. Turk and No Turk. Musical comedy, 3 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 



MS: some corrections and deletions; prologue and epilogue. Comp. Songs, Duetts, 

Trios, &c., in Turk and No Turk, 1785 (K-D 627): some differences; songs, only, printed. 

705. William and Susan; or, The Sailors Sheet Anchor. Musical farce, 2 acts. 


Application Aug. 20, 1785, James Wrighten, H2. Prod. Aug. 26. 

MS: notice states, for Bannister's benefit; cast. 

706. Here and There and Every Where, Dialogue in. Pantomime. 



MS. 

707. The Roman Father, Prologue to. 


No application; endorsed C.G., 1785. Spoken Oct. 17. 

MS. (To introduce Miss Brunton in the character of Honoria.) 

708. Appearance Is Against Them. Farce, 2 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 



MS: title on first page, The Shawl; prologue. Comp. 1785 (K-D 354): a few differences. 

709. The Choleric Fathers. Comic opera, 3 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 




710. The Strangers at Home. Opera, 3 acts. James Cobb. 


Application Nov. 28, 1785, Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Dec. 8. 

M.S. Comp. 1786 (K-D 263): a number of differences, mostly in the songs. 

164




711. Werter. Tragedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 


Application Nov. 29, [ sic], 1785, John Palmer, Bath. Prod. Nov. 25, 1785. 

MS: numerous corrections; title-page dated July 29, 1785; prologue and epilogue. 

Comp. Dublin, 1786 (K-D 40): numerous differences, especially in last act. Also comp. 

1796 (K-D 457): in three acts, made by omission and recombination of material. 



Application Dec. 8, 1785, Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken Dec. 10. 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), For Miss Powell. 

713. Omai, Songs, &c., in. Pantomime, 2 pts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: Comp. new ed., 1785 (K-D 316): some discrepancies; pantomime directions and 

notes printed are not in MS. 

714. La Finta Principessa. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Filippo Livigni. 



MS: dated, by Larpent (?), 1785. 

715. The Hurly Burly; or, The Fairy of the Well. Pantomime, 18 scenes. James Cobb 

and Thomas King. 


Application n.d. [1785], Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Jan. 2, 1786 (?). 

MS: one correction and one speech deleted; note, dated Dec. 24, 1785: Mr King's best 

respects wait on Mr Larpent-hopes the alteration made in the enclosed Copy will do 

away whatever may have been thought exceptionable. Comp. copy (no date, no 

title-page), apparently printed for distribution in the theater (K-D 630): only first few 

pages of MS, a few songs, and concluding speeches are printed, such parts of it as 

have an immediate relation to the plot; no differences in part printed. 

716. The Inquiry; or, Cause of the Present High Price of Provisions. Prelude, 1 act. 



MS: some corrections. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Inquiry...is in my hands-It is a ridicule of the Corporation of London 

during a time of Scarcity and the date of 1785 is mentioned in it. It is a MS. and 

perhaps never was acted, although my copy is in the hand writing of the copyist of the 

theatre. It has no author's name. 

717. The Man Like Himself; or, Stratford Wake. Interlude, 1 act. 


Application n.d., William Powell, Manchester, Prod. 1785 (?). 

MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: ...an Interlude acted at Manchester-Manager Mr Powell in 1785 [L.L.]. 

718. Il Pittòr Parigino. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application. [1785]. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), 1785. 

165




719. The Swindler. Comedy, 2 acts. 


No application. 


J.P.C. in B.D.: It may be doubted whether it was not acted. It was certainly sent to 

Larpent in order to be licensed, but it does not appear from which Theatre. [The mere 

presence of an unannotated printed copy, without manager's letter, among Larpent's 

MSS is not indication that the piece was acted or even sent for license.] 


720. Il Marchese Tulipano. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 17, 1786, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. Jan. 21 (?). 

MS: cast. 

721. Didone. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Pietro Metastasio (?). 


Application Feb. 10, 1786, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. Feb. 11 (?). 

MS: cast. 

722. Love in a Camp; or, Patrick in Prussia. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. John 

O'Keeffe. 



MS: cast. Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): numerous 

differences; printed text somewhat longer than MS. 

723. The Projects. Farce, 2 acts. John Philip Kemble (?). 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Feb. 18, 1786. 

MS. 



No application. Spoken, C.G., Feb. 25, 1786. 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), On the Death of Henderson 1785. 

725. La Scuola de' Gelosi. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 4, 1786, I.A. Gallini, H1. 

MS: notice states, to be performed on Tuesday next; cast. 

726. The Captives. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Delap. 


Application n.d., I Ford, for Thos. Linley, D.L. Prod. Mar. 9, 1786. MS: prologue and 

epilogue. Comp. 1786 (K-D 282): only a few differences, except that last act is longer 

in printed version. 

166




727. The Fair Peruvian. Comic opera, 3 acts. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Peruvian) Mar. 18, 1786. 

MS: title, Corally or the Fair Peruvian, given at head of Act I. Comp. The Peruvian, 3d 

ed., 1786 (K-D 316): a number of differences, especially in the songs; one long 

passage in MS not printed. 

728. Giulio Sabino. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. P. Giovannini (?). 


Application Mar. 30, 1786, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. Mar. 30 (?). 

MS: title-page endorsed for the benfit of Signora Ferranese Nelbere [?]. 

See No. 800 (there are numerous differences). 

729. The April Fool; or, Folies of a Night. Farce, 2 acts. Leonard MacNally. 



MS: prologue. 

730. The Bird in a Cage, Epilogue to. 


No application. Spoken C.G., Apr. 24, 1786 (?), at Quick's benefit. 

MS. 

731. Virginia. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application May 2, 1786, I. Gallini, H1 

MS: notice states, to be performed on Thursday next; cast. 

732. The Bristol Sailor; or, The Whimsical Ladies. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. 

John Bernard. 


No application. Prod. Bath, May 9, 1786. 

MS: numerous corrections and additions. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'The Bristol Sailor or the Whimsical Ladies, a Musical Entertainment in 2 

Acts performed at Bath. Manager Mr Palmer. 1786.' L.L. On the title page of the MS 

has been written 'By J. Bannister' but carefully erased so as to leave only the initials 

very legible. 

Note 

The name of the author, erased by closely placed diagonal strokes in two directions, 

read under the compound binocular microscope with the aid of a lamp and a dichloric 

filter, appears to be Bernard, and is certainly not Bannister; and Genest (VI, 420) 

states that Bernard is the author of the piece. Bernard was this year a member of 

Palmer's Bath company, and Bannister was playing at D.L. 

733. L'Inglese in Italia. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Charles Francis Badini. 


Application May 17, 1786, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. May 18 (?). 

MS: cast. 

167




734. Armida. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

See No. 1351 (these are numerous differences). 

735. Prologue, for the Opening of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. 


Application June 5, 1786, George Colman, H2. Spoken June 19 (?). 

MS. 

736. The Neuter. Farce, 2 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 


Application June 5, 1786, George Colman, H2. Prod. (as The Widow's Vow) June 20. 

MS: prologue. Comp. The Widow's Vow, 1786 (K-D 364): numerous but slight 

differences. 

737. The Frolick. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application June 7, 1786, John (?) Palmer, Bath. 

MS: in notice, previous title, Oxford Scholar, deleted, and Frolick substituted. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'The Frolick, a farce in two acts acted at Bath. Managers Letter signed 

Palmer June 7th 1786.' LL The MS contains no more, excepting that the piece was 

originally called the Oxford Scholar-Qy if it is anything like 'the Runaway' q.v. 

738. The Disbanded Officer; or, The Baroness of Bruchsal. Comedy, 5 acts. James 

Johnstone. 




739. The Married Man; or, The Closet Cordial. Comedy, 4 acts. 


Application July 4, 1786, John Ledger, Bath. 

MS: numerous erasures and corrections; earlier subtitle, The Delicate Objection, 

erased; prologue and epilogue; partial cast. 

740. Occasional Address. (In this bright Court is merit fairly tried.) 


Application July 6, 1786, George Colman, H2. 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), On some female appearing for the first time as Macheath. 

741. The Walking Statue; or, The Devil in the Wine Cellar. Farce, 1 act. From 

Aaron Hill. 


No application. Prod. (as The Devil in the Wine Cellar) H2, July 25, 1786. 

Printed copy: MS insertions and corrections. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Walking Statue is in Larpents List as licensed for the Haymarket in 

1786-It was a revival with alterations as appears by the Copy in his Collection. 

168




742. Address Spoken by Mr. Bannister, Junr. 


Application Aug. 1, 1786, George Colman, H2. Spoken Aug. 3. 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), for Miss George on playing the Romp. 

743. The Siege of Curzola. Comic opera, 3 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS. 

744. Tit for Tat; or, The Mutual Deception. Comedy, 3 acts. George Colman, from 

Joseph Atkinson, The Mutual Deception. 



Printed copy of Atkinson's play, 1785: extensive MS corrections and additions; MS 

prologue and epilogue. Comp. Tit for Tat, 1788 (K-D 96): except for some slight 

differences, the revisions are incorporated. 

745. Coeur de Lion. Comic opera, 3 acts. Leonard MacNally. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Richard Coeur de Lion) Oct. 16, 1786. 

MS. Comp. Richard Coeur de Lion, 1786 (K-D 455): some differences, chiefly in order 

of scenes. 

746. Coeur de Lion. Musical entertainment, 3 acts. John Burgoyne, from M. J. 

Sedaine. 


Application Oct. 16, 1786, Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. (as Richard Coeur de Lion) Oct. 

24, 1786. 

MS. Comp. Richard Coeur de Lion, 2d ed., 1786 (K-D 206): virtually identical. 

747. He Would Be a Soldier. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederick Pilon. 




748. A School for Grey Beards; or, The Mourning Bride. Comedy, 5 acts. Hannah 

Cowley. 



MS: prologue and epilogue, Comp. 1786 (K-D 94): only a few differences, except at 

end of Act IV. 

749. The Girl in Stile. Farce, 2 acts. John Scawen. 



MS: prologue. 

750. Eloisa. Tragedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: numerous corrections; prologue and epilogue. 

169




751. Alceste. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. From Pietro Metastasio. 



MS: cast. 

See No. 399. 

752. The Castle of Wonders, Dialogue, Songs, and Choruses in. Pantomime, 2 acts. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Enchanted Castle) Dec. 26, 1786. 

MS. 

753. Almira. Tragedy, 5 acts. 


Application n.d., William McCready, Manchester. [1786?] 

MS: numerous erasures; prologue. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Almira-Acted at Manchester-The Manager's letter signed William 

McReady in 1786-' [L.L.] The MS supplies no farther information, & the Managers letter 

has no date. 

754. Love Conquers All! or, The Cheshire Knight Outwitted. Musical afterpiece, 2 

acts. W. Cowdroy. 


Application n.d., Joseph Munden, Chester. [1786?] 

MS: previous title, The Use of the Globe; or, The World Full of Love, erased. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Love Conquers All or the Cheshire Knight outwitted, an Entertainment 

(musical) in two Acts from the Theatre Royal at Chester-1786.' Thus it stands in 

Larpents account book. From the MS among his plays it appears that it was written by 

W. Cowdroy and the letter requiring a license is signed Joseph Munden and is in his 

handwriting. 

755. More Ways than Means. Comedy, 4 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 


No application. [1786?] Prod. (as Ways and Means; or, A Trip to Dover) H2, July 10, 

1788. 

MS: dated, by J.P.C.(?), 1786. Comp. Ways and Means, 2d ed., 1788 (K-D 107): printed 

in three acts; numerous differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: More Ways than Means, a Comedy in 4 Acts acted at the Haymarket in 

1786.' LL. See 'Ways & Means' & MS note. [And, under Ways and Means in B.D.] It was 

licenced, as appears by Larpents Account books on 16: Augt. 1786 under the title of 

'More Ways than Means, a Comedy in 4 Acts' Qy whether the Printed Copy of 1788 

varies from the four act play. See MS note 'More Ways than Means.' Some of the 

characters were subsequently omitted. 

756. Giannina e Bernardone. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 5, 1787, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. Jan. 9. 

MS: cast. 

757. The First Floor. Farce, 2 acts. James Cobb. 



MS: prologue; cast. Comp. 2d ed., 1787 (K-D 202): slight differences. 

170




758. The Heiress. Comedy, 5 acts. John Burgoyne. 



MS: some deletions; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1786 (K-D 281): Act II, Scene 

2, quite different; other parts practically identical. 

759. The Man Milliner. Farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Jan. 27, 1787. 

MS: prologue. Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): 

substantially the same. 

760. The Mistakes of a Day. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. [J. H. Colls?] 


Application Jan. 31, 1787, G. L. (?) Barrett, Norwich. Prod. 1787 (?). 


J.P.C. in B.D.: It was licensed by Larpent to G. L. Barrett Manager of the Norwich 

Theatre on 31 Jany 1787 Qy if not by J. H. Colls who wrote Election Squibs at Norwich 

under the name of Pater Pendon Jun. (T. A.) [Thomas Amyot?]. 


761. Such Things Are. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 



MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1788 (Dev 8vo 18): virtually identical. 

762. Il Tutor Burlato. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 16, 1787, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. Feb. 17. 

MS: cast. 

763. Giulio Cesare [in Egitto]. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 28, 1787, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. Mar. 1. 

MS: cast. 

764. Seduction. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Mar. 12, 1787. 

MS. Comp. 1787 (K-D 206): no differences. 

765. A Specimen of Jewish Courtship. Prelude. 



MS: title-page endorsed A Prelude.-To.- The Mistake of a Minute an Entertainment in 

One Act [submitted with it and bound with it]. 

766. The Mistakes of a Minute. Entertainment, 1 act. 


Application (with No. 765) n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Mar. 23, 1787. 

MS. (Not listed in B.C.) 

171




767. Lingo's Opinions on Men & Manners. Interlude (monologue with songs), 3 pts. 

[John Edwin?] 


Application n.d., J. Booth, C.G. Prod. Apr. 10, 1787. 

MS: notice states, to be spoken by Mr. Edwin on his Benefit Night. Comp. copy (no 

indication of authorship) in The Eccentricities of John Edwin [by John Williams, 1791] 

(Harvard Library copy): numerous and extensive differences; finale quite different. 

768. Julia; or, The Italian Lover. Tragedy, 5 acts. Robert Jephson. 



MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1787 (K-D 139): almost identical. 

769. Gli Schiavi per Amore. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

770. Nina. Comedy, 1 act. George Monck Berkeley, from the French. 



MS: prologue. Comp. [1787] (K-D 361): printed in two acts; MS does not have songs; 

other slight variations. 

771. Harvest Home. Comic opera, 2 acts. Charles Dibdin. 


Application Apr. 30, 1787, George Colman, H2. Prod. May 16. 

MS: prologue. Comp. 1787 (K-D 355): a few differences; prologue not printed. 

772. Bonds without Judgment; or, The Loves of Bengal. Farce, 2 acts. Edward 

Topham. 



MS: some deletions. 

773. La Vestale; o sia, L'Amore Protetto dal Cielo. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Charles 

Francis Badini. 



MS: previous title, Emilia, deleted; cast. 

774. The Merry Making. Opera, 3 acts. 


Application May 7, 1787, George Colman, H2. 

MS: prologue. 

775. The Midnight Hour. Comedy, 3 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald, from the French. 


Application May 10, 1787, J. Booth, C.G. Prod. May 22. 

MS: prologue. Comp. 1827 (Cumberland's British Theatre): prologue not printed; slight 

differences. 

172




776. The Distress'd Baronet. Farce, 2 acts. Charles Stuart. 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. May 11, 1787. 

MS: prologue. Comp. 2d ed., 1787 (K-D 357): numerous and extensive differences. 

777. The Lobby Lounger. Prelude, 1 act. Charles Stuart. 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. (as The Box-Lobby Loungers) May 16, 1787. 

MS. 

778. The Cantabs. Musical farce, 2 acts. 


Application May, [1787,] Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. May 21, 1787. 

MS: cast. 

779. The Country Attorney. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: numerous excisions and corrections; prologue, and epilogue with separate notice 

to Examiner, July 6. 

See No. 828. 

780. English Readings. Farce, 1 act. James Cobb. 


Application June 25, 1787, George Colman, H2. Prod. Aug. 7. 


781. Prologue for the Opening of the Theatre Royal Margate. 


Application June, 1787, J. Booth, Margate. 

MS. 

782. Inkle and Yarico. Opera, 3 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 



MS: prologue, dated 1789. Comp. [1787] (K-D 181): discrepancies in the songs; 

prologue not printed. 

783. The Test of Love. Farce, 2 acts. _____ Robinson. 



MS: notice states, for Miss Farren's benefit; prologue. Comp. Songs, &c., in The Test of 

Love, 1787 (Dev 8vo 68): songs, only, printed; virtually identical with those of MS. 

784. The Village Lawyer. Farce, 2 acts. William Macready (?). 



MS. Comp. 3d ed., 1795 (K-D 295): detailed differences in dialogue and arrangement 

of scenes throughout. (J.P.K. has written on the title-page of this ed.: This Piece was 

not written by Mr. Macready. This is a surreptitious Edition.) Comp. also 1828 

(Cumberland's British Theatre): differences in details. 

173




785. Vimonda. Tragedy, 5 acts. Andrew McDonald. 


Application Aug. 23, 1787, George Colman, H2. Prod. Sept. 5. 


786. Ups and Downs; or, The Farmer. Comic opera, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Farmer) Oct. 31, 1787. 

MS. Comp. The Farmer, Dublin, 1788 (K-D 288): some differences throughout. 

787. The New Peerage; or, Our Eyes May Deceive Us. Comedy, 5 acts. Harriet Lee. 



MS: prologue and two epilogues. Comp. 1787 (K-D 97): slight differences. 

788. Il Re Teodora. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 7, 1787, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. Dec. 8(?). 

MS: cast. 

789. All on a Summer's Day. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 




790. Il Giramondo. Comic opera (Italian), 3 acts. 



MS. 

791. The Fate of Sparta; or, The Rival Kings. Tragedy, 5 acts. Hannah Cowley. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Jan. 1, 1788. 

MS: in title, Siege erased and Fate written in; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1788 (K-D 


792. The Fate of Sparta; or, The Rival Kings. Tragedy, 5 acts. Hannah Cowley. 



MS. Comp. 1788 (K-D 102): slight differences. (This MS is practically identical with No. 

791, except that it lacks the prologue and epilogue and is in a different hand.) 

793. Such Things Were. Tragedy, 5 acts. Prince Hoare. 


No application. Prod. Bath, Jan. 1, 1788; and D.L. (as Julia; or, Such Things Were), May 

2, 1796. 

MS: some corrections, insertions, and excisions; apparently marked by prompter; 

canceled title on title-page, The Tears of Virtue (title under which it is listed in B.C.). 

174




794. La Locandiera. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 


795. King and No King, Prologue to. 


No application. Spoken C.G., Jan. 14, 1788. 

MS. 

796. Calcutta; or, Twelve Hours in India. Comic opera, 3 acts. James Cobb. 


Application Feb. 18, 1788, Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. (as Love in the East) Feb. 25. 

MS: some corrections. Comp. Love in the East; or, Adventures of Twelve Hours, 1788 

(K-D 97): minor discrepancies. 

797. Sing Tantara Rara, Rogues All. Farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Tantara Rara) Mar. 1, 1788. 

MS. Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): slight differences. 

798. La Cameriera Astuta. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 1, 1788, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. Mar. 4. 

MS: cast. 

799. The Regent. Tragedy, 5 acts. Bertie Greatheed. 


Application Mar. 15, 1788, Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. Mar. 29. 


800. Giulio Sabino. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. P. Giovannini. 


Application Mar. 22, 1788, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. Apr. 5 (?). 

MS: cast. 

See No. 728. 

801. The Ton; or, Follies of Fashion. Comedy, 5 acts. Eglantine, Lady Wallace. 



MS: numerous corrections and cancellations; prologue and epilogue; note, Mr. Booth 

to Larpent, Apr. 2, 1788, stating that he has sent the first Full Copy of La: Wallace's 

Comedy that came to his hands,... He has also inserted the Prologue and Epilogue and 

made the alterations as intended at the last Rehearsal. Comp. 1788 (K-D 97): slight 

differences. 

802. Animal Magnetism. Comedy, 3 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 



MS: prologue. Comp. 1828 (Cumberland's British Theatre): numerous slight 

differences; prologue not printed. 

175




803. L'Olimpiade. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application May 3, 1788, Henry Johnson for I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. May 8. 

MS: inserted, a printed song by Badini, in Italian and English, to be sung by Marchesi 

after the performance; cast. 

804. The Stone Eater. Interlude, 1 act. Charles Stuart. 


Application May 10, 1788, Thomas King, D.L., Prod. May 15. 

MS. Comp. 1788 (K-D 101): almost identical. 

805. Marian of the Grange. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Frances Brooke. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Marian) May 22, 1788. 

MS. Comp. 1800 (K-D 453): marked differences in dialogue, order of scenes, names of 

characters, etc. 

806. Occasional Address. (So oft has Pegasus been doom'd to trial.) 


Application Aug. 9, 1788, George Colman, H2. Spoken Aug. 26 (?). 

MS. (Spoken by Mrs. Kemble at her benefit.) 

807. A Touch of the Times; or, A Ramble thro' London. Interlude. 


Application n.d., Thomas Linley, D.L. Prod. H2, Aug. 20, 1788 (?). 

MS: dated 1788; notices states, to be Receited by Mr. Bannister Junr at the Theatre 

Royal Drury Lane. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It is called 'an Interlude' but it is merely a satirical recitation, and it was 

not at the Haymarket [as is stated in B.D.] but at Drury Lane. 

808. Projectors; or, Wit at a Pinch. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application n.d., John Ledger, Bath. [1788?] 

MS: dated by J.P.C. 1788. 

809. La Cosa Rara. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte. 



MS: cast. Comp. 1805 (Larpent Plays, No. 1455): slight differences; printed play 

includes English translation, and has an entirely different cast. 

810. Prologue. (The sanguine Father, leading to the Scene.) 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken Jan. 10, 1789. 

MS: endorsed 1789; notice states, to be spoken on the Appearance of Miss Wallace 

[Wallis], as Sigismunda. 

811. The Impostors. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Jan. 17, 1789, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Jan. 26. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1789 (K-D 95): virtually identical. 

176




812. Ifigenia in Aulide. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. F. Moretti. 



MS: cast. 

See No. 593. 

813. The Toy. Comedy, 5 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: prologue and two epilogues, one with separate application, undated but endorsed 

23d. Janry. 1789. Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keefe, 1798 (147094): notable 

and extensive differences, especially in Act V. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The scene is laid at the Toy at Hampton Ct. It was acted afterwards in 3 

Acts as 'The Lie of the Day.' The Epilogue was damned & another substituted on the 

second night. 


814. Hide and Seek; or, The Slippers. Ballad farce, 2 acts. 



MS. 

815. Il Disartore. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: dated, by Larpent(?), 1789; cast. 

816. Mary Queen of Scots. Tragedy, 5 acts. John St. John. 



MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1789 (K-D 95): virtually the same. 

817. La Villana Riconoscenta. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giuseppi Palomba (?). 


Application Mar. 23, 1789, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. Mar. 24. 

MS: cast. 

818. Such Things Have Been. Interlude, 2 acts. Thomas Ryder. 



MS: endorsed, by Larpent(?), Covent Garden-March 1789. 

819. Address. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken Mar. 28, 1789. 

MS: notice states, for Mrs. Pope's benefit. (Spoken by her.) 

177




820. The Pharo Table. Dialogue and songs. Comedy, 3 acts. From Susannah 

Centlivre, The Gamester. 


Application n.d. [Mar., 1789], Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Faro Table) Apr. 4, 

1789. 

MS: notice states, The following Dialogue & Songs are in [tended?] as the Alteration 

from a Comedy of Five Acts call'd The Gamester written by Mrs. Centlivre, into a 

Comedy of Three Acts call'd the Pharo Table...; dated, by Larpent(?), March 1789. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Some new songs as well as new dialogues were added and were sent for 

Licence in March 1789. 

821. Half an Hour after Supper: A New Novel. Interlude. 


Application Apr. 9, 1789, George Colman, H2. Prod. May 23. 


822. As It Should Be. Dramatic piece, 1 act. Walley Chamberlaine Oulton. 



MS. Comp. 1789 (K-D 97): some differences. 

823. The Suspicious Brother. Comedy, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 9, 1789, George Colman, H2. Prod. (as Try Again) June 26, 1790. 

MS: cast. Comp. Try Again, 1790 (K-D 206): only slight differences. 

824. The Little Hunch-Back; or, A Frolic in Bagdad. Farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: some erasures and corrections. Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1789 

(147094): several differences, with printed text longer than MS. 

See No. 2158, an alteration of this play. 

825. The Civilian; [or, Farmer Turned Footman]. Opera, 2 acts. Samuel William, 

Ryley. 


Application Apr. 15, 1789, William Powell, Manchester. Prod. May 13. 

MS: insertions and corrections, by author(?); cast. Comp. Roderick Random, a Comic 

Opera; and The Civilian, etc., Huddersfield, [1790?] (K-D 344): numerous and 

pronounced differences. 

826. The Enraged Musician. Musical interlude, 1 act. George Colman. 


Application Apr. 17, 1789, George Colman, H2. Prod. (as Ut Pictura Poesis) May 18. 

MS: two slightly varying prologues, one dated Apr. 26, 1789 (and, on verso, Apr. 28, 

1789); title-page adds to title, To the Memory of Hogarth. Ut Pictura Poesis. Comp. Ut 

Pictura Poesis! or, The Enraged Musician, 1789 (K-D 94): a few differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It is Hogarths Picture ['The Enraged Musician'] put into words. 

178




827. False Appearances. Comedy, 5 acts. Henry Seymour Conway. 



MS: prologue, dated April 4th. 1789, and epilogue. Comp. 1789 (K-D 107): numerous 

and extensive differences. 

828. The School for Widows. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Apr. 25, 1789, Thomas Harris, C.G.Prod. May 8. 


See No. 779. 

829. Occasional Prologue, on the First Appearance of a Young Gentleman, at 

Covent Garden Theatre, in the Character of Alexander. 


No application. Spoken C.G., Apr. 28, 1789. 

MS: dated Apr. 28, 1789. 

830. St. George's Day; or, Britons Rejoice! Entertainment, 1 act. 


Application n.d., William Thomas Lewis, C.G. Prod. Apr. 30, 1789. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Apr., 1789. 

831. The Dramatist; or, Stop Him Who Can. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: prologue and epilogue; notice states, for the Benefit of Mrs. Wells; cast. Comp. 

1793 (K-D 357): a few differences. 

832. La Vendemnira. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni Bertati. 



MS: title-page dated 1789; cast. (Dated May 8, 1798, in B.C.) 

833. Laoeudaimonos; or, A People Made Happy. Masque, 1 act. 


Application May 12, 1789, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. May 19. 

MS: title-page states, In Commemoration of the Restoration of His Majesty's Health... 

834. The Swop. A dramatic piece, 2 acts. 


Application May 14, 1789, George Colman, H2. Prod. June 22. 

MS: title-page states, From the German of Coll. D'Ayrenhoff; prologue. 

835. Perseverance; or, The Third Time the Best. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. 

Walley Chamberlaine Oulton. 


Application May 18, 1789, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. June 2 (previously, Crow Street, 

Dublin, Mar. 12). 

MS. 

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836. La Generosita d'Alessandro. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. From Pietro Metastasio, 

Alessandro nell' Indie. 



MS: dated May, 1789; cast. 

837. Il Barbiere di Civiglia. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. From Beaumarchais. 


Application June 9, 1789, I. A. Gallini, H1. Prod. June 11. 

MS: notice states, for Signora Storace's benefit; cast. 

838. The Married Man. Comedy, 3 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald, from Destouches. 




839. The Benevolent Planters. Dramatic piece, 1 act. Thomas Bellamy. 


Application July 29, 1789, George Colman, H2. Prod. (as The Friends) Aug. 5 and (as 

The Benevolent Planters) Aug. 10. 

MS: title, Slavery but a Name, deleted, and The Benevolent Planters substituted; 

prologue, dated July 31, 1789; last page endorsed, Decr. 11, 1788 Mr. Bellamy...; 

notice states, for Mrs. Kemble's benefit. Comp. 1789 (K-D 97): quite different in all 

respects. 

840. The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old. Play with music, 3 acts. George 

Colman, The Younger. 


Application Aug. 3, 1789, G. Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Aug. 11. 

MS: Act III lacking. Comp. Dublin, 1790 (K-D 232), endorsed, by Kemble, This is a 

pirated Copy, and shamefully incorrect, and comp. 1808 (K-D 422): numerous 

unimportant differences between MS and both eds. 

841. The Comet; or, How to Come at Her. Comic piece, 3 acts. 


Application Aug. 5, 1789, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Aug. 10. 

MS: a number of erasures and corrections; cast. 

842. The Learned Lady; or, Double Reform. Comedy, 2 acts. Robert Oliphant. 


Application Aug. 6, 1789, John Philip Kemble, Liverpool. Prod. 1789. 

MS: passage in text deleted, and marked too personal, in margin, by Larpent; copy of 

note, Larpent to Kemble, objecting to a Passage in the 2d Act, which is of so personal 

a Nature that it ought to be omitted,...; also note, James Wrighten to Larpent, 

requesting that license be sent to him for transmission to Kemble. 

843. Thimble's Flight from the Shopboard. Piece, 1 act. 



MS: notice states, for Bannister's benefit on Tuesday 27th instant. Comp. 

Brighthelmston, [1789?] (K-D 95): slight differences. 

180




844. The First of September; or, Each Man His Bird. Afterpiece, 2 acts. Robert 

Oliphant. 


Application Aug. 31, 1789, John Philip Kemble, Liverpool. 

MS. 

845. The Island of St. Marguerite. Opera, 2 acts. John St. John. 


Application Oct. 21, 1789, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Not produced. (License refused.) 

MS: title, The Iron Mask, erased on title-page; several passages deleted. Comp. 1789 

(K-D 95): a number of differences, especially in the last act. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was forbidden in the first instance on account, apparently of the free 

sentiments it inculcates, considered dangerous in 1789-It was afterwards returned to 

the Manager [Examiner?] with a note from J. P. Kemble stating-'The Author of the Iron 

Mask' (so the piece was originally called) 'flatters himself that he has expunged every 

objectionable word and circumstance from this little opera'-Dated Octr. 21. 1789. All 

the corrections and omissions were made by J. P. Kemble and are marked by him in 

his hand in the copy sent to Larpent. On the 4th. Novr. a fair copy was sent to the 

Licenser with all the passages to which he objected omitted. 

See No. 848. 

846. Goodwin. Tragedy, 5 acts. Anne Yearsley. 


No application. Prod. Bath, [Oct.?] 1789. 

MS: much revised; endorsed By Mrs. Yearsley the Bristol Milkwoman. Octr. 1789; 

prologue and epilogue, each dated October 1789. Comp. Earl Goodwin, 1791 (K-D 


847. Marcella. Tragedy, 3 acts. William Hayley. 


Application Nov. 4, 1789, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Nov. 7. 

Printed copy, pp. 93-174 from Plays of Three Acts; written for a Private Theatre, 1784: 

some MS notes. Comp. Dublin, 1784: another ed., but identical text. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The date of Kemble's letter, (as Manager of Drury Lane) to Larpent is 

Nov. 4th. 1789-The two Theatres brought it out in rivalry of each other. 

See No. 849. 

848. The Island of St. Marguerite. Opera, 2 acts. John St. John. 



MS: prologue. Comp. 1789 (K-D 95): this MS follows No. 845 rather than the printed 

text, but contains prologue and one song not in No. 845 but printed; the alterations 

called for by corrections in No. 845 are made in this MS. 

849. Marcella. Tragedy, 3 acts. William Hayley. 


No application. Prod. C.G., Nov. 10, 1789. 

MS: dated Novr. 1789; two copies of prologue, one endorsed Prologue to the Tragedy 

of Marcella-Covent Garden. Comp. version from Plays of Three Acts, 1784 (Larpent 

Plays, No. 847): a few discrepancies; prologue not printed. 

See No. 847 and J.P.C.'s note thereon. 

181




850. The Haunted Tower. Opera, 3 acts. James Cobb. 



MS: numerous deletions and some corrections and insertions. Comp. Dublin, [1790?] 

(K-D 399), and Duncombe's ed. [1832?] (Dev 12mo 55): MS differs considerably from 

both eds. 

851. Harlequin Touchstone [The Touchstone], New Airs, Songs & Chorusses in. 

Pantomime, 2 pts. Charles Dibdin (?). 


Application Nov. 19, 1789, Thomas Harris, C.G. Not produced(?). (License refused.) 

MSS (2, bound together): some of the same airs appear in both; cover to first 

endorsed New Airs Songs & Chorusses &c in the revived Pantomime of Harlequin 

Touchstone, C.G., Nov., 1789; cover to second endorsed Songs Dialogues & Chorusses 

in the revived Pantomime of Touchstone, C.G., Nov., 1789, and (by Larpent) 

Forbidden. 

J.P.C. in B.D. (s.v. The Touchstone): It was revived in 1789 or rather attempted to be 

revived but when the songs &c were sent to the Licenser they were 'forbidden' & that 

word is written on the copy in Larpent's MSS.-No reason is apparent. 

See No. 464. 

852. The Force of Fashion. Comedy, 5 acts. Henry Mackenzie. 



MS: numerous corrections and excisions; prologue and epilogue; partial cast. 

853. The Genius of Liverpool. Prelude. T. Harpley. 


No application. [Dec. 21, 1789.] 

MS: dated 21st. December 1789. Comp. Dramas and Poems, Liverpool, 1790 (K-D 


J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpent enters Kemble as Manager of the Liverpool Theatre when this 

piece was sent up and licensed on the 21st. Decr. 1789. 

854. Ninetta; or, Chi dell'Altrui Siveste, Presto Si Spoglia. Comic opera (Italian), 2 

acts. 


No application. [Dec. 30, 1789?] Prod. H2 (H1 Company), Jan. 16, 1790. 

MS: title-page states, as performed at the Royal Theatre in the Hay Market...Decbr. 

30th. 1789; cast. 

855. The Man of Enterprise. Farce, 2 acts. Charles Shillito. 


No application. Prod. Norwich, 1789 (?). 

MS: numerous erasures and some corrections; cast. Comp. Colchester, 1789 (K-D 

201): numerous slight differences. 

856. The Merry Men of Kent. Comedy, 5 acts. 


No application. [1789.] 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Manchester, 1789. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: ...licensed on 23 March 1789 for the Manchester Theatre. 

182




857. Eudora. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Hayley. 



MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. Three Plays, Chichester, 1811 (K-D 515): prologue 

and epilogue not printed; slight differences. 


858. I Due Castellani Burlati. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Filippo Livigni. 



MS: dated London 1790; cast. 

859. The Adventures; or, Mutual Deception. Farce, 2 acts. Edward Morris. 


Application Feb. 11, 1790, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Mar. 18. 

MS: title changed from The Travellers; prologue. Comp. 1790 (K-D 100): slight 

differences. 

860. The Czar [Peter]. Comic opera, 3 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: numerous corrections and deleted passages; cast. Comp. The Dramatic Works of 

John O'Keeffe, 1798: many differences, especially in the songs. 

See No. 881, an alteration of this play. 

861. Love in Many Masks. Comedy, 5 acts. John Philip Kemble, from Aphra Behn, 

The Rover. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Mar. 8, 1790. 

Printed copy [1790]: dated, by Larpent(?), March 8th. 1790; a few passages marked in 

margin. 

862. The Spoilt Child. Farce, 2 acts. Isaac Bickerstaffe (?). [Attributed also to 

Dorothy Jordan and to James Ford.] 


Application Mar. 13, 1790, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Mar. 22. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 15; prologue. Comp. 1805 (K-D 409): a number of slight 

differences. (The Dublin ed. [1799] is in some respects closer to the MS.) 

863. Better Late than Never. Comedy, 5 acts. Miles Peter Andrews. 


Application Mar. 25, 1790, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Nov. 17. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 30; prologue and two versions of epilogue. Comp. 1790 

(K-D 204): slight differences, chiefly a few speeches in MS not printed. 

864. No Song, No Supper. Opera, 2 acts. Prince Hoare. 


Application Apr. 9, 1790, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Apr. 16. 

MS. Comp. 3d ed., 1795 (K-D 453): MS contains two songs not printed; many 

differences in wording. 

183




865. Mordecai's Beard. Interlude. 



MS: previous title, The Jew's Beard, erased. 

866. Roderick Random. Comedy, 3 acts. Samuel William Ryley. 


Application Apr. 12, 1790, William Powell, Manchester. 

MS: notice, signed by Powell, at Theatre Royal Drury Lane; dated by Larpent Drury 

Lane April 1790. Comp. Huddersfield, [1798?] (K-D 344): MS lacks the songs; slight 

differences in dialogue. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was sent to be licensed on April 12, 1790 by W. Powell then prompter 

at D.L. Theatre who stated that it was to be performed at Manchester-It was probably 

therefore acted before 1793. 

867. Arden of Feversham. Historical tragedy, 5 acts. George Lillo and John Hoadly. 


No application. Prod. (Reduced to Three Acts with material Alterations) C.G., Apr. 14, 

1790(?). 

Printed copy, 1762: numerous deletions and some MS additions. 

See No. 160. 

868. L'Usurpator Innocente. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

869. The Widow of Malabar. Tragedy, 3 acts. Mariana Starke. 


Application (with No. 870) Apr. 21, 1790, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. May 5 (previously, 

privately at Camberwell, 1790). 

MS: epilogue, and Address for Miss Brunton; cast. Comp. 1791 (Dev 8vo 18): some 

passages in MS not printed; otherwise only a few differences. 

870. The Crusade. Opera, 3 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: notice applies also to The Widow of Malabar (No. 869); states The Crusade is 

intended for May 1; prologue and address; inserted, a note from Larpent to Lewis, Apr. 

26, demanding that a passage be expunged (deleted in MS); an apparent reply is 

bound with No. 1058, q.v. >Comp. Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c., in the Historical 

Romance of The Crusade, 1790 (35397): in Act I little correspondence; less 

discrepancy in later acts; songs, only, printed. 

871. Andromaca. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Charles Francis Badini. 



MS: cast. 

184




872. Nootka Sound; or, Britain Prepar'd. Pantomimic, operatic farce. 


Application June [1?], 1790, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. June 4. 

MS: contains chiefly songs and disconnected passages of dialogue for insertion in a 

pantomime; two pages canceled; cast. 

873. Occasional Address, on Opening the Hay Market Theatre. 


Application June 10, 1790, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Spoken June 14(?). 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), June 11. 

874. New Spain; or, Love in Mexico. Opera, 3 acts. John Scawen. 


Application July 6, 1790, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. July 16. 


875. The Kentish Barons. Play, 3 acts. Francis North. 


Application July 30, 1790, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. June 25, 1791. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 1, 1790; Act III lacking. Comp. 1791 (K-D 106): great 

differences. 

876. The Richmond Gardener. Farce, 1 act. 


No application. Prod. Richmond, Aug. 1, 1790(?). 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Richmond, Aug. 1, 1790. 

877. Taste and Feeling. Dramatic caricature, 1 act. 



MS: prologue. 

878. Modern Breakfast; or, All Asleep at Noon. Interlude. Henry Siddons. 



MS: some corrected passages; dated by Larpent Theatre Royal, Haymarket 3d. August 

1790; cast. Comp. 1790 (K-D 102): only slight differences; prologue not in MS. 

879. Lindor and Clara. Play, 3 acts. James Fennell. 


Application Aug. 18, 1790, J. Fennell, Richmond. Prod. provinces, ca. 1790(?). 

MS. Comp. 1791 (K-D 451): printed in five acts; several scenes printed not in MS. 

880. The Basket Maker. Comic opera, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application Aug. 20, 1790, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Sept. 4. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 24. Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 

(147094): numerous and extensive differences. 

185




881. The Fugitive. Comic opera, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 2; notice includes The German Hotel (No. 882). 

See No. 860. 

882. The German Hotel. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 


Application (with No. 881) Nov. 1, 1790, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Nov. 11. 

MS: dated by Larpent Covent Garden Novr. 2d. 1790; epilogue, dated Nov. 9, and 

prelude; cast. Comp. 1790 (K-D 355): no important differences. 

883. A Divertisement. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. James C. Cross. 



MS: numerous excisions and corrections; cast. 

See No. 884. 

884. Songs in the Divertisement. Charles Dibdin (?). 



MS. (Apparently songs used in Cross's A Divertisement [ No. 883].) 

885. Julia [de Roubigné]. Tragedy, 5 acts. Catherine Metcalf, from Henry 

Mackenzie. 


Application Dec. 16, 1790, Keasberry and Diamond, Bath. Prod. Dec. 23. 

MS: title-page reads, The Story taken with some Alteration of Incident from the Novel 

of Julia de Roubigne [by Henry Mackenzie]; numerous deletions; prologue and 

epilogue. 

886. The Picture of Paris Taken in the Year 1790, Dialogue, Airs, Duetts &c. in. 

Pantomime. Charles Bonnor and Robert Merry. 


No application. Prod. C.G., Dec. 20, 1790. 

MS: dated by Larpent 11th. Decr. 1790 Covent Garden; prologue. 

887. The Siege of Belgrade. Comic opera, 3 acts. James Cobb. 


Application Dec. 26, 1790, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Jan. 1, 1791. 

MS. Comp. Songs, Duets, Trios, Choruses, &c., in The Siege of Belgrade, 1791 (K-D 

206): printed text contains several songs not in MS; songs, only, printed. 

888. La Villanella Rapita. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni Bertati (?). 


No application. Prod. H2 (?), 1790. 

MS: slight deletion; cast. (Dated, in B.C., H2, Feb. 24, 1790.) 


186




889. Who's to Have Her. Opera, 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 4, 1791, Stephen Kemble, Sheffield. 

MS. 

890. The Upholsterer, Additions to. Farce. Arthur Murphy. 


Application Jan. 21, 1791, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (with alterations) Feb. 2. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 25. 


891. The School for Arrogance. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 



MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 2; numerous corrections, excisions, and revisions; prologue 

and epilogue; cast. Comp. 2d ed., 1791 (K-D 456): a number of differences; some 

passages deleted in MS are printed. 

892. The Woodman. Comic opera, 3 acts. Henry Bate [Bate Dudley]. 



MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 25. Comp. 2d ed., 1791 (K-D 106): a few differences; MS 

contains a few passages not printed. 

893. The Merry Mourners. Farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


No application. Prod. (as Modern Antiques) C.G., Mar. 14, 1791. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 10. Comp. Modern Antiques; or, The Merry Mourners, in The 

Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): slight differences in dialogue. 

894. The Greek Slave. Comedy, 5 acts. From Beaumont and Fletcher. 



MS: epilogue. 

895. Lorenzo. Tragedy, 5 acts. Robert Merry. 


Application Mar. 25, 1791, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Apr. 5. 

MS: some corrections; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1791 (K-D 106): slight 

differences. 

896. Huniades; or, The Siege of Belgrade. Tragedy, 5 acts. Hannah Brand. 


Application Mar. 26, 1791 (date inserted by Larpent?), John Brunton, Norwich. Prod. 

Norwich (?), 1791; later H1 (D.L. Company), Jan. 18, 1792. 

MS: numerous corrections and erasures. Comp. Plays and Poems, Norwich, 1798 (K-D 

397): numerous differences in phraseology and arrangement. 

See No. 932, alterations for this play. 

187




897. The Earl of Essex, Epilogue to. (Tho' Rutlands pangs are o'er, shall I 

presume.) 


No application. Spoken C.G., Apr. 11, 1791 (?). 

MS: dated, by J.P.C.(?), 1791. 

898. Wild Oats; or, The Strolling Gentlemen. Comedy, 5 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 

(147094): some differences. 

899. The Cave of Trophonius. Opera, 2 acts. Prince Hoare. 


Application Apr. 26, 1791, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. May 3. 

MS. Comp. Songs, Duets, Trio, and Finales, in The Cave of Trophonius, 1791 (K-D 103): 

some differences; songs, only, printed. 

900. The Hue and Cry. Farce, 2 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 



MS: prologue. 

See No. 1184, an alteration by J. C. Cross. 

901. Alexander the Little. Burlesque, 2 acts. 



MS: dated by Larpent May 2. 

902. L'Idalide; o sia, La Vergine del Sole. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. F. Moretti. 


No application. Prod. Pantheon, Apr. 30, 1791. 

MS: cast. 

903. The Hop; or, Who's Afraid. Sketch. 


Application May 2, 1791, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Not produced (?). 

MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: In Larpents Copy many passages are underscored as objectionable-It 

was sent by J. P. Kemble for Licence on May 2d. 1791. 

904. Address. (Once more I'm come to shew my Vulgar Folly.) 


Application May 2, 1791, Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken May 3. 

MS: endorsed For Mrs. Mattock's Benefit. 

905. The Dreamer Awake; or, The Pugilist Match'd. Farce, 2 acts. Edmund John 

Eyre. 



MS: prologue. Comp. Shrewsbury, 1791 (K-D 255): slight differences. 

188




906. National Prejudice. Comedy, 5 acts. _____ Simon. 



MS: dated by Larpent May 9; prologue. 

907. Honesty the Best Policy. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application May 10, 1791, Thomas Harris, C.G. Billed at C. G. in 1791 but...withdrawn 

(Nicoll). 

MS: a number of corrections; prologue. 

908. The Union; or, St. Andrew's Day. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Richard 

Wilson (?). 



MS: dated by Larpent May 21; cast. 

909. Primrose Green; or, Love in the Country. Comic opera, 2 acts. 




910. The Cottage Maid. Musical piece, 1 act. 


Application May 18, 1791, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. June 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 21. Comp. Airs, Dutes, Choruses, &c., in The Cottage Maid, 

1791 (Dev 8vo 68): some discrepancies; songs, only, printed. 

911. Introductory Address. 


Application June 18, 1791, George Colman, the Younger, H2. [Spoken June 20?] 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), On some young Actor [Palmer, Jr.] (the Son of an Actor) in 

the part of Prince Henry. 

912. Next Door Neighbours. Comedy, 3 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 



MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1791 (K-D 106): some differences. 

913. The Surrender of Calais. Play, 3 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 



MS: dated by Larpent July 23; cast. Comp. 1808 (K-D 424): numerous differences. 

914. The Northern Lass; or, Days of Good Queen Bess. Piece, 2 acts. Stephen 

Kemble, from Heywood's Fair Maid of the West. 


Application July 20, 1791, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. (as The Northern 

Inn; or, The Good Times of Queen Bess) Aug. 16. 

MS: dated by Larpent July 23; prologue; cast. (Performed for Mrs. S. Kemble's benefit.) 

J.P.C. in B.D.: ...It was strongly cast, according to Larpent's MS, including R. Palmer, 

Palmer, Bannister Junr. Wewitzer, Mrs Kemble &c. 

189




915. She Would Be a Duchess. Farce, 2 acts. Charles Stuart. 


Application Aug. 8, 1791, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Not produced. (License 

refused.) 

MS: endorsed by Larpent ...taken from the Spanish. August 13th. 1791 prohibited. The 

Title changed To The Irishman in Spain; titlepage twice marked X and also endorsed 

by Larpent suppressed, with date and new title; numerous slight passages marked X 

throughout. (Bound with The Irishman in Spain [No. 917, q.v.], under which this MS is 

included in B.C.) 

916. Richard the Third, Occasional Prologue for. 


No application. Spoken H2, Aug. 24, 1791 (?). 

MS: endorsed For Mr. Bannister Jun's first appearance in King Richard the Third. 

917. The Irishman in Spain. Farce, 1 act. Charles Stuart. 


Application Aug. 30, 1791, G. Wrighten, H2. Prod. Aug. 13. 

Note 

There is some confusion as to the dates of performance and application for license of 

the revised version. Was the performance allowed before the revision was submitted 

in a clean state to the Examiner? 

MS. Comp. 1791 (K-D 258): printed text contains prologue and some scenes not in MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: On Aug 30 1791 Wrighten the Prompter sent it 'in its altered shape' to 

Larpent for a licence-It seems then to have been licensed without mark or remark-The 

piece She Would be a Duchess was also among Larpents MSS and all the parts 

objected to by Genl Gunning marked with crosses-The title page has these words 

'August 13th. 1791. Suppressed.' 

See No. 915. 

918. Poor Old Drury. Prelude, 1 act. James Cobb. 


Application Sept. 20, 1792 [1791], John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. Sept. 

22, 1791. 

MS: many corrections; endorsed On removing to the Kings Theatre. 

919. Oscar and Miona; or, The Hall of Fingal. Airs, Duetts and Chorusses. Ballet 

pantomime. 


Application Oct. 13, 1791, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Oscar and Malvina; etc.) Oct. 

20. 

MS. 

920. Notoriety. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: prologue and epilogue; inserted, song for Act III, with separate application, Nov. 3. 

Comp. 1793 (K-D 361): a few differences. 

190




921. A Day in Turkey; or, The Russian Slaves. Comedy, 5 acts. Hannah Cowley. 


Application Nov. 29, 1791, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Dec. 3. 

MS: prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1792 (K-D 109): a few differences. 

922. La Pastorella Nobile. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Saverio Zini. 


No application. Prod. Pantheon, Dec. 17, 1791. 

MS: endorsed 1th Opera 1791 to be performed at the Kings Theatre Pantheon _____ A. 

Trancart [?]; cast. Comp. 1800 (Larpent Plays, No. 1309): slight differences. 

923. Blue Beard; or, The Flight of Harlequin, Songs in. Pantomime. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 21. 

924. The Advertisement; or, A New Way to Get a Husband. Farce, 2 acts. James 

Fennell. 



MS: several pages canceled. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'The Advertisement or a new way to get a Husband' a farce in 2 acts was 

licensed on March 3d. 1791 and according to Larpents accounts played for the benefit 

of Lee Lewis-Larpents Copy contains some curious erasures of passages against 

dramatic despotism- 

925. La Discordia Conjugale. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application n.d. [1791], by A. Trancart [?], Pantheon. Prod. Pantheon, 1792 (?). 

MS: cast. 

926. The Double Amour. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application n.d., unsigned, H2. Prod. H2, 1791. 

MS: dated, by J.P.C.(?), 1791. 

927. Epilogue. (This Night-by liberal Genius set apart.) 



MS: dated 1791; endorsed For the Fund. 

928. La Locanda. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni Bertati (?). 


No application. [Pantheon, 1791?] 

MS: date, 1791, inserted on title-page (by J.P.C.?). 

929. Quinto Fabio. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Antonio Andrei (?), from Apostolo Zeno. 


Application n.d. [1791], Robert Bray O'Reilly, Pantheon. Prod. June 2, 1791 (?). 

MS. 

See No. 509. 

191




930. The Soldier's Opera. Comic opera, 2 acts. Peter Ewing. 



MS: title-page states, Written by Captain P Ewing Marines The Music by Dibdin; MS is 

signed at end, Peter Ewing Capt: of Marines The 2d Day of April 1791. Comp. [1792] 

(K-D 298): printed version longer than MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: ...it seems doubtful whether it was not performed, although there is no 

Managers letter with the MS. 

931. The Englishmen in Germany. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application. [Manchester, Jan. 13, 1792.] Prod. Manchester, 1792(?). 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Manchester. 13th. January 1792. 


932. Agmunda, Alterations in. [Huniades.] Tragedy. Hannah Brand. 


Application Feb. 1, 1792, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. Feb. 2. 

MS: notice states, These are the Alterations in the Tragedy of Huniades, which is now 

called Agmunda; alterations in the play; epilogue. 

See No. 896. 

933. The Majician [No Conjuror]. Comic opera, 3 acts. Robert Merry. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Jan., 1792; signed Robt. Merry; long canceled passages; 

cast. Comp. The Airs, Duets, Glees, Chorusses, &c., in the Comic Opera of The 

Magician No Conjurer, 1792 (Dev 8v0 66); only slight discrepancies. 

934. Le Trame Deluse. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 8, 1792, William Jewell, H1. 

MS: cast. 

935. The Road to Ruin. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 



MS: dated by Larpent C Garden. Febry 1792; numerous erasures and corrections; 

prologue and epilogue; partial cast. Comp. 1792 (K-D 106): no important differences. 

936. Tony Lumpkin's Ramble to London. Monologue (i.e., dialogue). 



MS: endorsed by Larpent A Piece spoken at Covent Garden April the 6th. 1792; 

prologue, headed Tony Lumpkin in Town. 

937. The Fugitive. Comedy, 5 acts. Joseph Richardson. 


Application Mar. 16, 1792, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. Apr. 20. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1792 (K-D 259): last three acts differ in order of 

scenes. 

192




938. Occasional Prologue. 


Application Mar. 22, 1792, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Spoken Mar. 29 (?). 

MS: notice states, for Bannister's benefit. 

939. The Mermaid. Farce, 2 acts. Andrew Franklin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 24; a few passages deleted. Comp. Dublin, 1792 

(K-D 295): a few slight differences. 

940. The Village Coquet. Entertainment, 2 acts. _____ Simon. 


Application Apr. 9, 1792, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. Apr. 16. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 11; notice states, for Mrs. Jordan's benefit. 

941. Zelma; or, The Will o' th' Wisp. Opera, 3 acts. _____ Meyers. 



MS: several songs canceled; cast. Comp. Airs, Duets, Choruses, &c., in Zelma, 1792 

(Dev 8vo 66): a few differences; songs, only, printed. 

942. The Irishman in London; or, The Happy African. Farce, 2 acts. William 

Macready. 


Application (with No. 943) Apr. 16, 1792, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Apr. 21. 

MS: number of passages marked, by Examiner(?), for omission(?); cast. Comp. New 

Edition, 1799 (K-D 359): MS contains several passages not printed. 

943. The Intrigues of a Morning; or, An Hour in Paris. Farce, 2 acts. Eliza Parsons. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 16; notice to Examiner relates to The Irishman in 

London (No. 942); cast. Comp. 1792 (K-D 359): no differences. 

944. Hail Fellow, Well Met. Farce, 1 act. 


No application. Announced for C.G., May 8, 1792; not produced. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 24; a number of erasures and corrections; cast. 

945. The Point of Honour. Farce, 2 acts. John Peter Roberdeau. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 24; a number of passages marked by Examiner; 

prologue; partial cast. 

946. The Rights of Woman. Musical farce, 1 act. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 24; several songs deleted; cast. 

193




947. Just in Time. Comic opera, 3 acts. Thomas Hurlstone. 



MS: dated by Larpent May 1; a few passages deleted. Comp. [1792] (K-D 258): a 

number of differences. 

948. Dido, [Queen of Carthage; with the Masque of Neptune's Prophecy]. Opera, 3 

acts. Prince Hoare. 


Application May 10, 1792, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. May 23. 

MS: cover endorsed Theatre Royal Haymarket (D.L.) and dated May 7. Comp. 1792 

(K-D 255): slight differences; one scene and one song in MS not printed. 

949. The Dupes of Fancy; or, Every Man His Hobby. Farce, 2 acts. George Saville 

Carey. 



MS: dated by Larpent May 10. Comp. 1792 (K-D 255): slight differences. 

950. [A Cure for a Coxcomb; or, The Beau Bedevil'd.] Drama, 1 act. Songs by John 

Collins and Charles Dibdin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 7; called A new Drama on cover; title not given; 

numerous insertions; sources of interpolated songs given in most cases 

Note 

Interpolated songs are mostly from John Collins, The Brush. See Collins, 

Scripscrapologia (1804), and William Oxberry, Theatrical Banquet (1809). 

; cast. 

951. Poor Old Hay Market; or, Two Sides of the Gutter. Interlude, 1 act. George 

Colman, the Younger. 


Application June 11, 1792, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. June 15. 

MS. 

952. Lovers No Conjurors. Farce, 2 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 


Application June 26, 1792, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. (as Young Men and 

Old Women) June 30. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 25. 

953. All in Good Humour. Dramatic piece, 1 act. Walley Chamberlaine Oulton. 


Application June 26, 1792, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. July 7. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 25. Comp. 1792 (K-D 262): a few differences. 

954. The Enchanted Wood, with Songs and Choruses. Legendary drama, 3 acts. 

_____ Francis. 


Application July 13, 1792, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. July 25 (previously, 

Bath, Nov. 20, 1785?). 

MS: Comp. 1792 (K-D 255): some differences. 

194




955. Cross Partners. Comedy, 5 acts. [Miss Griffiths?] 



MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. ed. By a Lady [Kemble has noted in his copy, Miss 

Griffiths], 1792 (K-D 260): printed text much shorter than MS. 

956. The Family Compact. Farce, 2 acts. John Rose. 



MS: prologue. 

957. A Farewell Address. 


Application Sept. 4, 1792, G.(?) Wrighten, H2. Spoken Sept. 5. 

MS: notice states, for Mrs. Bannister's benefit, tomorrow evening. (Spoken by her.) 

958. Prelude for the Opening of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, September 11, 

1792. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Sept. 11, 1792, Thomas Harris, C.G. Performed Sept. 17. 

MS: some alterations and excisions. 

959. The Prisoner. Opera, 3 acts. John Rose. 


Application Oct. 7, 1792, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. Oct. 18. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 10; previous title, The Dungeon of Death, erased on cover, 

appears at head of dramatis personae; another former title, Clara or the Maid of Chili, 

erased; cast. Comp. [1792] (K-D 265): numerous and pronounced differences. 

960. Hartford Bridge; or, The Skirts of the Camp. Musical farce, 2 acts. William 

Pearce. 



MS: some corrections; cast. Comp. new edition, 1796 (K-D 355): a few differences. 

961. The Pirates. Opera, 3 acts. James Cobb. 


Application Nov. 12, 1792, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. Nov. 21. 

MS: title-page gives title, The Pirate. Comp. Songs, Duets, Trios, Chorusses, &c., in The 

Pirates, 1792 (K-D 265): some differences; songs, only, printed. 

962. The Historical Play of Columbus. Play, 5 acts. Thomas Morton. 



MS: prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1792 (K-D 260): a few differences. 

963. Richard the Second. Comic opera, 3 acts. Richard Cumberland (?). 


Application Dec. 8, 1792, Thomas Harris, C.G. Not produced? (License refused.) 

MS: endorsed by Larpent: (Written by Mr. Cumberland.) Decr. 8th. 1792. Licence 

refused by The Lord Chamberlain. 

195




964. [Harlequin's Museum; or, Mother Shipton Triumphant.] Songs in a New 

Pantomime. Pantomime. 



MS: Harlequin's Museum added on title-page and on a sheet, inserted in MS, 

containing another song; the latter endorsed by Larpent Song in the Pantomime of 

Harlequin's Museum, Decr. 1792. 

965. The Coventry Act. Comedy, 2 acts. James Plumptre. 


Application Dec. 29, 1792, John Brunton, Norwich. Prod. ca. Jan., 1793. 

MS. Comp. Norwich, 1793 (K-D 399): printed in three acts; numerous and extensive 

differences. 

966. The Bristol Tars; or, A New Way to Get a Wife. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. Bristol, 1792 (?). 

MS: dated, by J.P.C.(?), June[?] 1st. 1792 Theatre Royal Bristol. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Bristol Tars...was among Larpents MS and was licensed by him, as 

appears by his account book for the Bristol Theatre. 

967. Every One Has His Fault. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Jan. 12; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1793 (Dev 

8vo 63): practically identical. 


968. I'Giuochi d'Agrigento. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Alessandro Ercole Pepoli. 



MS: title-page states, a new Serious Opera as Performed at the King's Theatre in the 

Hay Market; cast. 

969. Anna. Comedy, 5 acts. Miss Cuthbertson. 


Application Feb. 9, 1793, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. Feb. 25. 

MS: numerous corrections; prologue and epilogue; cast. 

970. Ozmin and Daraxa. Musical romance, 2 acts. James Boaden. 


Application Feb. 12, 1793, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. Mar. 7. 

MS: cast. Comp. Songs and Chorusses in Ozmyn & Daraxa, [1793] (K-D 254): slight 

differences. 

971. The Midnight Wanderers. Comic opera, 2 acts. William Pearce. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Feb. 9; numerous excisions. Comp. 1793 (K-D 360): 

considerable difference. 

196




972. The Prize. Farce, with songs, 2 acts. Prince Hoare. 


Application Mar. 3, 1793, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. Mar. 11. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 5; previous title, Throw Physic to the Dogs, deleted, and 

present title inserted by Kemble. Comp. The Prize; or, 2, 5, 3, 8, Dublin, 1793 (Dev 8vo 


973. The Rival Sisters. Tragedy, 5 acts. Arthur Murphy. 


Application Mar. 14, 1793, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. Mar. 18. 

Printed copy, 1793: MS epilogue. Comp. 2d ed., 1793 (K-D 455): text identical. 

974. Margaret of Anjou, Additions to. Historical interlude. Edward Jerningham (?). 


No application. Spoken C.G., Mar. 18, 1793(?). 

MS: dated C.G., Mar. 16, 1793. 

975. False Colours. Comedy, 5 acts. Edward Morris. 


Application Mar. 27, 1793, John Philip Kemble, H1 (D.L. Company). Prod. Apr. 3. 


976. The Armorer. Comic opera, 3 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 16. Comp. Songs and Chorusses in the Comic Opera 

of The Armorer, 1793 (K-D 251): slight discrepancies. 

977. Who Is She Like. Comedy, 5 acts. 


No application. Prod. (as The Tale of the Castle; or, Who Is She Like) Edinburgh, Apr. 6, 

1793. 

MS: dated Theatre Royal Edinburgh. March 9th. 1793. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was sent up to be licensed from the T. R. Edinburgh-Larpent entered it 

in his accounts under date of March 9th. 1793 and that he received it from Mr Eston 

[Mrs. Esten?] the Manager. 

978. Teodolinda. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. G. Boggio. 



MS: cast. 

979. How to Grow Rich. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 27; some corrections; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 


J.P.C. in B.D.: The Prologue was by Will. Tho. Fitzgerald. 

197




980. Money at a Pinch. Comic opera, 2 acts. Horatio Robinson. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 12; a number of corrections; cast. 

981. To Arms! or, The British Recruit. Musical interlude, 1 act. Thomas Hurlstone. 



Printed copy: no title-page; dated 1793. Comp. 1793 (K-D 457): a few slight 

differences. 

982. Fortune's Wheel. Farce, 2 acts. 



MS. 

983. The Mariners. Farce, 2 acts. Samuel Birch. 



MS: prologue. 

984. Sprigs of Laurel; or, Royal Example. Comic opera, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS. Comp. 1793 (88731): no important differences. 

985. The Female Duellist. Afterpiece, 2 acts. 



MS: slight corrections; cast. Comp. 1793 (K-D 259): a few differences. 

986. I Zingari in Fiera. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Translated by F. Panormo (?). 



MS: title-page states, as performed at the King's Theatre in the Hay Market; cast. 

See No. 1051, another version. 

987. Odenato e Zenobia. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: dated by Larpent June 10; cast. 

988. The London Hermit; or, Rambles in Dorsetshire. Comedy, 3 acts. John 

O'Keeffe. 



MS: dated by Larpent June 27; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. The Dramatic 

Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): numerous differences. 

198




989. The Mountaineers. Melodrama, 3 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 


Application July 30, 1793, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Aug. 3. 

MS: slight corrections. Comp. 1794 (Dev 8vo 73): a number of differences. 

990. Caenarvon Castle; or, The Birth of the Prince of Wales. Musical 

entertainment, 2 acts. John Rose. 



MS: cast. Comp. 1793 (K-D 358): slight differences. 

991. The Children in the Wood. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas Morton. 


Application Sept. 26, 1793, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Oct. 1. 

MS. Comp. 1794 (K-D 399): numerous verbal differences. 

992. The Ward of the Castle. Comic opera, 3 acts. Miss Burke. 


No application. Prod. C.G., Oct. 24, 1793. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., 1793; numerous canceled passages; cast. Comp. Songs, 

Duets, Choruses, &c., in The Ward of the Castle, 1793 (Dev 8vo 66): slight differences; 

songs, only, printed. 

993. Guy Fawkes; or, The Fifth of November. Prelude, 1 act. 


Application Oct. 30, 1793, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Nov. 5. 

MS. 

994. The Siege of Berwick. Tragedy, 4 acts. Edward Jerningham. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Nov. 10; two prologues (one also used with The World in 

a Village [No. 997]) and epilogue. Comp. 1794 (K-D 265): last scene quite different; 

otherwise practically identical. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: In Larpents MS Copy she 'stabs herself & dies.' (Concerning the two 

endings, see B.D.) 

995. The Castle of Otranto. Play, 3 acts. 


Application Nov. 13, 1793, Stephen Kemble, Newcastle. Prod. Nov. 28 (?). 

MS: some deletions; prologue and epilogue. 

996. Wives in Plenty; or, The More the Merrier. Comedy, 3 acts. From Charles 

Molloy, The Coquet. 


Application Nov. 19, 1793, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Nov. 23. 

MS: a few deletions. Comp. Songs, Duets, Choruses, &c., in Wives in Plenty, 1793 (Dev 

8vo 65): virtually the same; songs, only, printed. 

199




997. The World in a Village. Comedy, 5 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 21; prologue and epilogue (another prologue bound with 

No. 994). Comp. The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): numerous 

differences. 

998. The Prodigal. Dramatic piece, 1 act. Francis Godolphin Waldron, from Joseph 

Mitchell, The Fatal Extravagance. 


Application Nov. 22, 1793, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Dec. 2. 

MS: title, The Perils of Penury, deleted on cover, but stands on title-page; dated by 

Larpent Nov. 27. Comp. 1794 (K-D 254): slight differences; two scenes of MS appear 

as two acts in printed text. 

999. My Grandmother! Musical farce, 2 acts. Prince Hoare. 


Application Dec. 12, 1793, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Dec. 16. 

MS. Comp. 1796 (K-D 399): numerous, extensive differences. 

1000. Harlequin Faustus; or, The Devil Will Have His Own. Pantomime (dialogue 

and songs). 


Application Dec. 14, 1793, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Harlequin and Faustus, etc.) 

Dec. 19. 

MS. 

1001. Harlequin Peasant; or, A Pantomime Rehearsed. Entertainment, 1 act. 


Application Dec. 21, 1793, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Dec. 27. 

MS: a few minor deletions. 

1002. Heigho for a Husband! Comedy, 4 acts. Francis Godolphin Waldron, from his 

Imitation; or, The Female Fortune Hunters. 


Application Dec. 21, 1793, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Jan. 14, 1794. 


See No. 599. 

1003. Le Nozze di Dorina. Opera buffa (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. H1, 1793. 

MS: cast. 


1004. Phaedra. Tragedy, 5 acts. Thomas Morris, from Racine. 



MS: prologue and epilogue, Written by Capt. Thomas Morris. 

J.P.C. in B.D. quotes from Larpent's account books (?), Phaedra, a Tragedy in five Acts 

for the benefit of the Literary Fund Feb. 7th 1793. (The same statement and date are 

repeated in B.C.) 

200





1005. Il Matrimonio Segreto. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni Bertati (?). 



MS: cast. 


1006. The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar. Musical drama, 1 act. James C. Cross. 


Application Jan. 22, 1794, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Feb. 8. 

MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. 1794 (K-D 630): slight differences. 

1007. I Contadini Bizarri. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. T. Grandi, alterations by 

Lorenzo da Ponte. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, H1, Jan. 31; cast. 

1008. Love's Frailties; or, Precept against Practice. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas 

Holcroft. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Jan. 4; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1794 (K-D 


1009. The Box Lobby Challenge. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Feb. 14, 1794, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Feb. 22. 

MS: note inserted, Page 11 & 12 scratchd out & not to be performed. The whole scene 

is expunged. F. G. Waldron; dated by Larpent; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 3d ed., 

[1794] (K-D 251): slight differences; expunged passage is printed in full. 

1010. The Travellers in Switzerland. Comic opera, 3 acts. Henry Bate [Bate 

Dudley]. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Feb. 14. Comp. 1794 (Dev 8vo 65): a few differences. 

1011. The Packet Boat. Musical farce, 2 acts. Samuel Birch. 


Application Mar. 7, 1794, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. May 17. 


1012. Il Capriccio Dramatico. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte, from 

G. M. Diodati. 



MS: cast. (Bound between Acts I and II is Il Dn. Giovanni [No. 1013].) 

201




1013. Il Dn. Giovanni. Tragicomic opera (Italian), 1 act. Lorenzo da Ponte. 



MS: cast. (Bound with No. 1012, and not listed in B.C.) 

See No. 1966. 

1014. Fontainville Forest. Play, 5 acts. James Boaden. 



MS: prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1794 (112580): slight differences. 

1015. La Bella Pescatrice. Comic opera (Italian), 1 act. Saverio Zini; alterations by 

Giovanni Mazzinghi and by Lorenzo da Ponte. 


No application. Prod. Pantheon, Mar. 24, 1791(?). 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 17, 1794; title-page states, to be performed at the King's 

Theatre in the Hay Market; cast. 

1016. Netley Abbey. Operatic farce, 2 acts. William Pearce. 



MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 28; title-page states, by Mr. Pearce; cast. Comp. 1794 (K-D 

316): many differences. 

1017. Now, Taylors, Is Your Time. Interlude. 


Application Apr. 14, 1794, Thomas Harris, C.G. Advertised (as Now's Your Time, 

Taylors) at C.G., 1794; withdrawn. 

MS: dated by Larpent; epilogue. 

1018. The Jew. Play, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: dated by Larpent May 1. Comp. 1794 (K-D 253): substantially the same. 

1019. British Gratitude and Hibernian Friendship; or, An Escape from France. 

Musical drama, 1 act. James C. Cross. 


No application. Prod. (as British Fortitude and Hibernian Friendship) C.G., Apr. 29, 

1794. 

MS. (Appended, Tully's Rambles [No. 1020].) Comp. British Fortitude, etc., 1794 (K-D 


1020. Tully's Rambles. [An Irishman's Tour through London; or, Tully's Vocal and 

Rhetorical Description of Westminster Abbey, etc.] Recitation. 



MS. (Bound with No. 1019, and not listed in B.C.) 

202




1021. At Anchor in the Bay of Naples. Interlude. 


No application. Prod. (as Naples Bay; or, The British Seamen at Anchor) C.G., May 2, 

1794. 

MS: dated April 28th 1794, Theatre Royal Covent Garden; cast. 

1022. Love and Honor; or, Britannia in Full Glory at Spithead. Musical interlude, 1 

act. 




1023. Il Burbero di Buon Cuore. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte. 



MS: cast. 

1024. The Siege of Meaux. Tragedy, 3 acts. Henry James Pye. 



MS: dated 1794; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1794 (K-D 317): slight 

differences. 

1025. Colin and Susan; or, The Speechless Wife. Musical farce, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. (as The Speechless Wife) C.G., May 22, 1794. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 12; cast. Comp. Songs, Duets, Choruses, &c., in The 

Speechless Wife, 1794 (Dev 8vo 66): a few slight differences. 

1026. The Natural Son (Revised). Comedy, 4 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application May 22, 1794, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. June 10. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 24; notice states, abridged into four Acts; epilogue. Comp. 

1785 (K-D 103): MS an abridgment (made by omission of scenes) of the play as 

printed. 

See No. 676. 

1027. The Sicilian Romance; or, The Apparition of the Cliffs. Play, 3 acts. Henry 

Siddons. 



MS: slight deletion of text. Comp. 1794 (K-D 265): numerous differences. 

1028. A [The] New Divertisment. Musical piece. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 21. 

203




1029. Czartoriska. Opera, 3 acts. John Philip Kemble. 


Application May 30, 1794, J. P. Kemble, D.L. Prod. (as Lodoiska) June 9. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, June, 1794; cast. Comp. Lodoiska, [1794] (K-D 418): slight 

differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: There seems to have been some doubt what this piece should be 

called-Kemble in his letter dated May 30. 1794 names it Czartoriska and erases 

Lodoiska that had been written upon the title page. Nevertheless it was produced as 

Lodoiska. Larpent in his account book has altered the name from Czartoriska to 

Lodoviski. 

1030. A Loyal Effusion [in Honor of His Majesty's Birthday]. Occasional piece, 1 

act. Charles Dibdin. 



MS: dated 1794; headed A Loyal Effusion, Consisting of Dialogue Music & Spectacle to 

conclude with a Song & Chorus in honor of his Majesty's Birth-day written and 

composed by Mr. Dibdin. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The date ought to be 1794 [ B.D. gives it 1797] and Larpent enters it in 

his license-book on 29 May 1794-His copy was also dated 1794. 

1031. The French Village Surrender'd; or, The Loyal Soldier. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application. [June 25, 1794.] Not produced? 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Bristol, June 25, 1794; some corrections and insertions. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was 'withdrawn' before the fee was paid and he [Larpent] has marked 

that word in the margin of his account book. The date he gives is 25 June 1794. The 

piece was among his MSS. 

1032. The Glorious First of June. Piece, 1 act. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, James 

Cobb, and others. 


Application July 1, 1794, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. July 2. 

MS: cast. Comp. Songs... in... The Glorious First of June, n.d. (K-D 253): most of the 

songs printed are not in the MS. (MS differs also from the description given by Moore 

and by Michael Kelly, quoted by R. Crompton Rhodes [ed.], The Plays and Poems of 

Richard Brinsley Sheridan [1928], III, 314-16.) 

1033. Auld Robin Gray. Musical piece, 2 acts. Samuel James Arnold. 



MS: dated by Larpent; much revised; cast. Comp. 1794 (K-D 369): several differences 

in order of scenes, etc. 

1034. How to Be Happy. Comedy, 5 acts. George Brewer. 



MS: numerous corrections and additions; prologue and epilogue; cast. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The alterations in Larpents copy were in the hand writing of Colman. 

204




1035. Rule Britannia. A Loyal Sketch, 2 acts. James Roberts. 


Application Aug. 11, 1794, Francis Godolphin Waldron, pro G. Colman Jun. Esq., H2. 

Prod. Aug. 18. 

MS. Comp. 1794 (K-D 362): numerous slight differences. 

1036. Britain's Glory; or, A Trip to Portsmouth. Interlude, 1 act. _____ Benson. 



MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 18; inserted, a note, Harris to Larpent, C.G., Aug. 25, 

asking to see the Prelude with which the new Theatre opened in Sepr. 1792 [i.e., No. 

958?]. Comp. n.d. [1798?] (K-D 350): slight differences. 

1037. Jenny's Whim; or, The Roasted Emperor. Farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application Aug. 23, 1794, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Advertised at H2, Sept. 1, 

1794, but withdrawn. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 25; many deletions and revisions; included, transcripts of 

several letters concerning the Examiner's objections and withdrawal of play from 

production. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: There was a correspondence on the subject between Larpent, Colman & 

the Marq of Salisbury in consequence of the license having been withheld. Larpents 

copy of the farce was altered by Colman in many places & most importantly but the 

objection does not seem to have been overcome: that objection was that it 'ridiculed 

the Empr. of Morocco', besides having 'allusions to titles and persons'. 

1038. The Flesh and the Spirit. Musical dramatic romance, 1 act. James C. Cross. 


Application Aug. 30, 1794, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. (as The Apparition) 

Sept. 3. 

MS: numerous corrections and alterations; cast. Comp. The Apparition, 1794 (K-D 


1039. The Rival Queens; or, Drury Lane & Covent Garden. Interlude (prelude). 

Thomas Holcroft. 



MS: a few corrections and insertions. 

1040. The Roman Actor. Piece, 2 acts. John Philip Kemble, Compressed from Philip 

Massinger. 


Application Oct. 16, 1794, J. P. Kemble, D.L. Prod. May 23, 1796. 

MS: dated by Larpent. 

1041. Emilia Galotti. Tragedy, 5 acts. Translated from Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. 


Application Oct. 20, 1794, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Oct. 28. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 21; prologue and epilogue. 

205




1042. The Rage. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Oct. 10; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1795 (Dev 

8vo 61): slight differences. 

1043. Arrived at Portsmouth. Operatic drama, 2 acts. William Pearce. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Oct. 21. Comp. The Words of the Songs,... in... Arrived at 

Portsmouth, 1794 (113229): slight discrepancies in order of songs, etc. 

1044. The Wedding Day. Comedy, 2 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 


Application Oct. 30, 1794, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Nov. 1. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 31; prologue. Comp. 1794 (K-D 252): a few minor 

differences; act division differs. 

1045. The Town as It Is. Comedy, 5 acts. Hannah Cowley. 


Application Nov. 25, 1794, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Town Before You) Dec. 6. 

MS: a few corrections; prologue and epilogue. Comp. The Town Before You, 1795 (K-D 

318): great differences. 

1046. Nobody. Comedy, 2 acts. Mary Robinson. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 28; prologue and epilogue. 

1047. L'Amore Contrastato. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giuseppi Palomba (?). 


No application. Prod. H1, Dec. 6, 1794 (?). 

MS: title-page states, as represented at H1. 

See No. 1048. 

1048. L'Amor Contrastato. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giuseppi Palomba (?). 



MS: title states, da rappresentarsi nel Reale Teatro Pantheon; cast. 

See No. 1047, which is apparently the same opera. 

1049. Zenobia in Palmira. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. (Dated in B.C., May 19, 1800.) 

1050. The Cherokee. Comic opera, 3 acts. James Cobb. 


Application Dec. 18, 1794, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Dec. 20. 

MS. Comp. 1795 (K-D 295): a pirated edition, apparently a paraphrase of the material, 

with differences in phraseology and in order and content of scenes. 

See No. 1347. 

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1051. I Zingari in Fiera. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application. [H1, Jan. 9, 1795.] 

MS: dated 1795; cast. (Dated in B.C., H1, Jan. 9.) 

See No. 986. 


1052. Debora e Sisara. Oratorio (Italian), 2 pts. Carlo Sernicola (?). 


Application Jan. 17, 1795, Jean Baptiste Viotti, H1. 

MS. 

1053. La Scola de Maritati. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte. 


Application Jan. 24, 1795, by G. B. Viotti, H1. Prod. Feb. 21. 

MS: cast. 

1054. The Mysteries of the Castle. Dramatic tale, 3 acts. Miles Peter Andrews and 

Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Jan. 1795; cast. Comp. 1795. (K-D 361): slight differences. 

1055. Crotchet Lodge. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas Hurlstone. 



MS: dated, C.G., Feb. 7; title-page endorsed Mr. Hurlston; numerous deletions; 

prologue; cast. Comp. n.d. (K-D 260): a few differences. 

1056. The Wheel of Fortune. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Feb. 17, 1795, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Feb. 28. 

MS: another title, The Philosopher, or The Turns of Fortune, on title-page; The Wheel of 

Fortune written on cover by Larpent; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1795 (K-D 252): 

slight differences; one scene in MS not printed. 

1057. King Henry The Third; or, England Preserv'd. Historical play, 5 acts. George 

Watson-Taylor. 


No application. Prod. (as England Preserved) C.G., Feb. 26, 1795. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Feb. 15; prologue; cast. Comp. England Preserved, 1795 

(Dev 8vo 65): slight differences in Acts I-III; more numerous differences in Acts IV and 

V. 

1058. Edwy and Elgiva. Tragedy, 5 acts. Frances (Burney) D'Arblay. 



MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 10; prologue and epilogue; cast; a note, J[ohn?] Brandon to 

Larpent, C.G., May 6: Mr Lewis desires me to acquaint You, the Passage, you 

mentioned-is Omitted in the representation. (This is apparently in answer to the note 

bound with, and referring to, The Crusade [No. 870].) 

207




1059. Aci e Galatea. Pastoral opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 10, 1795, G. B. Viotti, H1. 

MS: cast. 

1060. Life's Vagaries. Comedy, 5 acts. John O'Keeffe. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 12; prologue and Concluding Address; cast. Comp. 

1795 (K-D 591): differs slightly. 

1061. The Masquerade. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application. [Mar. 21, 1795.] 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Norwich, Mar. 21, 1795. 

1062. Windsor Castle. Opera, 2 acts. William Pearce. 



MS: endorsed C.G., and dated by Larpent Feb. 17. Comp. 1795 (K-D 265): a number of 

differences. 

1063. The Telegraphe; or, A New Way of Knowing Things. Farce, 1 act. John Dent. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 26. Comp. 1795 (K-D 255): slight difference. 

1064. The Welch Heiress. Comedy, 5 acts. Edward Jerningham. 



MS: some revision; prologue (by John Taylor) and epilogue (by Henry Seymour 

Conway). Comp. 1795 (Dev 8vo 65): numerous differences. 

1065. Jack of Newbury. Comic opera, 3 acts. James Hook. 



MS: included, The Masque or Pageant To conclude the Opera of Jack of Newbury, in 

lieu of the Finale sent with the Original Copy. April 1795 (endorsement in hand of 

Larpent). Comp. Songs, Choruses, &c., in Jack of Newbury, 1795 (K-D 258): some 

songs in MS not printed. 

J.P.C. in B.D. [referring to entry in B.D.]: It was not originally so concluded: the copy 

sent to the licenser had merely a finale and afterwards the intention being changed 

what was called 'a Hymeneal Pageant' was substituted: both were among Larpents 

MS. 

1066. Love and Money. Farce, 3 acts. 


No application. [Apr. 10, 1795.] 

MS: cover, in Larpent's hand, reads: Love & Money A Farce in 2 [ sic] Acts Theatre 

Royal, Norwich, 10th April, 1795. 

208




1067. Il Conte Ridicolo. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application n.d., G. B. Viotti, H1. Prod. Apr. 14, 1795. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 10; cast. 

1068. How to Get Married. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application. [Norwich, Apr. 19, 1795?] 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 19, 1795. 

1069. A Lounge at Brighton. Farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


No application. Prod. (as The Irish Mimic) C.G., Apr. 23, 1795. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb., 1795; cast. Comp. The Irish Mimic, new ed., 1795 (K-D 

258): numerous slight differences. 

1070. The Adopted Child. Musical drama, 2 acts. Samuel Birch. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 25. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 54): a number of differences. 

1071. Mutual Inconstancy. Farce, 2 acts. From P. M. Destouches. 


No application. [Apr. 24, 1795?] 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, Apr. 24, 1795. 

1072. Alceste; o sia, Il Trionfo dell' Amor Conjugale. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. Ranieri 

de' Calsabigi. 


Application Apr. 24, 1795, William Jewell, H1. Prod. Apr. 30. 

MS: dated by Larpent; cast. 

1073. First Love. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: dated by Larpent May 2; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1795 (K-D 261): slight 

differences; one scene in MS not printed. 

1074. Love and Loyalty. Opera, 2 acts. B. Lindor (?). 


No application. [April, 1795?] Not produced (?). 

MS: dated Theatre Royal, Norwich. April 1795; endorsed by B. Lindor [?]; some 

deletions. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: 'Love and Loyalty, an Opera in 2 Acts by B. Lindor' was sent to Larpent in 

April 1795 but it was not licensed as he has entered in his account book that the 

license was 'never taken out.' 

1075. The Bank Note; or, Lessons for Ladies. Comedy, 5 acts. William Macready. 



MS: numerous cancellations; epilogue and prologue. Comp. 1795 (K-D 251): numerous 

differences. 

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1076. The Sailor's Prize; [or, May-Day Wedding]. Interlude, 1 act. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 28, 1794 [1795?]; cast. 

1077. 'Tis a Strange World. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 


No application. Prod. (as The Deserted Daughter) C.G., May 2, 1795. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 17; several canceled passages; prologue and 

epilogue; cast. Comp. The Deserted Daughter, 3d ed., 1795 (K-D 357): a few 

differences. 

See No. 1290. 

1078. An Address to Be Spoken by Mrs. Powell on Her Benefit Night at the Theatre 

Royal Drury Lane. 


No application. Spoken by Mrs. Powell, D.L., May 2, 1795. 

MS. 

1079. Death of Captain Faulkner; or, British Heroism. Musical interlude, 1 act. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 23. 

1080. Saint Andrews Festival; or, The Game at Goff. Comic piece (farce), 1 act. 

John Peter Roberdeau. 


Application May 22, 1795, William Powell, D.L. Prod. May 29. 


1081. Casimer the Great. Play, 3 acts. Thomas Morton. 


Application May 25, 1795, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. (as Zorinski) June 

20. 

MS: a few corrections in another hand. Comp. Zorinski, 1795 (K-D 364): a few 

differences. 

1082. L'Isola del Piacere. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte. 



MS: title-page states, for production at H1; dated by Larpent May 20; cast. 


1083. Le Nozze de Contadini Spagnuoli. Opera (Italian), 1 act. 



MS: dated, by Larpent(?), King's Theatre Haymarket 20th. May 1795. 

210




1084. Little Ben and Little Bob; or, Huzza for Old England. Musical farce, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. (as The Poor Sailor) C.G., May 29, 1795. 

MS: endorsed C.G., and dated by Larpent May 12; much revised. 

1085. The Secret Tribunal. Play, 5 acts. James Boaden. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 11; slight deletion; prologue and epilogue, with 

separate application, May 30, Thomas Harris, C.G. Comp. 1795 (Dev 8vo 11): a few 


1086. New Hay at the Old Market. Occasional dramatic piece (prelude), 1 act. 

George Colman, the Younger. 



MS: cast. Comp. 1795 (K-D 254): almost identical. 

1087. Masque [for Marriage of the Prince of Wales]. Interlude. John Gretton. 



MS: title, Masque or Interlude-To be perform'd for the Benefit of Mrs. Clendining on 

Saty June 6th-(1795) Altered by the author John Gretton Esqr. from his Ode performed 

at the Pantheon May 4th. in honor of the nuptials of his Royal Highness the Prince of 

Wales with Caroline princess of Brunswick.-Sett to Musick by Mr. Spofforth-The Dances 

by Mr. Byrne[?]; dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 26. 

1088. Le Nozze di Dorina. Comic opera (Italian) (2 acts?). 


Application June 10, 1795, William Jewell, H1. 

MS: only Act I; dated by Larpent; cast. 

See No. 1003. 

1089. The Frolics of an Hour. Musical interlude, 1 act. 



Printed copy, 1795: dated, by Larpent, Covent Garden June 7th. 1795-; MS corrections; 

occasional address deleted. Comp. 1795 (K-D 356): different edition but same press 

and date; the Larpent copy is apparently earlier, as some of the MS corrections are 

printed in the K-D copy; it contains songs not in K-D copy, and a different cast. 

1090. Who Pays the Reckoning? Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Samuel James 

Arnold. 



MS: dated by Larpent July 11; cast. Comp. Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c., in Who Pays 

the Reckoning?, 1795 (Dev 8vo 66): several discrepancies; songs, only, printed. 

1091. The Three and the Deuce. Musical dramatic piece, 3 acts. Prince Hoare. 



MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 25; prologue. Comp. 1806 (K-D 410): numerous 

differences. 

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1092. Love and Money; or, The Fair Caledonian. Musical farce, 1 act. _____ Benson. 



MS: endorsed by Larpent A Comedy in five acts [ sic]; corrections and insertions, in 

another hand (Colman's?); notice states, for Mrs Kemble's Benefit. Comp. n.d. (K-D 


1093. The Whim. Comedy, 2 acts. Eglantine, Lady Wallace. 


Application Sept. 7, 1795, Thomas Shaw, Margate. Not produced. (License refused.) 

MS: endorsed, by Larpent, Prohibited from being acted. Comp. 2d ed., Margate, 1795 

(K-D 265) and 1st ed. (Larpent Plays, No. 1104, q.v.): minor differences; printed in 

three acts. 

1094. Love and Madness; or, The Two Noble Kinsmen. Comedy, 5 acts. Francis 

Godolphin Waldron. 


Application Sept. 15, 1795, F. G. Waldron, H2. Prod. Sept. 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 16; notice, signed by Waldron, states: The two Pieces sent 

herewith-called Love and Madness, M.S and ' Tis a Wise Child knows his Father. 

Printed, are the Old Play of the Two Noble Kinsmen, with trifling Alterations by myself. 

and the Comedy of the Maid of Kent, written by me, and performed a few years since 

at Drury Lane Theatre, Abridged:-They are intended for Representation at the Theatre 

Royal Haymarket on Monday Next, for my Benefit... 

See No. 1095. 

1095. 'Tis a Wise Child Knows His Own Father. Comedy, 3 acts. Francis Godolphin 

Waldron, from The Maid of Kent. 


Application (with No. 1094) Sept. 15, 1795, F. G. Waldron, H2. Prod. Sept. 21. 

Printed copy of The Maid of Kent, 1778: dated by Larpent Sept. 16; MS alterations; 

acts IV and V omitted. 

1096. The Dependent. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 10; prologue and epilogue. 

1097. Speculation. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Sept. 29; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1795 (Dev 


1098. La Bella Arsene. Comic opera (Italian), 3 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte, from F. S. 

Favart. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, H1, Dec. 10; partial cast; final page signed Le Texieo[?]. 

212




1099. The Merry Forrester, Songs in. Pantomime. John O'Keeffe(?). 


No application. Prod. (as Merry Sherwood; or, Harlequin Forrester) C.G., Dec. 21, 1795. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Dec. 14. 

1100. The Events of a Day. Drama, 5 acts. Miss Edmead. 



MS: a few corrections. 

1101. Mrs. Doggrell in Her Altitudes; or, Strange Effects of a West India Ramble. 

Prelude, 1 act. 


No application. Endorsed For Monday, April 20th. 1795. Theatre-royal, Hay-Market. 

Edwd. Everard. Prod. H2, 1795. 

MS. 

1102. Ridicule; or, Life's a Jest. Comedy, 5 acts. 


No application. Not produced? [1795.] 

MS: endorsed (in author's hand?) at beginning, Begun February 8.-1795, and at end, 

Ended February 16th. 1795. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Ridicule or Lifes a Jest a comedy in 5 Acts in MS is in my hands [he does 

not say among Larpent's MSS] with the date 1795. It does not appear that it was ever 

acted. 

1103. Sunshine after Rain; or, The Mad Guardian. Farce, 2 acts. T. Merchant [i.e., 

Thomas John Dibdin]. 


No application. Prod. (as The Mad Guardian) Manchester, 1795. 

MS: title-page states, By T. Merchant. Of the Theatre Royal Manchester; prologue. 

Comp. The Mad Guardian; or, Sunshine after Rain, Huddersfield, [1795] (K-D 252): 

virtually identical. 

1104. The Whim. Comedy, 3 acts. Eglantine, Lady Wallace. 


No application. [Published after license had been refused.] 

Printed copy, Margate, 1795: with an Address to the Public, upon the arbitrary and 

unjust Aspersion of the Licenser against its political sentiments. Offered to be acted..., 

but refused the Royal License; passages in the Address underscored in MS. Comp. 

same ed. (Dev 8vo 21): identical. 

See No. 1093. 

1105. The Way to Get Married. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Morton. 



MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 7; prologue and epilogue, with separate application, Jan. 12; 

cast. Comp. 1796 (K-D 364): a few differences. 


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1106. Harlequin Captive; or, The Magic Fire. Pantomime, 23 scenes. William Linley 

(?). 



MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 7; two pages of additions, with separate application, Jan. 12. 

1107. Days of Yore. Drama, 3 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: endorsed: Theatre Royal Covent Garden. December 17th. 1795; prologue; cast. 

Comp. 1796 (K-D 365): virtually the same. 

1108. Lock and Key; or, Bamboozell. Musical Farce, 2 acts. Prince Hoare. 



MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 19; cast. Comp. 1796 (K-D 452): numerous differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Its original title was Bamboozell but it was altered while in the Licensers 

hands as Larpent registers in his account book under the date of Jany 19. 1796. 

1109. The Man of Ten Thousand. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 



MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 19, 1795 [1796?]; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1796 (K-D 


1110. Vortigern. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Henry Ireland. 


Application Feb. 2, 1796, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Apr. 2. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 4; numerous erasures and corrections; prologue and two 

epilogues. Comp. 1799 (K-D 347): some differences. 

1111. The Shepherdess of Cheapside. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. James Cobb. 



MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 16; first page of text canceled. Comp. Songs and Finale, in 

The Shepherdess of Cheapside, 1796 (K-D 255): quite different, only two songs in MS 

being printed; dialogue not printed. 

1112. Gli [I?] Traci Amanti. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. A. Palomba. 



MS: title-page states, to be performed H1, Feb. 15; cast. 

1113. Almeyda, Queen of Granada. Tragedy, 5 acts. Sophia Lee. 


Application Feb. 19, 1796, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Apr. 20. 

MS: numerous and extensive cancellations; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1796 (K-D 


214




1114. Piramo e Tisbe. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application. [Feb., 1796.] [Prod. H1, Apr. 22, 1775?] 

MS: dated Feb., 1796; cast; last page signed Le Févre[?]. 

1115. [Address], Spoken for Mr. Millar's Benefit. 


No application. Dated Feb., 1796. 

MS. 

1116. The Iron Chest, [Speeches to Be Introduced In]. George Colman, the 

Younger. 


Application Mar. 11, 1796, William Powell, D.L. Prod. Mar. 12. 

MS: notice states: The inclosed Speeches intended to be introduced in the Iron 

Chest-it is hoped will not be disapproved of by the Lord Chamberlain-They are meant 

merely to connect, where omissions have been made according to your directions. 

Comp. 2d ed., 1796 (42055): the two speeches (in Act II, Scene 1, and Act III, Scene 3) 

are printed. 

1117. The Lad o' The Hills; or, Wicklow Gold Mine. Comic opera, 3 acts. John 

O'Keeffe. 


Application Mar. 11, 1796, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Wicklow Gold Mines) Apr. 

9. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 13. Comp. The Wicklow Mountains, in The Dramatic Works 

of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): considerable difference. 

1118. I Due Gobbi. [La Confusione della Somiglianza; ossiano, I Due Gobbi.] [La 

Somiglianza; ossiano, I Gobbi.] Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Cosimo Mazzini. 


Application Mar. 12, 1796, William Jewell, H1. Prod. Mar. 15. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 14. 

1119. The Way to Get Unmarried. Dramatic sketch, 1 act. James C. Cross. 



MS: endorsed C.G. and dated by Larpent Mar. 18. Comp. version in Parnassian 

Bagatelles, 1796 (K-D 424): virtually identical. 

1120. The Conspiracy. Tragedy, 5 acts. Robert Jephson. 


Application Mar. 30, 1796, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Nov. 15. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1796 (K-D 376): some differences. 

1121. Iphigenia in Tauride. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte. 


Application Apr. 4, 1796, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Apr. 7. 


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1122. The Smugglers. Musical farce, 2 acts. Samuel Birch. 



MS: some deletions and revisions. Comp. 1796 (K-D 363): numerous differences, slight 

except at end of Act II. 

1123. La Modista Raggiratrice. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giambattista Lorenzi 

(?). 




See No. 2074 (there are slight differences). 

1124. Point at Herqui; [or, British Bravery Triumphant]. Prelude, 1 act. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 7. 

1125. The Sleeper; or, A.D. 1803. Farce, 2 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


No application. Prod. (as The Doldrum) C.G., Apr. 23, 1796. 

MS: endorsed C.G. and dated, by Larpent(?), Apr. 12. Comp. The Doldrum; or, 1803, in 

The Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): numerous differences. 

1126. Mahmoud. Musical romance, 3 acts. Prince Hoare. 


Application Apr. 27, 1796, John Grubb, D.L. Prod. Apr. 30. 


1127. The Barber's Petition. Recitation. 


Application (with No. 1129) Apr. 29, 1796, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. May 6. 

MS: dated 1796. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Barbers Petition with a song was licensed by Larpent on 29 April 

1796 probably for some benefit. 

1128. Jacob's Ramble. Recitation. 


Application (with No. 1129) Apr. 29, 1796, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as A Ramble to 

Bath) May 6. 

MS. 

1129. The Mask'd Friend. Comedy, 3 acts. From Thomas Holcroft, Duplìcity. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr., 1796; cast; notice includes Nos. 1127 and 1128, q.v. 

See No. 571. 

216




1130. An Occasional Address to Be Spoken by Mr. Bensley on Friday, May 6th, 

1796. 


Application May 3, 1796, John Grubb, D.L. Spoken May 6. 

MS. 

1131. The Witch of the Wood; or, The Nutting Girls. Musical farce, 2 acts. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 6. Comp. Airs, Duettos, Trios, and Chorusses, in The 

Witch of the Wood, 1796 (Dev 8vo 65): virtually no difference. 

1132. Alive and Merry. Farce, 2 acts. _____ Brown (?), or John Grubb (?). 


Application May 11, 1796, John Grubb, D.L. Prod. May 17. 


1133. Celadon and Florimel; [or, The Happy Counterplot]. Comedy, 3 acts. John 

Philip Kemble, from Colley Cibber, The Comical Lovers. 


Application May 11, 1796, John Grubb, D.L. Prod. May 23. 


1134. Antigona. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application May 21, 1796, William Jewell, H1. Prod. May 24. 


1135. Banian Day. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. George Brewer. 


Application May 27 (?), 1796, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. June 11. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 7. Comp. Bannian Day, 1796 (K-D 444): numerous 

differences. 

1136. Il Tesoro. Opera buffa (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application June 11, 1796, William Jewell, H1, Prod. June 14. 

MS: cast. 

1137. The Magick Banner; or, Two Wives in a House. Play, 3 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application June 16, 1796, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. (as Alfred; or, The 

Magic Banner) June 22. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 17; prologue. Comp. Alfred; or, The Magic Banner, in The 

Dramatic Works of John O'Keeffe, 1798 (147094): numerous slight differences. 

1138. Don Pedro. Play, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: dated by Larpent July 4; numerous revisions; prologue; cast. Comp. The 

Posthumous Dramatick Works of Richard Cumberland, 1813 (121215): printed text 

virtually identical with MS before revision. 

217




1139. The Charity Boy. Musical drama, 2 acts. James C. Cross. 


Application Aug. 2, 1796, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Apparently not performed. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 2; numerous cancellations; cast. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was first licensed for the Haymarket on Aug. 2. 1796 but whether it 

was played or not does not appear-It was afterwards brought forward at Drury Lane in 

Nov. 1796 with some alterations. 

See No. 1142. 

1140. Fortune's Fool. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 12; passages deleted; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1796 

(K-D 448): only slight differences. 

1141. Olympus in an Uproar; or, The Descent of the Deities. Burletta, 2 acts. John 

O'Keeffe, from Kane O'Hara, The Golden Pippin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Oct. 20. 


1142. The Charity Boy. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. James C. Cross. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, D.L., Nov., 1796. 

See No. 1139. 

1143. The King's Bench. Opera, 3 acts. Joseph George Holman. 


No application. Prod. (as Abroad and at Home) C.G., Nov. 19, 1796. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Nov. 14. Comp. Abroad and at Home, 2d ed., 1796 (K-D 


J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpent enters the title in his account book as 'The Kings Bench or 

abroad & at home' and says nothing of any disapprobation. In the copy of the play 

sent to him it stood only the Kings Bench. 

1144. The Force of Ridicule. Comedy, 4 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 


Application Nov. 21, 1796, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Dec. 6. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 23; prologue and epilogue (with separate application for 

license, Nov. 26). 

1145. L'Amor fra Le Vendemmie. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 2, 1796, William Jewell, H1. Prod. Dec. 6. 


1146. The Shipwreck. Comic opera, 2 acts. Samuel James Arnold. 


Application Dec. 7, 1796, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Dec. 19. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 9. Comp. 1797 (K-D 333): a number of differences. 

218




1147. Il Consiglio Imprudente. Comic opera (Italian), 1 act. 


Application Dec. 17, 1796, William Jewell, H1. Prod. Dec. 20. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 20(?); cast. 

See No. 1861. 

1148. Harlequin and Oberon; [or, Little Fanny's Love], Songs in. [Harlequin and 

Oberon; or, The Chace to Gretna.] Pantomime. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 10; a note, dated C.G., Dec. 10, requesting that one song 

be omitted, having been licensed before. 

1149. A Cure for the Heart Ache. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Morton. 


Application Dec. 24, 1796, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Jan. 10, 1797. 

MS: some deletions; notes by Larpent and by Morton regarding censorship and 

alterations; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1808 (Inchbald's British Theatre): 


1150. The Honey Moon. Comic opera, 3 acts. William Linley. 


Application Dec. 29, 1796, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Jan. 7, 1797. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 31, 1796. Comp. Songs, Choruses, &c., &c., in The Honey 

Moon, 1797 (K-D 253): virtually the same; songs, only, printed. 

1151. The Battle of Eddington; or, British Liberty. Tragedy, 3 acts. John Penn. 


No application. Prod. Richmond (?), 1796 (?); H2, May 10, 1797. 

MS: numerous corrections; endorsed, by Larpent(?), Theatre Royal Richmond Mr. 

Wathin Manager; prologue. Comp. 2d ed., with alterations, 1796 (K-D 297): slight 

differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was licensed on 10 Feby 1796 for the Richmond Theatre, Mr. Wathin 

Manager. 

1152. Evelina. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte. 


Application Jan. 6, 1797, William Jewell, H1. Prod. Jan. 10. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 9; cast. 

1153. A Friend in Need. Comic opera, 3 acts. Prince Hoare. 


Application Jan. 31, 1797, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Feb. 9. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 2; much revised; cast. Comp. Songs, Trios, &c., and Finales, 

in A Friend in Need, 1797 (K-D 257): a few differences. 

1154. Bantry Bay. Musical piece, 1 act. G. N. Reynolds (?). 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Feb. 10; a number of corrections; cast. Comp. 1797 (K-D 

444): quite different; printed in two acts. 

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1155. The Primitive Wife and Modern Maid. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 


No application. Prod. (as Wives as They Were and Maids as They Are) C.G., Mar. 4, 

1797. 

MS: dated Feb. 10; cast. (Bound with No. 1156.) Comp. Wives as They Were, etc., 


1156. The Marriage of the Thames with Bellona. Cantata (Italian), 1 act. 


Application Mar. 9, 1797, William Jewell, H1. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar., 1797; cast. 

1157. Don Raymond; or, The Castle of Lindenburgh, Airs, Glees, &c., in. Ballet 

pantomime. 


No application. Prod. (as Raymond and Agnes, etc.) C.G., Mar. 16, 1797. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. II. 

1158. The Will and the Deed. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 


Application Mar. 23, 1797, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. (as The Will) Apr. 19. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 24; prologue and epilogue. Comp. The Will, 1797 (K-D 365): 


1159. The Italian Villagers. Opera, 3 acts. Prince Hoare. 



MS: dated by Larpent; cast. Comp. Airs, Duets, Trios, &c., &c., in Italian Villagers, 1797 

(K-D 298): numerous differences; songs, only, printed. 

1160. The Tatlers. Comedy, 5 acts. Benjamin Hoadly. 



MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), By Dr Hoadly; epilogue and Occasional Address. 

1161. L'Arbore di Diana. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 14, 1797, William Jewell, H1. Prod. 1797 (?). 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Apr. 14, 1797; cast. 

1162. The Last of the Family. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Apr. 25, 1797, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. May 8. 

MS: dated by Larpent; epilogue (with separate application, May 4, stating that it is to 

be used for Mr. Bannister's benefit) and prologue. Comp. The Posthumous Dramatick 

Works of Richard Cumberland, 1813 (121215): slight differences. 

220




1163. The Wandering Jew; [or, Love's Masquerade]. Farce, 2 acts. Andrew 

Franklin. 



MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. 4th ed., 1797 (K-D 364): slight differences, more 

numerous in Act II. 

1164. Nina. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: dated Apr. 20; cast. 

1165. My Night-gown and Slippers; or, Tales in Verse. George Colman, the 

Younger. 



Printed copy, 1797: dated, by Larpent(?), D.L., Apr. 20. 

Note 

See Colman's preface, dated Mar. 21, 1797, where it is stated that a contemplated 

performance of the tales at H2 was relinquished. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: My Night-gown & Slippers by G. Colman Junr. seems to have been 

performed at Drury Lane as an Interlude, but in what way the 'tales in verse' were 

introduced is not mentioned. By Larpents account book it appears that they were 

divided into three parts and the whole is entitled An Interlude called my Night-gown & 

Slippers' with the date of April 20. 1797. 

1166. The Surrender of Trinidad. Dramatic piece, 1 act. 




1167. Fairy Favours; or, The Nuptial Benison. [The Fairy Festival (?).] Interlude. 


Application May 6, 1797, Richard Wroughton, D.L. [Prod. as The Fairy Festival May 

13?] 


J.P.C. in B.D.: Fairy Favours or the Nuptial Benison was performed at Drury Lane in 

May 1797, having been sent for Licence on the 8th. May-The principal characters were 

Oberon, Puck & Titania, & it was only a sort of masque or shew in one act-It was no 

doubt the same as is mentioned as The Fairy Festival No. 41. ( B.D., II, 214.) 

1168. The Honest Thieves. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas Knight, from Robert Howard, The 

Committee. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 26. Comp. 2d ed., 1797 (K-D 458): slight differences. 

See No. 2277. 

1169. Kitty Connolly & Jack the Painter. A true tale. 


Application May 13, 1797, Richard Wroughton, D.L. [Spoken May 24?] 

MS: notice states, intended to be spoken by Mr. King at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 

on his Benefit night; endorsed, by J.P.C., T.R. Drury Lane May 18 1797 No Play. 

221




1170. The Hovel. Ballad opera, 2 acts. 


Application May 15, 1797, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. May 23. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 18; inserted, additional songs with separate notice, May 20, 

J. Stokes(?); note, Stokes(?) to Larpent, May 15, states that the songs will be sent as 

soon as the author brings them to the theatre; original notice states, for Miss Leak's 

benefit. 

1171. The Village Fête. Occasional interlude, 2 scenes. Richard Cumberland (?). 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 10; partial cast. 

1172. A Venetian Tale. [Diamond Cut Diamond; or, Venetial Revels(?).] [Theodore 

Edward Hook?] Musical farce, 2 acts. 


No application. [Prod. as Diamond Cut Diamond, C.G., May 23, 1797?] 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 12, 1797. 

1173. Cambro Britons; or, Fishguard in an Uproar. Musical interlude, 1 act. 




1174. Merope. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application June 3, 1797, William Jewell, H1. 


1175. Pygmalion. Interlude (Italian). 


Application June 8, 1797, Vincent Federici for Mr. Jewell, H1. 


1176. The Legacy. [The Irish Legacy(?).] Musical entertainment, 2 acts. [Samuel 

James Arnold?] 


Application June 19, 1797, George Colman, the Younger, H2. [Prod. as The Irish Legacy 

June 26?] 

MS: dated by Larpent June 20; insertions and corrections in several hands. 

1177. The Heir at Law. Comedy, 5 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 



MS: dated by Larpent July 7; prologue. Comp. 1808 (K-D 423): slight differences. 

1178. The Irish Tar; or, Which Is the Girl. Musical piece, 1 act. Walley 

Chamberlaine Oulton. 



MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 19. 

222




1179. No Play This Night. Prelude, 1 act. 


No application. [Aug. 23, 1797.] Not produced. (License refused.) 

MS: title-page endorsed not Licensed, and dated by Larpent Aug. 23. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: No Play this Night, a piece of which the hero was Sylvester Daggerwood 

in one act. The license was refused on 23 Augt. 1797. 

1180. The Chimney Corner. Musical farce, 2 acts. Walsh Porter. 


Application Sept. 29, 1797, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Oct. 7. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 30, and endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), By Walsh Porter; numerous 

passages canceled. Comp. Songs, Duetts, &c., &c., in The Chimney Corner, [1797] 

(Dev 8vo 68): slight differences; songs, only, printed. 

1181. Cheap Living. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 


Application Oct. 8, 1797, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Oct. 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 9. Comp. 1797 (K-D 392): slight differences. 

1182. The Opiate. Farce, 2 acts. Samuel Birch. 


Application Oct. 21, 1797, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. (as Fast Asleep) Nov. 27. 

MS: dated Oct. 24; prologue to Fast Asleep. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Opiate, or Fast Asleep a farce in two Acts was performed at Drury 

Lane in Octr. 1797, the letter for the licence being dated 21 Oct. in that year-See 'Fast 

Asleep'. 

1183. A Trip to the Nore. Musical interlude, 1 act. Andrew Franklin. 


Application Nov. 5, 1797, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Nov. 9. 


1184. The Hue and Cry. Opera, 2 acts. James C. Cross, from Elizabeth Inchbald. 


No application. Prod. (as An Escape into Prison) C.G., Nov. 13, 1797. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Oct. 11; cast. 

See No. 900, which is substantially the same, except without songs. 

1185. Ipermestra. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Nov. 21, 1797, Vincent Federici, H1. Prod. Nov. 28. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 23; cast. 

1186. The Round Tower; or, Irish Fidelity, Songs in. Ballet pantomime. James C. 

Cross. 


No application. Prod. (as The Round Tower; or, The Chieftains of Ireland) C.G., Nov. 24, 

1797. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov., 1798 [changed to 1797]; note, C.G., Nov. 17, J. Hill, 

notifying Examiner for Mr. Lewis that title of the new ballet pantomime, of which I 

have sent you the Songs, is The Round Tower; or, Irish Fidelity; title inserted on cover 

by Larpent. Comp. The Round Tower; or, The Chieftains of Ireland, Circusiana, 1809 

(K-D 428): a few differences. 

223




1187. The Castle Spectre. Drama, 5 acts. Matthew Gregory Lewis. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 27; several passages marked for omission, by Examiner(?). 

Comp. 1798 (K-D 319): slightly different. 

1188. Our Wooden Walls; or, All to St. Paul's. Dramatic piece with songs, 1 act. 

John O'Keeffe (?). 


Application Dec. 7, 1797, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Britain's Brave Tars; or, All for 

St. Paul's) Dec. 19. 


1189. [Harlequin and Quixote; or, The Magic Arm, Songs in.] Pantomime. James C. 

Cross. 



MS: endorsed New Pantomime, and dated by Larpent Dec. 15. 

1190. Address, to Be Spoken on the Benefit Night for the Widows and Orphans of 

the Sailors Who Were Kill'd in the North Sea Fight. 



MS: endorsed D.L., and dated, by J.P.C.(?), 1796. 

1191. Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. George 



Application Jan. 1, 1798, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Jan. 16. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 2; title changed from Female Curiosity; or, Blue Beard's 

Marriage. Comp. 4th ed., 1798 (K-D 350): a few differences. 

1192. Knave or Not. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 



MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 8; a note from Wroughton, dated D.L., Jan. 11, stating that 

suggested alteration has been made; another note, Salisbury to Larpent, May 17, 

1798, apparently referring to No. 1212, and stating: if the Plot appears to you to have 

the same Tendency as Knave or not which you mentioned in a former Letter, you must 

not allow the Play to be performed; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1798 (K-D 359): 


J.P.C. in B.D.: There was some difficulty in obtaining a license for it and Larpent (as 

appears by letters among Larpents papers) referred the matter to Lord Salisbury-It 

was finally allowed with various alterations made in the MS sent to Larpent by R 

Wroughten the then Manager of Drury L. 

1193. Secrets Worth Knowing. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Morton. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Dec. 26, 1797; prologue and epilogue; cast; also prologue 

and epilogue to False Impressions. Comp. 1798 (K-D 347): a few slight differences. 

224




1194. Joan of Arc; or, The Maid of Orleans, [Songs in]. Ballet pantomime. James C. 

Cross. 



MS: consists only of songs, choruses, recitative, and finale; dated, by Larpent, C.G., 

Jan. 30. Comp. Airs, Duets, and Chorusses, in...Joan of Arc, 1798 (K-D 297): virtually 

the same. 


1195. He's Much to Blame. Comedy, 5 acts.. Thomas Holcroft. 


Application, for prologue only, Feb. 10, 1798, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Feb. 13. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb., 1798; several passages censored and revised; previous 

title, The Disloyal Lover, deleted on cover; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 3d ed., 

1798 (K-D 351): virtually the same. 

1196. St. Kilda in Edinburgh; or, News from Camperdown. Musical farce, 2 acts. 

Robert Heron. 


No application. Prod. Edinburgh, Feb. 21, 1798. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Edinburgh-February 1798. 

1197. Voluntary Contribution. Musical piece, 1 act. Walsh Porter. 


Application (with No. 1200) Feb. 26, 1798, William Diamond, Bath. Prod. Bath, 1798 

(?); C.G., May 12. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Bath, Feb. 27. 

1198. La Cifra. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. G. Petrosellini. 


Application Mar. 9 (?), 1798, Vincent Federici, H1. Prod. Mar. 10. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 8; cast. 

1199. A Devil of a Lover. Farce, 2 acts. _____ Maubray. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Feb. 20; prologue; cast. 

1200. La Sposa in Equivoco. Comic opera (Italian), 1 act. 


Application Mar. 20, 1798, Vincent Federici, H1. Prod. Mar. 22. 

MS: dated Mar. 21; cast. 

1201. The Stranger, Prologue and Epilogue to. Matthew Gregory Lewis. 


No application. Spoken D.L. Mar. 24, 1798 (?). 

MS. 

1202. The Raft; or, Both Sides of the Water. Musical piece, 1 act. James C. Cross. 



MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 13; cast. Comp. Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c., in... The 

Raft; etc., 1798 (K-D 318): songs, only, printed. 

225




1203. Harlequin's Return, New Songs in. Pantomime. James C. Cross. 



MS: endorsed C.G., and dated by Larpent Apr., 1798. 

1204. An Exordium, [Descriptive of... The Roman Puppet Show]. Piece, 1 act. 



MS: dated by Larpent, C.G., Apr., 1798. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: An Exordium. A piece of a burlesque kind with this title in which Punch, 

Chrononhotonthologos, Rigdum Funidos & other characters of the same sort were 

exhibited, in one act was brought out at Covent Garden in April 1798, or at least it was 

sent to be licensed then. 

1205. Blue Devils. Farce, 1 act. George Colman, the Younger. 


Application Apr. 16, 1798, William Thomas Lewis, C.G. Prod. Apr. 24. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 17; cast. Comp. 1808 (K-D 422): a few differences. 

1206. Curiosity. Play, 5 acts. Translated from Gustavus III, King of Sweden (?). 


No application. Prod. C.G. Apr. 17, 1798. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr., 1798. 

1207. Hooly and Fairly; or, The Highland Laddie. Musical piece, 1 act. 


Application Apr. 18, 1798, William Thomas Lewis, C.G. Prod. Apr. 28 (previously, 

Sadler's Wells, Aug. 17, 1789?). 

MS. 

1208. Elfrida. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Ranieri de' Calsabigi (?). 


Application Apr. 24, 1798, Vincent Federici, H1. Prod. May 19. 

MS: cast. 

See No. 1682, which is substantially the same. 

1209. Matrimony. Comedy, 1 act. [From De Pont de Vesle, La Somnambule(?).] 


No application. Prod. C.G., Apr. 27, 1798 (?). 

MS: much corrected and incomplete(?); affixed title-page (relation of which to MS is 

questionable) states, A Comedy in one Act. taken from the 'Somnambule' or 

'Sleep-Walker'; cast. 

1210. Hannah Hewit; [or, The Female Crusoe]. Musical drama, 2 acts. Charles 

Dibdin. 


Application Apr. 27, 1798, Richard Wroughton, D.L; for songs, May 2, J. G. (?) Stokes, 

D.L. Prod. May 7. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 30; songs and finale. (Songs printed in Dibdin's Charms of 

Melody.) 

226




1211. The Eccentric Lover. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: endorsed C.G., and dated by Larpent Apr., 1798; two copies, each, of prologue 

and epilogue. Comp. The Posthumous Dramatic Works of Richard Cumberland, 1813 

(121215): virtually the same. 

1212. Quarter Day. Comedy, 5 acts. John O'Keeffe. 


Application Apr. 30, 1798, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. (as She's Elop'd) May 19. 

MS: a few passages canceled; notes: Lord Salisbury to Larpent, May 4; Wroughton to 

Larpent, May 14 and Saturday Night-all concerned with refusal to license in first state, 

alterations, and change of title (see also note bound with No. 1192); prologue and 

epilogue. 

J.P.C. in B.D. (under She's Elop'd): It was first called Quarter Day and there was a good 

deal of correspondence between Wroughton Larpent & the Earl of Salisbury before it 

was licensed on account of objectionable passages. 

1213. They've Bit the Old One; or, The Scheeming Butler. Musical piece, 1 act. 

James C. Cross. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 21; cast. 

1214. Botheration! or, A Ten Years' Blunder. Farce, 2 acts. Walley Chamberlain 

Oulton. 



MS: numerous deletions; cast, and revisions of text, in another hand. Comp. 1798 (K-D 

369): considerable differences. (Dated Apr. 30, 1798, in B.C.) 

1215. Disinterested Love. Play, 5 acts. Thomas Hull, from Philip Massinger, The 

Bashful Lover. 



MS: dated by Larpent May 19; entire MS in hand of author (?); prologue. 

1216. Reformed in Time. Comic opera, 2 acts. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 9; numerous corrections; cast. Comp. 1798 (K-D 


1217. The Ugly Club! Dramatic caricature, 1 act. Edmund Spenser, the Younger 

[_____ Iliffe?]. 


Application May 29, 1798, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. June 6. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 2; on title-page: Founded on the 17th. Number of The 

Spectator!; numerous deletions; cast. Comp. 1798 (K-D 372): extensive differences. 

(On title-page of his copy Kemble has written, _____ Iliffe is the real Name of the 

Authour.) 

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1218. The Eleventh of June; or, The Daggerwoods at Dunstable. Farce, 1 act. John 

O'Keeffe. 



MS: notice states, a Continuation of the Dramatic Interlude called Sylvester 

Daggerwood; dated by Larpent June 2. 

1219. A Nosegay of Weeds. Musical piece, 1 act. John O'Keefe. 



MS: dated by Larpent June 2; some corrections. 

1220. The Inquisitor. Play, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 


Application June 18, 1798, Francis Godolphin Waldron for G. Colman, H2. Prod. June 

23. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 21; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1798 (K-D 352): slight 

difference. 

1221. Throw Physick to the Dogs; or, Jack of All Trades. Farce, 2 acts. [Henry?] 

Lee. 



MS: dated by Larpent June 29, and endorsed Throw Physick to the Dogs or above the 

original title, Jack of All Trades. Comp. Songs, &c., in a New Musical Farce, etc., 1798 

(Dev 8vo 72): songs, only, printed. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was originally called Jack of all Trades but that was made the second 

title and preceded by Throw Physick to the Dogs. 

1222. Cambro Britons. Play, 3 acts. James Boaden. 



MS: dated by Larpent July 12. Comp. 1798 (K-D 358): slight differences. 

1223. False and True. Play, 3 acts. The Rev. Mr. Moultru. 



MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 9. Comp. 2d ed., 1798 (K-D 356): virtually the same. 

1224. The Outlaws. Comic opera, 2 acts. Andrew Franklin. 


Application Oct. 5, 1798, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Oct. 16. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 6. 

1225. A Day at Rome. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Charles Smith. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 9, 1798; a few deletions; cast. Comp. 1798 (K-D 


228




1226. Lovers' Vows. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald, from Augustus von 

Kotzebue. 



MS: endorsed C.G., and dated by Larpent Sept. 28; prologue and epilogue; cast. 


1227. News from the Nile; or, Laurels from Egypt. Occasional prelude. Thomas 

John Dibdin. 


Application Oct. 13, 1798, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Mouth of the Nile, or; the 

Glorious First of August) Oct. 25. 

MS: prologue; cast. Comp. The Mouth of the Nile, 1798 (K-D 318): some discrepancies. 

1228. Black Beard; or, The Genoese Pirate, Songs, Duets, Glees, Chorusses, &c., 

in. Spectacle. James C. Cross. 


No application. Prod. (as The Genoese Pirate; or, Black Beard,) C.G., Oct. 15, 1798 

(previously, as Black Beard; or, The Captive Princess, Royal Circus, Apr. 9). 

Printed copy (unpublished, sold in the theatre?): dated, by Larpent, C.G., Oct. 12; 

subtitle, Captive Princess, deleted, and Genose Pirate substituted. Comp. Blackbeard; 

or, The Captive Princess, in Cross's Circusiana, 1809 (K-D 428): minor differences. 

1229. A Word for Nature. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Oct. 27, 1798, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Dec. 5. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov., 1798; prologue and epilogue. Comp. The Passive Husband, 

The Posthumous Dramatic Works of Richard Cumberland, 1813 (121215): slight 

resemblances. 

1230. Captive of Spilsburg; or, The Souterain. Opera, 2 acts. Prince Hoare. 


Application Oct. 31, 1798, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Nov. 14. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 7; present title added above subtitle. Comp. 1799 (K-D 

350): a number of differences. 

1231. Neither's the Man. Comedy, 5 acts. Mrs. Margaret Holford. 


Application Oct. 31, 1798, by _____ Ward and _____ Banks, Chester. 

MS: note: It is requested Mr. Larpent will expedite the Licencing of this Piece, as it is 

intended merely [?] for a Benefit, in the course of 10 days; another note: This copy to 

be left at the Lord Chamberlain's Office, as the Author has another Copy at Chester; 

prologue and epilogue. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was licensed on Nov. 3d. 1798 having been sent by Ward & Banks 

Managers of the Chester Theatre. 

1232. Aurelio [and Miranda]. Play, 5 acts. James Boaden. 


Application Nov. 3, 1798, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Dec. 29. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 7; title-page endorsed James Boaden; previous title, The 

Monk, erased; some passages canceled; prologue. Comp. 3d ed., 1799 (K-D 350): a 

few slight differences. 

229




1233. Ramah Droog; or, Wind Does Wonders. Comic opera, 3 acts. James Cobb. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Nov. 3. Comp. Songs, Duets, Trios, and Finales, etc., 1798 

(K-D 317): some discrepancies; songs, only, printed. 

1234. The Jew and the Doctor. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Nov. 17; prologue; cast. Comp. 1800 (K-D 451): numerous 


1235. Medonte. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni de' Gamerra. 


Application Nov. 26, 1798, William Jewell, H1. Prod. Nov. 14, 1782(?). 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 29, 1798; cast. 

See No. 1238, another version (?), with a different cast. 

1236. The Black Forest. Dramatic romance, 3 acts. Samuel Birch. 


No application. Prod. (as Albert and Adelaide) C.G., Dec. 11, 1798. 

MS: dated Nov. 17; cast. Comp. Airs, Chorusses, &c., &c., in Albert & Adelaide; or, The 

Victim of Constancy, 1798 (Dev 8vo 68): several discrepancies; songs, only, printed. 

1237. Cinna. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte. 


Application [1798], J. Gallarini, For Mr Vincent Federici, H1. 


1238. Medonte, Rè d'Epiro. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni de' Gamerra. 



MS: several deletions; cast. 

See No. 1235. 

1239. Feudal Times; or, The Banquet Gallery. Drama, 2 acts. George Colman, the 

Younger. 


Application Jan. 2, 1799, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Jan. 19. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan., 1799. Comp. [1799] (K-D 356): slight differences. 

1240. The Votary of Wealth. Comedy, 5 acts. Joseph George Holman. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Jan., 1799; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1799 (Dev 


1241. Ines de Castre. Musical drama (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 18, 1799, Vincent Federici, H1. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Jan. 19; cast. 

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1242. The Old Clothsman. Comic opera, 2 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 


Application Jan. 28, 1799, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Apr. 2. 

MS: cast. 

1243. The Secret. Comedy, 5 acts. Edward Morris. 


Application Feb. 1, 1799, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Mar. 2. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 2; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 2d ed., 1799 (K-D 347): 


1244. Five Thousand a Year. Comedy, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 6; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. [1799] (K-D 


1245. The Twins; or, Is It He or His Brother. Farce, 2 acts. Mathew Gregory Lewis. 


Application Mar. 28, 1799, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Apr. 8. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Mar. 29; prologue; For the Benefit of Mr. Bannister Junr.; 

partial cast. 

1246. The Pavilion. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. William Linley. 


Application Mar. 28, 1799, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Nov. 16. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 29. Comp. Songs, Duetss, &c., n.d. (K-D 353): slight 

differences. 

See No. 1277. 

1247. The Birthday. Comedy, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin, from Augustus von 

Kotzebue. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Feb. 16; prologue; cast. Comp. 1800 (K-D 445): virtually 

the same. 

1248. The Castle of Montval. Tragedy, 5 acts. Thomas Sedgwick Whalley. 


Application Apr. 9, 1799, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Apr. 23. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 10; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 3d. ed., 1799 (K-D 358): 


1249. The Count of Burgundy. Play, 4 acts. Alexander Pope (?), from Anne 

Plumptre's translation of Augustus von Kotzebue. 


No application. Prod. C.G., Apr. 12, 1799 (?). 

Printed copy of Kotzebue's The Count of Burgundy, tr. Anne Plumptre, 1798: MS 

alterations, consisting almost entirely of excision of passages; partial cast. 

231




1250. Trials of the Heart. Play, 3 acts. 




1251. The Georgian Princess. Opera, 2 acts. Elizabeth, Countess of Craven (later 

Margravine of Anspach). 


No application. Prod. (as The Princess of Georgia) C.G., Apr. 19, 1799 (and privately at 

Brandenburgh House). 

MS: endorsed C.G., and dated by Larpent Apr. 12; cast. 

1252. Tag in Tribulation; or, The Benefit Night. Interlude, 1 act. Thomas John 

Dibdin. 



MS. 

See No. 1840. 

1253. What Is She? Comedy, 5 acts. Charlotte Smith. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 27; prologue and 3 versions of epilogue; cast. Comp. 

1799 (K-D 631): some differences. 

1254. First Faults. Comedy, 5 acts. Marie Thérèse (De Camp) Kemble. 


Application Apr. 27, 1799, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. May 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 29; endorsed, by J.P.C., By Miss Decamp-now Mrs. C. 

Kemble. 

1255. The Widow and the Riding Horse; or, The Paradox. Interlude, 1 act. Thomas 

John Dibdin, from Anne Plumptre's translation of Augustus von Kotzebue. 


Application Apr. 29, 1799, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Horse and the Widow) 

May 4. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 30. Comp. The Horse and the Widow, 1799 (K-D 352): slight 

differences. 

1256. I Due Swizzeri. Intermezzo opera (Italian), 1 act. 


Application May 10, 1799, Vincent Federici, H1. 


1257. Tell Truth and Shame the Devil. Comedy, 1 act. William Dunlap. 


No application. Prod. C.G., May 18, 1799 (previously New York, 1797). 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 6. Comp. New York, 1797 (K-D 545): numerous 

differences; printed in two acts. 

232




1258. Fortune's Frolic. Farce, 2 acts. John Till Allingham. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 9. Comp. 1799 (K-D 356): slight differences. 

1259. La Didone. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Pietro Metastasio (?). 


Application May 25, 1799, Vincent Federici, H1. 


1260. The Man in the Moon. Dramatic sketch, 1 act. George Brewer. 


Application May 29, 1799, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Not produced? (See B.D. 

and Nicoll.) 


1261. Occasional Address to Be Spoken for the Benefit of the Widow and Orphan 

Children of the Late Mr. Follet. 


No application. Spoken C.G., June 1, 1799. 

MS: dated 1799. 

1262. The Castle of Sorrento. [The Prisoner; or, The Resemblance.] Opera, 2 acts. 

Henry Heartwell and George Colman, the Younger, from Alexander Duval, Le 

Prisonnier, ou La Ressemblance. 



MS: dated by Larpent June 26; cast. Comp. 1799 (K-D 357): numerous differences. 

1263. Sighs! or, The Daughter, Prologue and Epilogue to the New Comedy. 


No application. Spoken H2, July 30, 1799 (?). 

MS: two copies, each, of prologue and epilogue. 

1264. Gander Hall. Farce, 2 acts. Andrew Franklin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, Aug. 1. (For the benefit of Mrs. Gibbs.) 

1265. The Red Cross Knights. Play, 5 acts. Joseph George Holman. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, Aug. 7; prologue. Comp. 1799 (K-D 353): some differences. 

1266. The Maid of Liverpool; or, The Loyal Tar. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Sept. 11, 1799, Francis Aickin, Liverpool. Prod. Liverpool(?), 1799(?). 

MS: previous subtitle, The Consequences, deleted; dated, by Larpent(?), Liverpool, 

Sept. 16, 1799. 

233




1267. The Naval Pillar; or, Britannia's Triumph. Occasional interlude, 1 act. 

Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Sept. 20, 1799, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Oct. 7. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 21; cast. Comp. 1799 (K-D 353): many discrepancies. 

1268. The Embarkation. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Andrew Franklin. 


Application Sept. 25, 1799, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Oct. 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 27; cast. Comp. Songs, Duetts, Chorusses, &c., in... The 

Embarkation, 1799 (K-D 352): slight difference. 

1269. Management. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Oct. 18; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1799 (K-D 


1270. The Turnpike Gate. Comic opera, 2 acts. Thomas Knight. 



MS: dated C.G., Oct. 17; cast. Comp. 2d ed., 1799 (K-D 349): a number of 

inconsequential differences. 

1271. The Wise Man of the East. Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald, from 

Augustus von Kotzebue. 



MS: dated C.G., Nov. 14; prologue (by Charles Moore) and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1799 

(K-D 354): differs considerably. 

1272. The Volcano; or, The Rival Harlequins, Songs in. Pantomime. Thomas John 

Dibdin and Charles Farley. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Dec. 12. Comp. Songs, Recitatives, &c., in The Volcano, 


1273. Lines on Thorpe Grove. Poem. F.S. 



MS: signed F.S. [?]. (Dated 1799 in B.C.) 

1274. The Secret Castle; or, Henry and Edwy. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. Manchester, 1799 (?). 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Manchester, Feb. 18, 1799. 

1275. Adelaide. Tragedy, 5 acts. Henry James Pye. 


Application Jan. 14, 1800, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Jan. 25. 

MS: prologue, by William Sotheby; epilogue, by J.(?) Taylor. Comp. 1800 (K-D 364): 

prologue differs slightly; otherwise virtually the same. 

234




1276. Joanna of Montfaucon, Prologue to. 


No application. Spoken C.G., Jan. 16, 1800 (?). 

MS. 

1277. The Ring; [or, Love Me for Myself]. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. William 

Linley, from his The Pavilion. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Jan. 21, 1800. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 13; cover states, Altered from the Pavilion. Comp. Songs, 

Duets, &c., in The Ring; or, Love Me for Myself [1800] (K-D 353): several slight 

differences. 

See No. 1246. 

1278. Of Age To-morrow. Musical farce, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Jan. 28, 1800, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Feb. 1. 



1279. Speed the Plough. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Morton. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Jan. 29; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1800 (K-D 

368): numerous minor differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpents copy bears the date 29th. Jany 1800 but he does not enter the 

play among the Licences of that year. 

1280. The True Friends. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: cast. 

1281. The Egyptian Festival. Comic opera, 3 acts. Andrew Franklin. 


Application Feb. 23, 1800, William Powell, D.L. Prod. Mar. 11. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Feb. 24; some corrections and insertions. Comp. 1800 (K-D 

372): a number of differences. 

1282. The Triple Discovery. Comedy, 5 acts. 


Application Mar. 8, 1800, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Not produced? 

MS: numerous corrections; notice states, proposed to be acted, for a Benefit Night,... 

previous to the ensuing regular Summer-Season. (Dated Mar. 13 in B.C.) 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was perhaps never preformed as Larpent objected to many passages. 

1283. Alessandro e Timoteo; or, Alexander's Feast. Musical drama (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 25, 1800, Vincent Federici, H1. Prod. Apr. 15. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Mar. 28; cast. 

235




1284. She Lives; or, The Generous Brother. Play, 4 acts. Mary Goldsmith. 


Application Mar. 28, 1800, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Not produced? 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr., 1800; prologue (endorsed Mrs Goldsmith and signed T.V.) 

and epilogue (endorsed By Thomas Vaughen); notice states, to be represented on a 

Benefit Night (not in the regular Summer Season). 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was sent to the Licenser in April 1800 and he granted the Licence at 

that time-The Prologue & Epilogue were by Thomas Vaughan. A piece with the same 

title was performed at Margate and Licensed in Feby 1803. 

See No. 1399. 

1285. The Indian. Farce, 2 acts. John Fenwick. 


Application Mar. 29, 1800, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. Oct. 6. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 30; prologue, by Dr. Houlton. Comp. [1800] (K-D 368): 

differs extensively. 

1286. Saint David's Day; or, The Honest Welchman. Ballad farce, 2 acts. Thomas 




MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 15. Comp. 1801 (K-D 396): some slight differences. 

1287. De Monfort. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Philip Kemble, from Joanna Baillie. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 3; prologue (endorsed, by J.P.C., By Hon F North) and 

epilogue (endorsed, by J.P.C., By Duchess of Devonshire). Comp. Baillie's De Monfort, 

in A Series of Plays, 1798 (K-D 333): differs extensively. 

1288. The Hermione; or, Retaliation. [The Hermione; or, Valour Triumphant.] 

Musical interlude. Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 25; cast. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpents copy is entitled 'Hermione or Retaliation'. It was licensed Mar 

25. 1800. 

1289. The Children; or, Give Them Their Way. Drama with songs, 2 acts. Prince 

Hoare. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 21; prologue; song inserted, with separate application, Apr. 

17, J. Stokes. Comp. Songs and Chorusses in The Children, 1800 (K-D 369): MS 

contains only two songs, neither of which is printed; prose dialogue not printed. 

1290. Address. (Deserted Daughters, are but rarely found.) 


Application Apr. 28, 1800, Thomas Harris, C.G. Spoken May 2. 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., Spoken by Mrs. Mattocks in favour of some young Actress [a 

'Lady,' as Joanna in The Deserted Daughter?]. 

See No. 1077. 

236




1291. The School for Prejudices. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Apr. 28, 1800, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Liberal Opinions [3 acts]) May 

12; (as The School for Prejudice) Jan. 3, 1801. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 28; title corrected from Prejudices a Comedy in three Acts; 

numerous revisions and insertions show expansion of play from three to five acts; two 

prologues and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1801 (K-D 396): slight differences; MS revisions 

generally incorporated in printed text. 

1292. Virginia. Musical drama, 2 acts. James Cobb. 


No application. Prod. (as Paul and Virginia) C.G., May 1, 1800. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 15; cast. Comp. Dublin [1801?] (218796): numerous 

differences. 

1293. Indiscretion. Comedy, 5 acts. Prince Hoare. 


Application May 3, 1800, James Aickin, D.L. Prod. May 10. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 4; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1800 (K-D 450): prologue 

and epilogue differ slightly; numerous slight discrepancies in dialogue, especially in 

last act. 

1294. Zenobia. Musical drama (English and Italian), 2 acts. From Pietro 

Metastasio. 



Printed copy, 1800: title-page states, for Mme Banti's benefit. 

1295. 'Tis All a Farce. Comedy, 2 acts. John Till Allingham. 



MS: dated by Larpent June 10. Comp. 1800 (K-D 368): only slight differences. 

1296. Occasional Address. (In early days, by fond ambition led.) 


Application n.d., Richard Brinsley Sheridan, D.L. Spoken June 18, 1800 (?). 

MS: dated 1800; notice states, to be spoken by Lacy. 

1297. Obi; or, Three-Finger'd Jack. Pantomime, 2 acts. John Fawcett. 




1298. The Point of Honour. Play, 3 acts. Charles Kemble. 



MS: dated by Larpent July 9; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1800 (K-D 370): slight 

differences. 

237




1299. What a Blunder. Opera, 3 acts. Joseph George Holman. 


Application July 31, 1800, Francis Godolphin Waldron For G. Colman, H2. Prod. Aug. 

14. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 4; title changed, on cover and in notice, from All from Error 

(which, however, is allowed to stand on title-page). Comp. 1800 (K-D 372): practically 

identical. 

1300. The Review; or, The Wags of Windsor. Musical piece, 2 acts. George Colman, 

the Younger. 



MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. Dublin, 1801 (K-D 399): some differences. 

1301. The Two Farmers. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


No application. [C.G., Oct. 10, 1800.] Not produced. 

MS: cover endorsed, by Larpent, Withdrawn; several long passages deleted; cast. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was sent to Larpent on 10th. Octr. 1800 & he marked upon his copy 

Withdrawn-Nevertheless all the parts were cast including Munden, Emery, Fawcett, 

Incledon, Johnstone, &c. Larpent found it highly objectionable on account of what is 

said regarding monopolizing corn by framers & others. 

1302. Wilmore Castle. Comic opera, 2 acts. Robert Houlton. 




1303. Virginia. Opera, 3 acts. Mrs. Frances Plowden. 



MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 25. Comp. 1800 (K-D 368): some lines and one entire scene 

printed but not in MS. 

1304. Life. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Sept. 28; prologue and epilogue (by James Cobb); cast. 

Comp. 4th ed., 1801 (Dev 8vo 19): numerous differences, chiefly in Acts IV and V. 

1305. Il Bondocani; or, The Caliph Robber. Musical entertainment, 3 acts. Thomas 




MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Oct. 22; cast. Comp. 1801 (K-D 395): numerous 

differences in songs and dialogue. 

1306. Antonio; or, The Soldier's Return. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Godwin. 


Application Dec. 8, 1800, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Dec. 13. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 9; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1800 (K-D 367): 

numerous slight differences; conclusion varies. 

238




1307. The Dominions of Fancy; or, Harlequin's Tour. Pantomime. Thomas John 

Dibdin. 


No application. Prod. (as Harlequin's Tour; or, The Dominion of Fancy) C.G., Dec. 22, 

1800. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Dec. 16. Comp. Songs, Chorusses, &c., in... Harlequin's Tour; 

or, The Dominion of Fancy, 1800 (K-D 367): slight differences. 

1308. Harlequin-Amulet; or, The Magic of Mona. Pantomime. William Powell (?). 


Application n.d., W. Powell, D.L. Prod. Dec. 22, 1800. 

Printed copy [1800]: cast. 

1309. La Pastorella Nobile. Comic opera (Italian and English), 2 acts. Saverio Zini 

(?). 


No application. [H1, Dec. 24, 1800.] 

Printed copy, 1800: dated by Larpent; cast. 

See No. 922. 

1310. Curiosity. Comedy, 3 acts. Francis Lathom. 


No application; endorsed to be performed at Norwich by ye Norwh Comy. Mr Hindes 

Manager. [Prod. Norwich, 1800 or 1801?] 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, Nov. 18, 1800; previous titles, The Spanish Duel and 

they can't-[?], erased; endorsed the Author Mr F Lathom; cast. Comp. 1801 (K-D 630): 


1311. The Dash of the Day. Comedy, 5 acts. Francis Lathom. 



MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Norwich, July 25, 1800; previous title, Life in a Mirror, Or, the 

dash of the day, deleted. Comp. Norwich, 1800 (Dev 8vo 8o): a number of differences. 

1312. I Due Fratelli Rivali. [I Fratelli Rivali.] Comic opera (English and Italian), 2 

acts. 



Printed copy, Lambeth, 1800: title-page states, performed at H1. 

1313. La Perouse. Drama, 2 acts. From Anne Plumptre's translation of Augustus 

von Kotzebue. 


No application. [Ca. 1800.] 

Printed copy of Anne Plumptre's translation, 1799(?): numerous passages deleted, and 

some MS insertions. (Dated in B.C. [wrongly], 1801.) 

1314. The Veteran Tar; or, A Chip of the Old Block. Comic opera, 2 acts. Samuel 

James Arnold. 



MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 15. Comp. 1801 (Dev 8vo 17): numerous differences 

throughout. 

239




1315. Deaf and Dumb; or, The Orphan Protected. Historical drama, 5 acts. Thomas 

Holcroft. 



MS: prologue. Comp. 1801 (K-D 367): virtually identical. 

1316. The Poor Gentleman. Comedy, 5 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Dec. 31, 1800; numerous deletions. Comp. 1802 (K-D 


1317. Orlando and Seraphina; or, The Funeral Pile. Play (heroic drama), 5 acts. 

Francis Lathom. 


No application. Endorsed Theatre Royal Norwich 10th. March 1801, and For Mr [?] 

Hindes Manager of the Theatre Royal. Norwich. Prod. Norwich, 1801 (?). 

MS: a number of deletions. (Not listed in B.C.) Comp. [1799] (K-D 421): printed in 

three acts; MS a considerably expanded version. 

Bound with No. 1323 


1318. Julian and Agnes. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Sotheby. 


Application Mar. 17, 1801, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Apr. 25. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 17. Comp. 1801 (K-D 368): numerous and extensive 

differences. 

1319. Adelmorn, the Outlaw. Romantic drama, 3 acts. Matthew Gregory Lewis. 


Application Mar. 17, 1801, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. May 4. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 17. Comp. 1801 (K-D 367): numerous differences. 

1320. False Shame. Comedy, 3 acts. From Augustus von Kotzebue. 


No application. [Norwich, Mar. 17, 1801?] 

MS: no indication of theatre. Comp. 1799 (K-D 351): MS is apparently a reduction of 

the translation, printed in four acts, to three acts, accomplished chiefly by cutting the 

dialogue and inserting a few scenes; other differences are slight. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: False Shame,..., was sent for License from Norwich Mar 17. 1801 and 

licensed by Larpent-It was probably founded on No. 100 [i.e., False Shame]. ( B.D., II, 

220.) 

1321. The Blind Girl; or, A Receipt for Beauty. Opera, 3 acts. Thomas Morton. 



MS: several deletions; cast. Comp. Airs, Duets, and Chorusses, in The Blind Girl, 1801 

(K-D 367): some differences; dialogue not printed. 

240




1322. Holiday Time; or, The School Boy's Frolic. Farce, 2 acts. Francis Lathom. 


Application Apr. 15, 1801, John Clayton Hindes, Norwich. Prod. Norwich, April, 1801 

(?). 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Apr. 10; a further notice, n.d., unsigned, requests license 

immediately. Comp. Norwich, 1800 (K-D 390): considerable differences. 

See No. 1425. 

1323. La Principessa Filosofa. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Altered by B. Serafino 

Buonaiuti. 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. May 5, 1801. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), May 4; numerous corrections; cast. 

1324. Like Father Like Son. Farce, 1 act. 


Application May 7, 1801, John Clayton Hindes, Norwich. 


1325. What Wou'd the Man Be At? Drama, 1 act. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 30; almost half of text deleted; title given also as 

Three to One; or, What wou'd the Man be at! (and so listed in B.C.). 

1326. A Sea-side Story. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. William Dimond. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 30. Comp. 1801 (K-D 368): some discrepancies. 

1327. Who's the Rogue? Farce, 2 acts. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 8; many deletions and revisions; cast. Comp. Songs, 

Chorusses, &c., 1801 (Dev 8vo 66): slight difference; songs, only, printed. 

1328. L'Isola del Piacere; or, The Island of Pleasure. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 

Lorenzo da Ponte (?). 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. June 13, 1801. 


See No. 1082. 

1329. The Gipsey Prince. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Thomas Moore. 



MS: dated by Larpent July 17; some deletion of text. 

1330. The Corsair; or, The Italian Nuptials. Ballet, 2 pts. Charles Farley. 



MS: dated by Larpent July 28. 

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1331. The Garland of Truth; or, Integrity Proved. Comedy, 5 acts. 


No application. Prod. (as Intergrity) C.G., Oct. 8, 1801. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Sept. 21; prologue and epilogue; cast. 

1332. The Escapes; [or, The Water Carrier]. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Thomas 

John Dibdin, or Thomas Holcroft. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 12; some deletion, by Examiner (?). 

1333. Folly as It Flies. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Oct. 19; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1802 (K-D 

395): many minor differences. 

1334. Chains for the Heart; or, The Slaves of Centa. Opera, 3 acts. Prince Hoare. 


No application. Prod. (as Chains of the Heart; or, The Slave by Choice) C.G., Dec. 9, 

1801. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 27; cast. Comp. Chains of the Heart, etc., 1802 (K-D 395): a 

number of differences. 

1335. Harlequin Almanack; or, The Four Seasons, Songs, Duetts, Glees, Choruses, 

&c., in. Pantomime. Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Dec. 14. Comp. The Introduction, Songs, Glees, Trios, 

Chorusses, &c., in...Harlequin's Almanack; or, The Four Seasons, 1801 (K-D 392): a few 

differences. 

1336. Angelina. Comic opera (Italian and English), 2 acts. N. N., alterations by 



Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. 

Printed copy, 1801: dated by Larpent Dec., 1801. 

1337. Alfonso, King of Castile. Tragedy, 5 acts. Matthew Gregory Lewis. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Nov. 19, 1801; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1801 

(K-D 390): conclusion quite different; otherwise virtually the same. 

1338. Urania; or, The Illuminé. Comedy, 2 acts. William Robert Spencer. 



MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 18; one passage deleted, by Examiner (?); prologue and 

Songs &c. Comp. 1802 (K-D 395): slight differences. 

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1339. Captain MacShane; or, The White Bear. Comic opera, 3 acts. 


No application. [Norwich, Jan. 25, 1802?] 

MS: dated by Larpent; numerous corrections. 

1340. The Cabinet. Comic opera, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Jan. 18; cast. Comp. 1805 (K-D 402): marked differences. 

1341. Lovers' Resolutions. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Feb. 23, 1802, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Mar. 2. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Feb. 24. Comp. Posthumous Dramatic Works of Richard 

Cumberland, 1813 (121215): minor differences. 


1342. Perseverance; or, He Must Have Her. Musical farce, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. H2, Mar. I, 1802. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, Feb. 12; cast. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: ...Winston performed five different characters. 

1343. Merope È Polifonte. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Apostolo Zeno (?). 


Application Mar. 15, 1802, Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Mar. 25(?). 

MS: much revised, and reduced from three acts; notice states, for Madame Banti's[?] 

Benefit on Thursday the 25th Instant. 

1344. The Fashionable Friends. Comedy, 5 acts. Mary Berry (?). 


Application Mar. 15, 1802, John Philip Kemble, D.L. Prod. Apr. 22. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 16. Comp. 1802 (K-D 395): practically the same. 

1345. Rinaldo D' Asti [Aste?]. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giuseppi Caravita (?). 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Mar. 16, 1802. 


1346. The Brazen Mask, Songs and Choruses In. Ballet. Thomas John Dibdin [and 

John Fawcett?]. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 10. Comp. Brazen Mask; or, Alberto and Rosabella,... 

with the Songs and Chorusses in, 1802 (K-D 395): slight differences. 

1347. Algona. Opera, 3 acts. James Cobb, from his The Cherokee. 



MS. Comp. Songs, Duetts, Chorusses, &c., in Algonah, 1802 (K-D 395): virtually the 

same. 

See No. 1050. 

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1348. The Egyptian Boy. Drama, 3 acts. 


No application. [C.G., May 3, 1802?] 


1349. Il Fanatico di Berlino. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. From Giovanni Bertati, La 

Locanda. 


Application May 6, 1802, Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. May 22. 

MS: cover, dated by Larpent May 7, states, founded on La Locanda; cast. (Listed as La 

Locanda in B.C.) 

1350. The Word of Honour. Comedy, 5 acts. Lumley St. George Skeffington. 




1351. Armida. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, H1, May 29; cast. 

See No. 734. 

1352. The Caffres; or, Buried Alive! Comic opera, 2 acts. Edmund John Eyre (?). 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 20; numerous corrections; endorsed Mr. Dowton. 

Jany. 9th 1802 and Mr. Incledon. 

1353. The Joke; or, Sixty-third Letter. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Walley 



Application June 23, 1802, John Fawcett, H2. Prod. (as The Sixty-third Letter), July 28. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 24. Comp. The Sixty-third Letter, new ed., 1803 (K-D 391): 


1354. Beggar My Neighbour; or, The Rogue's a Fool. Comedy, 3 acts. Thomas 

Morton. 


Application July 1, 1802, John Fawcett, H2. Prod. July 10. 


1355. The Voice of Nature. Play, 3 acts. James Boaden. 



MS: dated by Larpent July 20; epilogue. Comp. 1803 (K-D 393): a few minor 

differences. 

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1356. The Fairies' Revels; or, Love in the Highlands. Burletta and ballet, 6 scenes. 

John Fawcett. 


Application Aug. 10, 1802, John Fawcett, H2. Prod. Aug. 14. 

MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. 1802 (Dev 8vo 66): slight differences in description of 

action. 

1357. The Merchant of Guadeloupe. Play, 3 acts. John Wallace, from L. S. Mercier. 


Application n.d., Thomas Shaw, Margate. Prod. Margate, Oct. 5, 1802. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Margate, Sept. 26. Comp. 1802 (K-D 391): no important 

differences. (A separate application, bound with this MS, probably applies to No. 1358, 

q.v.) 

1358. An Address for the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. 


[Application Oct. 2, 1802, John Bannister, D.L. (bound with No. 1357)?] Spoken D.L., 

Oct. 7, 1802 (?). 

MS: endorsed Oct., 1802. 

1359. Delays and Blunders. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Oct., 1802; prologue and epilogue (by Miles Peter 

Andrews); cast. Comp. 1803 (K-D 392): last scene differs considerably; otherwise 


1360. Idela; [or, The Feuds of Switzerland]. Play, 5 acts. Yve Felix St. Ange 

Simeon. [T. Simeons?] 


Application Nov. 2, 1802, John Hill, Liverpool. Prod. 1802. 

MS: endorsed Written by Yve Felix St. Ange Simeon; prologue. Comp. 1806 (K-D 630): 


J.P.C. in B.D.: The title is Idela and on the MS Sent on Nov. 2d. 1802 to Larpent it is 

called a Play in five Acts. It was printed for the Author 8vo. 1803. The Author calls 

himself St. A. Simeon. 

1361. A Tale of Mystery. Melodrama, 2 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 



MS: cast. Comp. 1802 (Dev 8vo 66): a few differences. 

1362. A House to Be Sold. Musical piece, 2 acts. James Cobb. 


Application Nov. 12, 1802, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. Nov. 17. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 13. Comp. 1802 (K-D 391): numerous differences 

throughout. 

1363. Family Quarrels. Comic opera, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Nov. 11. Comp. 1805 (K-D 404): numerous differences. 

245




1364. Love and Magic; or, Harlequin's Holiday. Pantomime. 


Application Dec. 20, 1802, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. Dec. 27. 


1365. Harlequin's Habeas; or, The Hall of Spectres. Pantomime. Thomas John 

Dibdin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Dec. 17. Comp. Songs, Chorusses,... &c., in Harlequin's 

Habeas; etc., 1802 (K-D 392): only slight variations. 

1366. The Fools of Fashion. Farce, 2 acts. [Francis Lathom?] 


No application. Prod. Norwich(?), 1802(?). 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, Apr. 14, 1802. 

J.P.C. in B.D. suggests that this piece is perhaps by Lathom. 

1367. The Wife of a Million. Comedy, 5 acts. Francis Lathom. 


No application. Prod. Norwich, 1802(?). 

MS: corrections in another hand, and some cancellations. Comp. Norwich, [1803?] 

(K-D 398): no material differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D. states, licensed by Larpent for the Norwich Theatre in March 1802. 

[Authority presumably Larpent's account books.] 

1368. Li Dui Baroni. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Jan. 1, 1803. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 30, 1802; cast. 

1369. Hear Both Sides. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 


Application Jan. 17, 1803, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. Jan. 29. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 18; cast. Comp. 2d ed., 1803 (K-D 405): slight differences. 

1370. I Viaggiatori, Felici. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Filippo Livigni (?). 



MS and three printed pages: dated, by Larpent, H1, Feb. 26, 1803; cast. 

See No. 578. 

1371. John Bull; or, The Englishman's Fire-side. Comedy, 5 acts. George Colman, 

the Younger. 


Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Mar. 5, 1803. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 5; some passages marked by Examiner; prologue and 

epilogue; cast. Comp. Dublin, 1803 (K-D 420): slight differences. 


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1372. The Election; or, The Rival Brothers. Comedy, 5 acts. 


Application Mar. 21, 1803, John Clayton Hindes, Norwich. Prod. Norwich, May (?). 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 23; notice also includes The Mystic Cavern, and states, As 

they are intended for performers Benefits which will come on in May. 

1373. The Mystic Cavern; or, The Progress of Ambition Tragedy, 5 acts. 


Application (with No. 1372) Mar. 21, 1803, John Clayton Hindes Norwich. Prod. 

Norwich, May (?). 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, Mar. 24. 

1374. The Captive, Lines Intended to Be Spoken in. Matthew Gregory Lewis. 


No application. Spoken C.G., Mar. 22, 1803 (?). 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., Acted by Mrs. Litchfield. 

1375. The Marriage Promise. Comedy, 5 acts. John Till Alling ham. 


Application Mar. 26, 1803, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. Apr. 16. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 29; some corrections. Comp. 5th ed 1803 (K-D 407): a few 


1376. Fernando in Mexico. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

1377. The Harper's Daughter. Tragedy, 5 acts. Matthew Gregory Lewis. 




1378. The Odd Whims; or, Two at a Time. Comedy, 5 acts. Humphry Repton. 


Application Apr. 25, 1803, John Clayton Hindes, Norwich. Prod. Norwich, 1803 (?). 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 28. Comp. Odd Whims; and Miscellanies, 1804 (K-D 419): a 

few differences; songs printed but not in MS. 

1379. All's Fair in Love; or, A Match for the Lawyer. Farce, 2 acts. John Tobin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 23; previous title, Look before You Leap, deleted. 

1380. The Lowland Lassie in London. Musical piece, 1 act. John Rannie. 


Application May 4, 1803, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. (as The Highland Lassie) May 16 

(?). 

MS: dated by Larpent May 6; for Mrs. Mountain's benefit. Comp. The Lowland Lassie; 

or, A Trip from Kinghorn, in Musical Dramas, n.d. (K-D 419): slight differences. 

247




1381. Hints for Painters. Farce, 2 acts. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 2; some marks, by Examiner(?); numerous 

corrections; cast. 

1382. [Falstaff's Wedding.] Prologue in the Character of Sir John Falstaff. 


No application. Spoken D.L., May 11, 1803 (?). 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., On [R.?] Palmer playing Falstaff in Falstaff's Wedding. 

See No. 252. 

1383. No Prelude! Prelude. Robert William Elliston. 


Application May 11, 1803, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. May 16. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 12; prologue, with separate application, May 15, J. Stokes. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: No Prelude! a piece for the commencement of the Season 1803 at the 

Haymarket Theatre was licensed by Larpent on May 12th. 1803. At the end of 

Larpents Copy is this note. 'The Prologue is now writing and will be submitted to Mr 

Larpent the moment it is finished. The unusual hurry of business in arranging an entire 

new Company of Performers, it is hoped will plead in excuse with Mr Larpent for 

sending the drama at so late a period.' Colmans letter is dated May 11th. 1803-The 

only persons concerned in the Prelude were Elliston, Waldron the Prompter, & 

Messenger. 

1384. A Tale of Terror. Dramatic romance, 3 acts. Henry Siddons. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 27; prologue. Comp. 1803 (K-D 410): a few 

differences. 

1385. The Fair Fugitives. Opera, 3 acts. Anna Maria Porter. 



MS: endorsed C.G., and dated by Larpent Apr. 5; cast. Comp. Airs, Duets, Choruses, 

&c., 1803 (Dev 8vo 66): several differences. 

1386. The High Road to Marriage, Prologue and Epilogue to. 


No application. Spoken D.L., May 27, 1803 (?). 

MS: endorsed Mrs Glover, and, by J.P.C., N.P. [i.e. Not Printed?] Skeffington-Drury Lane 

May 25th. 1803 Qy No 'Play [in the collection?] 

1387. Love Laughs at Locksmiths. Piece, 2 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 


Application July 11, 1803, G. Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. July 25. 

MS: dated by Larpent July 18. Comp. Dublin, 1803 (K-D 399): slight differences. 

1388. The Maid of Bristol. Play, 3 acts. James Boaden. 


Application July 30, 1803, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Aug. 24. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 2; one short passage deleted by Examiner; prologue and 

epilogue. Comp. 1803 (K-D 393): slight differences; deleted passage printed. 

248




1389. Address to Open the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. 


No application. Spoken Sept. 12, 1803, by Mr. Fawcett. 

MS. 

1390. A Wife with Two Husbands. Musical drama, 3 acts. James Cobb, from 

Guilbert Pixérécourt, La Femme à deux Maris. 


Application Oct. 24, 1803, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. Nov. 1. 

MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. The Wife of Two Husbands, 2d ed., 1803 (K-D 412): 


1391. How to Raise the Wind. Farce, 2 acts. James Kenney. 


No application. Prod. (as Raising the Wind) C.G., Nov. 5, 1803. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Oct. 24; slight corrections in another hand, and some 

deletions, by Examiner (?); prologue. Comp. Raising the Wind, 1803 (K-D 393): 

practically identical. 

1392. Hearts of Oak. Comedy, 5 acts. John Till Allingham. 


Application Nov. 14, 1803, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. Nov. 19. 

MS: dated by Larpent; prologue (dated D.L., Nov. 18) and epilogue. Comp. 1804 (K-D 

405): slight differences, chiefly in first and last acts. 

1393. The English Fleet in 1342. Historical comic opera, 3 acts. Thomas John 

Dibdin. 


Application Nov. 30, 1803, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Dec. 13. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 1. Comp. 1805 (K-D 403): numerous differences. 

1394. The Caravan; [or, The Driver and His Dog]. A Grand Serio-Comic Romance, 2 

acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: endorsed D.L., and dated by Larpent Nov. 30. Comp. 1803 (35398): slight 

differences. 

1395. Harlequin at His Old Tricks; or, All for the Races. Pantomime. 


Application Dec. 16, 1803, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Harlequin's Races; or, 

Time Beats All) Dec. 26. 

MS: contains songs only. 

1396. Cinderella; or, The Glass Slipper. Pantomime ballet, 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 17, 1803, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. Jan. 3, 1804. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 24. Comp. 1804 (Dev 8vo 49): slight differences; songs, 

only, printed. 

See No. 1604. 

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1397. The Magic of British Liberty; or, The Disgregation of Bonaparte. National 

pantomime. Andrew Cherry (?). 


No application. [York, Dec. 20, 1803?] 

Printed copy, Birmingham, n.d.: dated by Larpent; endorsed By A Cherry, Comedian. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: performed at York Decr. 20th. 1803. 

1398. La Grotta di Calipso. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte. 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. 1803 (?). 

MS: cast. 

1399. She Lives; or, The Generous Brother. Comedy, 5 acts Mary Goldsmith. 


No application. Prod. Margate (?), Feb., 1803, (?). 

MS: numerous corrections. (Dated Margate, Feb., 1803, in B.C.) 

See No. 1284 (the same play except that it is in four acts and lacks one scene 

contained in this MS; names of characters are different; other differences numerous 

but slight). 


1400. A Loyal, Comic, and Masonic Olio. 



MS: dated Hull, Jan. 2, 1804. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Oglio-'A loyal comic and masonic Olio consisting of songs, recitation and 

dialogue' was given at the Hull Theatre in 1804 and on Jany 2d. it was sent to the 

Licenser for his authority-The Songs were by Mrs. Aickin, Mr Cummins, Knight Gattie & 

others. 

1401. The Fairy; or, Britannia's Triumph, The Lyric Part of. Pantomime. 


Application Jan. 10, 1804, John Hill, for Hull. 

MS. 

1402. La Vergine del Sole. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 5, 1804, Joseph Viganoni [for] Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Jan. 14. 


1403. The Soldier's Daughter. Comedy, 5 acts. Andrew Cherry. 


Application Jan. 17, 1804, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. Feb. 7. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 19. Comp. 10th ed., 1804 (K-D 393): printed text somewhat 

condensed. 

1404. False Alarms. [Love Gives the Alarm(?).] Comedy, 5 acts. [Joseph George 

Holman?] 


Application Feb. 14, 1804, John Philip Kemble, C.G. [Prod. as Love Gives the Alarm, 

Feb. 23?] 

MS: prologue and epilogue to Love Gives the Alarm. 

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1405. Le Astuzie Femminili. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Pietro Metastasio. 


Application Feb.(?) 10, 1804, Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Feb. 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 14; endorsed Salem Pallmall. 

1406. Dine at My Villa. Musical farce, 2 acts. Prince Hoare. 


Application Feb. 24, 1804, John Phillip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as The Paragraph) Mar. 8. 

MS: a number of corrections; cast. Comp. The Paragraph, 1804 (K-D 408): a few slight 

differences. 

1407. The Counterfeit. Farce, 2 acts. Andrew Franklin. 


Application Feb. 28, 1804, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. Mar. 17. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 29. Comp. 2d ed., 1804 (K-D 403): a number of minor 

differences. 

1408. Valentine and Orson. Pantomimical romantic melodrama, 2 acts. Thomas 



Application Mar. 10, 1804, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Apr. 3. 

MS. Comp. 1804 (K-D 411): Act II very different; only slight differences in Act I. 

1409. The Sailor's Daughter. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Mar. 20, 1804, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. Apr. 7. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 21; much of Act V deleted by Examiner and new scenes 

inserted; note on title-page, dated D.L., Mar. 26, 1804, signed by William Powell, 

prompter, states that the comedy has now been altered in a manner which it is hoped 

will do away with all objections to its representation. Comp. 1804 (K-D 393): slight 

differences. 

1410. The Will for the Deed. Comedy, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


No application, Prod. C.G., Mar. 24, 1804. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 16; numerous corrections; prologue and epilogue; 

cast. Comp. 1805 (Dev 8vo 19): a few differences. 

1411. The Middle Dish; or, the Irishman in Turkey. Farce, 2 acts. Walley 



Application Apr. 10, 1804, John Bannister, D.L. Prod. Apr. 16. 

MS: some deletion. 

1412. Il Rato di Proserpina. Opera (Italian), 3 acts. 


Application Apr. 30, 1804, Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. May 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 2; for the Benefit of Madm. Grassini; cast. 

1413. The Death of the Queen of France. Play, 4 acts. 


No application. Not produced. (License refused.) 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, May 7, 1804, and marked Refused. 

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1414. The Mast and the Ploughshare; or, Britain's Best Bulwarks. [The Ship and 

the Plough (?).] Farce, 1 act. 


Application May 11, 1804, Thomas Harris, C.G. [Prod. as The Ship and the Plough, May 

31?] 

MS. 

1415. The Ship Launch. Musical piece, 1 act. 


Application May 13, 1804, William Powell for John Bannister, D.L. Prod. May 17. 

MS. 

1416. Address to Be Spoken at Covent Garden Theatre. (Through many a scene of 

variegated Life.) 


No application. Spoken C.G., May 18, 1804. 

MS: dated May 16 and signed I:M: [Isabella Mattocks?]. 

1417. Guilty or Not Guilty? Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application May 19, 1804, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. May 26. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 20; prologue. Comp. 3d ed., 1804 (K-D 405): differences 

great in Act V; otherwise slight. 

1418. The Enchanted Island. Ballet, 2 acts. John Fawcett. 



MS. 

1419. The Hunter of the Alps. Musical drama, 2 acts. William Dimond. 


Application June 23, 1804, Robert William Elliston, H2. Prod. July 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 24. Comp. 3d ed., n.d. (K-D 406): numerous songs printed, 

not in MS; otherwise virtually the same. 

1420. Foul Deeds Will Rise. Serious drama, 2 acts. Samuel James Arnold. 


Application July 14, 1804, Robert William Elliston, H2. Prod. July 18. 

MS: dated by Larpent July 16; slight deletion and revision. Comp. 1804 (K-D 405): 

numerous differences throughout. 

1421. The Gay Deceivers; or, More Laugh than Love. Farce, 2 acts. George Colman, 

the Younger. 


Application Aug. 19, 1804, G. Colman, the Younger, H2. Prod. Aug. 22. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 22. Comp. 1808 (K-D 423): slight differences. 

1422. The Miller's Maid. Drama, 2 acts. Francis Godolphin Waldron. 


Application Aug., 1804, Robert William Elliston, H2. Prod. Aug. 25. 


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1423. The Lady of the Rock. Dramatic piece, 2 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 


Application Oct. 2, 1804, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Feb. 12, 1805. 

MS: endorsed, by William Powell, D.L., Oct. 12, 1804; dated by Larpent Feb. 6, 1805. 

Comp. 1805 (Dev 8vo 17): numerous differences. 

1424. Hear Him Out. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 


Application Oct. 5, 1804, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as The Blind Bargain; or, Hear 

Him Out) Oct. 24. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 9; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. The Blind Bargain; 

or, Hear It Out, 1805 (K-D 402): some differences. 

1425. The Denouement; or, Who but He? Farce, 2 acts. From Francis Lathom, 

Holiday Time; or, The School Boy's Frolic. 


Application Oct. 6, 1804, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. (as The Dash; or, Who but 

He?), Oct. 20. 


See No. 1322 (alterations extensive). 

1426. The Two Prisoners. Musical farce, 2 acts. James Kenney. 


Application Nov. 10, 1804, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. (as Matrimony) Nov. 20. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 12; some deletions and revisions. Comp. Matrimony, 1804 

(K-D 407): numerous minor differences. 

1427. Thirty Thousand; or, Who's the Richest? Comic opera, 3 acts. Thomas John 

Dibdin. 


Application Nov. 26, 1804, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Dec. 10. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 27; numerous corrections, and some passages marked, by 

Examiner(?); cast. Comp. 1804 (Dev 8vo 17): numerous differences. 

1428. Address. (Impatient for renoun-all hope and fear.) 


Application Nov. 29, 1804, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Spoken Dec. 1. 

MS: notice states, to be spoken on the first night of Master Betty's appearance in 

London. 

1429. The Land We Live In. Comedy, 5 acts. Francis Ludlow Holt. 



MS: endorsed, by W. Powell, D.L., Oct. 30; dated by Larpent Dec. 14; numerous 

corrections; prologue (with separate application, Dec. 25, J. Stokes) and epilogue. 

Comp. 1805 (K-D 407): a few differences. 

1430. Harlequin Quicksilver; or, The Devil and the Gnome. Pantomime, 2 acts. 



Application Dec. 17, 1804, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 18; cast. Comp. Songs, Trios, Chorusses, &c., in Harlequin 

Quicksilver, 1804 (K-D 405): a number of discrepancies. 

253




1431. Angelina. [Walcot Castle.] Musical drama, 2 acts. Mary Goldsmith (?). 


No application. Prod. Margate (?), 1804 (?). 

MS: previous title, Walcot Castle, erased (but so listed in B.C.). 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpent licensed it [Mary Goldsmith's Angelina] to Wilmot Wells Manager 

of the Margate Theatre 25 August 1804. 

1432. St. Margaret's Cave. Play, 5 acts. George Charles Carr. 




J.P.C. in B.D.: Larpents Copy was in the hand writing of the author who thus inscribed 

it on the cover. 'Written by George Charles Carr of the Theatres Royal York and 

Hull-John Wilkinson Esq manager.' It was licensed 30th. Decr. 1804. [The original 

cover, here referred to, has been removed from the MS.] 

1433. The School of Reform; or, How to Rule a Husband. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas 

Morton. 


Application Jan. 4, 1805, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Jan. 15. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 8; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1805 (K-D 409): a 

few differences. 

1434. Zajra. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 10(?), 1805, Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Jan. 29. 

MS: cast. (Dated Jan. 20 in B.C.) 

See No. 1437, a printed copy of this opera, and No. 1652. 

1435. Too Many Cooks. Musical farce, 2 acts. James Kenney. 


Application Jan. 14, 1805, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Feb. 12. 


1436. The Honey Moon. Comedy, 5 acts. John Tobin. 



MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 25; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1805 (K-D 406): a few 

differences. 


1437. Zaira. Opera (Italian and English), 2 acts. 



Printed copy, 1805: cast. 

See Nos. 1434 and 1652. 

254




1438. To Marry or Not to Marry? Comedy, 5 acts. Elizabeth Inchbald. 


Application Feb. 6, 1805, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Feb. 16. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 9; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1805 (K-D 410): a 

few differences. 

1439. Address. (Anxious to pay my heartfelt homage here.) 


No application. Spoken [by Master Betty], C.G., Feb. 11, 1805(?). 

MS: dated C.G., Feb. 9, 1805. 

1440. Eriphile. Opera (Italian and English), 2 acts. 



Printed copy, 1805: pp. 1-8 lacking. 

1441. Erifhile. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application 1805, Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Feb. 19. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Feb. 16; cast. Comp. 1805 (Larpent Plays, No. 1440): slight 

differences. 

1442. The Castle of Lausanne; or, The Tricks of Timothy. [Out of Place; or, The 

Lake of Lausanne (?).] Musical farce, 2 acts. [Frederic Reynolds?] 


Application Feb. 20, 1805, John Philip Kemble, C.G. [Prod. as Out of Place; or, The Lake 

of Lausanne, Feb. 28?] 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 23; previous title, The Lake of Geneva, erased; some 

deletions and corrections; cast. 

1443. The British Soldier; or, Life's Campaign. Comedy, 5 acts. 


No application. Prod. Norwich, Mar. 16, 1805. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, Feb. 14[?]; endorsed Mr Lawler. 

1444. La Clemenza di Scipione. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 20, 1805, Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Mar. 28. 

MS: for the Benefit of Mrs. Billington, 28. Marke [?]. 1805; cast. 

1445. The Garland. Musical farce, 2 acts. Theodore Edward Hook. 


Application Mar. 25, 1805, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. (as The Soldier's Return; or, 

What Can Beauty Do?) Apr. 23. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 28. Comp. The Soldier's Return; etc., 1805 (K-D 409): 

several differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D. [under The Garland, not identified with The Soldier's Return]: ....several 

passages were objected to by Larpent according to his MS. Copy. 

255




1446. Aggression; [or, The Heroine of Yucatan], Songs in. Ballet. 



MS: dated Apr., 1805. 

1447. Personation; or, Fairly Taken In. Afterpiece, 1 act. Marie Thérèse (De Camp) 

Kemble. 


Application Apr. 16, 1805, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Apr. 29. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 21; prologue and epilogue. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 69): 


1448. Who Wants a Guinea? or, The Irish Yorkshireman. Comedy, 5 acts. George 




MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 15; title changed from Where is She; or, The 

Charitable Quixote; epilogue. Comp. 1805 (K-D 411): a few differences. 

1449. The Venetian Outlaw. Drama, 3 acts. Robert William Elliston, from 

Pixérécourt, Abelino. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 23; prologue. Comp. 1805 (K-D 411): slight differences. 

1450. Gli Orazi e Curiazi. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 27; notice states, for the Benefit of Mr. Grassini; cast. 

1451. Spanish Dollars; or, The Priest of the Parish. Musical entertainment, 1 act. 

Andrew Cherry. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Apr. 29; cast. Comp. 1806 (K-D 409): several differences. 

1452. All for Fame; or, A Peep at the Times. Recitation. 


Application May 11, 1805, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Spoken May 15. 

MS: states, to be Spoken and Sung by Mrs. Mountain. 

1453. Love, Youth, and Folly. Comic opera, 2 acts. William Dimond. 


Application May 21, 1805, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. (as Youth, Love, and Folly) 

May 24. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 22; cast. Comp. Youth, Love, & Folly, 1805 (K-D 412): slight 

differences; songs for the most part omitted from MS but printed in full. 

1454. Farewell Address. 


Application May 29, 1805, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Spoken June 3. 

MS: notice states, intended to be spoken by Mrs. H. Johnston on her Benefit Night...on 

Monday next June 3d. 

256




1455. La Cosa Rara. Opera (Italian and English), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte. 



Printed copy, 1805: title-page states, for Braham's benefit; cast. 

See No. 809, a MS of this play. 

1456. The Partners. Comedy, 5 acts. Prince Hoare. 



MS: endorsed H2, and dated by Larpent June, 1805; prologue and two different 

epilogues. 

1457. The Village; or, The World's Epitome. Comedy, 3 acts. Andrew Cherry. 


Application July 9, 1805, James Winston, H2. Prod. July 18. 

MS: dated by Larpent July 10; prologue and epilogue. 

1458. Who's Afraid! Ha! Ha! Ha! Piece, 1 act. John Carr. 


Application Sept. 6, 1805, James Winston, H2. Prod. Sept. 12. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 9; notice states, for Elliston's benefit; one member of cast 

given. 

1459. Rugantino; or, The Bravo of Venice. Melodrama, 2 acts. Matthew Gregory 

Lewis. 


Application Oct. 9, 1805, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Oct. 18. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 11; cast. Comp. 1805 (K-D 408): virtually identical. 

1460. The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. Melodrama, 2 acts. Lumley St. George 

Skeffington. 


Application Oct. 10, 1805, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Dec. 6. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 22. Comp. Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c., in The Sleeping 

Beauty, 1805 (Dev 8vo 68): slight differences. 

1461. A Prior Claim. Comedy, 5 acts. Henry James Pye and Samuel James Arnold. 


Application Oct. 17, 1805, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Oct. 29. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 22; prologue and epilogue; songs dated Oct. 27. Comp. 

1805 (K-D 408): great differences in Act III; otherwise practically the same. 

1462. Henry of Transtamare. Tragedy, 5 acts. 


Application Oct. 20, 1805, John Jackson, Edinburgh. Prod. Nov. 1. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Oct. 24; numerous corrections. 

257




1463. Sees Company. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 


Application Nov. 6, 1805, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as The Delinquent; or, Seeing 

Company) Nov. 14. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 7; prologue and epilogue to the Delinquent, or Seeing 

Company; cast. Comp. The Delinquent, 1805 (K-D 403): slight differences. 

1464. The Weathercock. Farce, 2 acts. John Till Allingham. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 8. Comp. [1806] (K-D 411): a few differences. 

1465. An Occasional Attempt to Commemorate the Death and Victory of Lord 

Viscount Nelson. Melodramatic piece. Richard Cumberland (?). 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 8. 

1466. The Recovery, Prologue and Epilogue to. Prologue by James Kenney; 

epilogue by Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: dated, by J.P.C.(?), D.L., Dec. 5. Comp. prologue and epilogue to The School for 

Friends, 1805 (K-D 408): virtually the same. 

1467. The Towers of Urbandine. Play, 5 acts. George Charles Carr. 


Application Dec. 13, 1805, Edward Stoner (?), York and Hull (?). 

MS: endorsed This Play is written by George, Charles, Carr; prologue and epilogue (by 

the Author's two children) and an additional song. 

1468. Harlequin's Magnet; or, Scandinavian Sorcerer. Pantomime, 17 scenes. 





1469. The Sailor and Soldier; or, Fashionable Amusement. Musical farce, 2 

acts.-Knight. 


Application n.d., John Wilkinson, Hull. Prod. Hull, 1805. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, York and Hull, Dec. 30, 1804. 

258




1470. The Legacy; or, A Thousand Pounds' Reward. [The Romantic Lover; or, Lost 

and Found (?).] Comedy (5 acts). John Till Allingham [or John Philip Kemble?]. 


Application Jan. 4, 1806, J. P. Kemble, C.G. [Prod. as The Romantic Lover, Jan. 11?] 

MS: only Act I; dated by Larpent Jan. 6; numerous corrections; prologue and epilogue 

to The Romantic Lover; cast. 

J.P.C. in B.D. [under The Romantic Lover]: This comedy was not by Allingham, but by J. 

P. Kemble-All the corrections (of which there are many) on the copy sent to Larpent 

were in the hand writing of J. P. Kemble, his initials were placed at the end of the 

dramatis personae and his name was inserted by Larpent in his account books as the 

real author. If the comedy had succeeded Kemble would doubtless have claimed the 

authorship of it: it was given in the newspapers to Allingham. 

1471. The Travellers. Operatic drama, 5 acts. Andrew Cherry. 




1472. We Fly by Night; [or, Long Stories]. Farce, 2 acts. George Colman, the 

Younger. 



MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 23; prologue; cast. Comp. Songs Choruses, &c., in We Fly by 

Night...[1806] (K-D 628): slight differences. 


1473. Il Ritorno di Serse; o sia, Argenide. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Jan.(?), 1806. 


See No. 1511, a different version of the same opera. 

1474. Thalia's Tears. Sketch. Andrew Cherry. 


Application Feb. 1, 1806, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Feb. 12. 

MS: headed A Tributary Sketch inscribed to the Memory of the late Thomas King, 

Comedian; dated by Larpent Feb. 4. 

1475. The Broken Gold. Ballad opera, 2 acts. Charles Dibdin. 



MS: some deletion of text. 

1476. A Hint for Husbands. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application Feb. 28, 1806, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as A Hint to Husbands) Mar. 

8. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 1; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. 1806 (K-D 406): a 

number of immaterial differences. 

259




1477. La Morte di Cleopatra. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: dated Feb.(?) 28; cast. (Dated Jan. 28 in B.C.) 

1478. The White Plume; or, The Chieftains of the Border. Comic opera, 3 acts. 




MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 25; cast. Comp. Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c., in The White 

Plume; or, The Border Chieftains, 1806 (K-D 411): minor differences. 

1479. La Clemenza di Tito. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Pietro Metastasio (?). 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Mar. 25, 1806 (?). 

MS: endorsed by Larpent King's Theatre; title-page states, for Mrs. Billington's benefit; 

cast. 

See No. 1710 (substantially the same). 

1480. The Forty Thieves. Operatical romance, 2 acts. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 

Charles Ward, and George Colman, the Younger. 


Application Mar. 27, 1806, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Apr. 8. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 4. (Listed in B.C. as Ali Baba; or, The Forty Thieves.) Comp. 

n.d. [1825?] (Dev 12mo 30): a number of marked differences. 

1481. Augustus and Gulielmus; or, The Villagers. Melodramatic spectacle, 1 scene. 

W. A. Holland. 


No application. Prod. H2, Mar., 1806. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, Mar. 4; some corrections. 

1482. Due Nozze e un Sol Marito. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Apr. 15, 1806. 

MS: title-page states, to be performed H1, Apr. 12; cast. 

1483. Loquacity; or, The Invisible Girl. Piece, 1 act. Theodore Edward Hook [or 

John Bannister?]. 


Application Apr. 23, 1806, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. (as The Invisible Girl) Apr. 

28. 

MS: prologue and part of epilogue(?). Comp. The Invisible Girl, 1806 (K-D 407): some 

differences. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: ...it has the initials I. B. (John Bannister) on the title page, as if he were 

the author of it. 

1484. Edgar; or, Northern Feuds. Play, 5 acts. George Manners. 


Application Apr. 28, 1806, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Edgar; or, Caledonian Feuds) 

May 9. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 29; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1806 (K-D 403): only 

slight difference. 

260




1485. Camilla; o sia, Il Sotterraneo. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 29; title-page states, for the Benefit of Madm. Grassini; 

cast. 


1486. National Gratitude; or, Nelson's Funeral. Grand burletta spectacle. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., May 8; cast. 

1487. A Trip to Marseillers; or, The Labyrinth of Love. Play, 3 acts. Francis 

Godolphin Waldron. 


Application May 15, 1806, F. G. Waldron, Academic Theatre [Sans Souci], Leicester 

Place. Prod. May 22 (?). 

MS: title-page states, Written by F. G. Waldron; prologue and epilogue [to be spoken 

by children?]. (Not listed in B.C.) 

1488. The Wanderer; or, The Rights of Hospitality. Drama, 3 acts. Charles Kemble, 

from Augustus von Kotzebue. 


Application June 5, 1806, George Colman, the Younger, H2. Not produced? 

MS: dated by Larpent June 5; some deletion and revision; prologue (by John Taylor) 

and epilogue. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was Licensed to G. Colman of the Haymarket on June 5th. 1806 for 

representation at that theatre. Another piece called the wanderer on the Cover, and 

The Fugitive in Kembles letter to the Licenser was allowed to Covent Garden Dec. 10. 

1807. 

See No. 1531. 

1489. Maid and Batchelors; or, My Heart for Yours. Comedy, 5 acts. Lumley St. 

George Skeffington. 




1490. Catch Him Who Can. Musical afterpiece, 2 acts. Theodore Edward Hook. 


Application June 6, 1806, James Winston, H2. Prod. June 12. 

MS. Comp. 1806 (K-D 402): a number of pronounced differences. 

1491. La Serva Astuta. Cantata a tre Voci (Italian), 1 act. 



MS: cast. 

1492. Il Fanatico per La Musica. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: for Naldi's benefit; cast. 

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1493. Five Miles Off; or, The Finger Post. Comedy, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application June 28, 1806, James Winston, H2. Prod. July 9. 


1494. Wooden Walls; or, Peter the Great. Operatic drama, 3 acts. Andrew Cherry. 


Application Oct. 10, 1806, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Peter the Great) May 8. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 11. Comp. Peter the Great; or, The Wooden Walls, 1807 

(K-D 417): numerous differences. 

1495. The Faro Table. Comedy, 5 acts. John Tobin. 


Application Oct. 13, 1806, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. (as The Guardians) Nov. 5, 

1816. 

MS: two prologues and two epilogues. Comp. The Faro Table; or, The Guardians, 1816 

(K-D 500): some differences. 

1496. The Deserts of Arabia. Romance, 2 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 


Application Oct. 17, 1806, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Nov. 20. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 18; cast. Comp. Airs, Duets, Chorusses, &c., in...The 

Deserts of Arabia, 1806 (K-D 403): slight differences. 

1497. Tekeli; or, The Siege of Montgatz. Melodrama, 3 acts. Theodore Edward 

Hook. 


Application Oct. 28, 1806, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Nov. 24. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 29. Comp. 1806 (K-D 410): numerous minor differences. 

1498. The Mountains of Saxony; or, Adrian and Orrila. Play, 5 acts. William 

Dimond. 


Application Nov. 1, 1806, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Adrian and Orrila) Nov. 15. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 2; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. Adrian and Orrila; or, 

A Mother's Vengeance, 1806 (K-D 402): several differences. 

1499. The Vindictive Man. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Holcroft. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 16. Comp. 1806 (K-D 411): minor differences. 

1500. Arbitration; or, Free and Easy. Farce, 2 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 2; prologue; cast. 

1501. Mr. H. Farce, 2 acts. Charles Lamb. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 8; prologue. Comp. The Works of Charles Lamb, 1818 

(129014): a few slight differences. 

262




1502. La Semiramide. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 13, 1806, Michael Kelly, H1. 

MS: cast. 


1503. Alberto and Lauretta; or, The Orphan of the Alps. Melodrama, 2 acts. 

Thomas John Lynch. 


No application. [H2, Dec. 15, 1806.] 

MS: dated by Larpent; title-page gives author's name and is dated Oct. 15, 1805 

[1806?]; prologue (by T J Lynch). 

1504. Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg, Airs, Chorusses, &c., in. 

[Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg.] Pantomime, 17 scenes. Thomas John Dibdin 

and Charles Farley (?). 




1505. Il Principe di Tarranto. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Dec. 23, 1806. 

MS: cast. Comp. 1810 (Larpent Plays, No. 1653): substantially the same. 


1506. False Appearances; or, My Cousin. Comic opera, 3 acts. James Kenney. 


Application Jan. 2, 1807, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. (as False Alarms; or, My 

Cousin) Jan. 12. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 5. Comp. False Alarms, 1807 (K-D 416): numerous 

differences. 

1507. London and the Country. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Morton. 


Application Jan. 8, 1807, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Town and Country) Mar 10. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 9; prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. Town and Country, 

1807 (K-D 417): some differences. 

1508. The Assignation. Comedy, 5 acts. Sophia Lee. 



MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 21; prologue and epilogue. 

1509. The Curfew. Play, 5 acts. John Tobin. 



MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 3; some deletion and revision of text; prologue and two 

variant epilogues. Comp. 1807 (K-D 417): virtually the same. 


263




1510. Roberto L'Assassino. Comic opera (Italian), 1 act. 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1.Prod. Feb. 3, 1807. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 1; cast. 

1511. Il Ritorno di Serse. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 20, 1807; cast. 

See No. 1473. 

1512. The Young Hussar. Farce, 2 acts. William Dimond. 


Application Mar. 2, 1807, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Mar. 12. 


1513. Whistle for It. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. George Lambe. 



MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., By Hon. G. Lambe; dated by Larpent Mar. 5; cast. Comp. 1807 

(K-D 417): practically the same. 

1514. The Wood Daemon; or, The Clock Has Struck. Melodrama, 2 acts. Matthew 

Gregory Lewis. 


Application Mar. 20, 1807, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Apr. 1. 


See No. 1686, a later revision, and No. 1534. 

1515. Little Thumb and the Ogre; or, The Fairy Boots, Songs, &C., in. [The Ogre 

and Little Thumb; or, The Seven League Boots, Songs, Choruses, &C. in.] 

Pantomimical ballet. 


Application Apr. 1, 1807, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Apr. 16. 

MS. Comp. Songs, Choruses, &c., &c., in... The Ogre and Little Thumb; or, The Seven 

League Boots, 1807 (K-D 416): virtually the same; description of action not in MS. 

1516. A Day in London. Comedy, 5 acts. Andrew Cherry. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 3; endorsed, by J.P.C., By A. Cherry; some deletion and 

revision of text; prologue and epilogue. 

1517. La Virtuosa in Margellina. Comic opera, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 3, 1807, Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. Apr. 14. 

MS: cast. 

264




1518. Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error. Tragedy, 5 acts. Matthew Gregory 

Lewis. 



Printed copy, 2d ed., 1806: some MS corrections; MS prologue and epilogue dated Apr. 

27. 

1519. Sure Aim; or, The Norfolk Sharp Shooter. Interlude, 1 act. 


Application Apr. 24, 1807, John Clayton Hindes, Norwich. Prod. May 2 (?). 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 25; for Smith's benefit. 

1520. Mark the End On't. Comedy, 5 acts. Henry Siddons. 


Application May 7, 1807, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. (as Time's a Tell-tale) Oct. 27. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 9; prologue and epilogue to Time's a Tell-tale, endorsed 

Licensed by Title of 'Mark the end on't' ; also another epilogue. Comp. Time's a 

Tell-tale, 1807 (K-D 424): slight differences. 

1521. The Miseries of Human Life; or, Let Us All Be Unhappy Together. Farce, 2 

acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: dated by Larpent May 13; cast. (Performed for Fawcett's benefit.) 

1522. The Fortress. Melodrama, 3 acts. Theodore Edward Hook. 



MS: endorsed By T. E. Hooke. Comp. 1807 (K-D 476): a few differences. 

1523. Errors Excepted. Comedy, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Aug. 8, 1807, James Winston, H2. Prod. Aug. 13. 


1524. Music-Mad. Comic sketch, 1 act. Theodore Edward Hook. 




1525. The Fortune Teller. Musical piece, 2 acts. 


Application Oct. 6, 1807, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Sept. 29. 

MS. 

1526. A Plaguy Good-natured Friend. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Oct. 13, 1807, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Too Friendly by Half) Oct. 

29. 

MS: cast. 

265




1527. How Happy Could I Be with Either. Comic opera, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Nov. 4, 1807, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Two Faces under a Hood) 

Nov. 17. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 5; cast. Comp. Two Faces under a Hood, [1807] (K-D 521): 

some differences. 

1528. Ella Rosenberg. Melodrama, 2 acts. James Kenney. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 16. Comp. 1807 (K-D 422): minor differences. 

1529. The Blind Boy. Melodrama, 2 acts. James Kenney. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 23; some deletion and revision; cast. Comp. 1808 (K-D 

422): a few minor differences, mostly in Act II. 

1530. Faulkner. Tragedy, 5 acts. William Godwin. 




1531. The Wanderer. Play, 3 acts. Charles Kemble, from Augustus von Kotzebue. 


Application Dec. 8, 1807, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Jan. 12, 1808. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 10, 1807; original title, The Fugitive, deleted; cast. Comp. 

The Wanderer; or, The Rights of Hospitality, 1808 (K-D 426): a few minor differences. 

See No. 1488, of which this is an alteration. 

1532. Harlequin in His Element; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air, Songs, &c., in. 

Pantomime. Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 19. Comp. [1808] (K-D 423): some slight differences. 

1533. [Furibond; or, Harlequin Negro.] Pantomime, 1 act. 



MS: no title; called The New Comic Pantomime (and so entered in B.C.). 

1534. The Demon of the Woods; or, The Clock Has Struck. Melodrama, 3 acts. 

Matthew Gregory Lewis (?). 



MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D., concerning M. G. Lewis, The Wood Daemon (1807): On 13. Novr. 1807 

Larpent Licensed the Daemon of the Woods in 3 Acts for the Norwich Theatre in which 

the pantomime of the Wood Daemon was put into words. 

See Nos. 1514 and 1686. 


266




1535. La Frascatana. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. From Filippo Livigni (?). 


Application Jan. 9, 1808, H. D'Egville, H1. 

MS: cast. 

See No. 417. 

1536. Something to Do. Comedy, 5 acts. Prince Hoare. 



MS: prologue and epilogue, dated Jan. 15. 

1537. La Didone. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Pietro Metastasio. 


Application Jan. 25, 1808, H. D'Egville, H1. Prod. Jan. 26. 

MS. cast. 

1538. Fair Play. Comedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 


Application Jan. 28, 1808, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Begone, Dull Care) Feb. 9. 

MS: two copies, each, of prologue and epilogue; cast. Comp. Begone, Dull Care, 1808 

(K-D 422): slight differences. 

1539. Kais; or, Love in the Desarts. Opera, 5 acts. Isaac Brandon. 



MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 8. Comp. 1808 (K-D 423): numerous differences; printed 

play in four acts. 

1540. The Widow's Choice. Musical farce, 2 acts. John Till Allingham. 


Application Feb. 14, 1808, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. ( as Who Wins; or, The 

Widow's Choice) Feb. 25. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 15; cast. Comp. The Widow; or, Who Wins? n.d. (Dev 12mo 


1541. In and Out of Tune. Musical farce, 2 acts. Andrew Cherry, from Dennis 

Lawler. 


Application Feb. 22, 1808, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Mar. 1. 

MS. 

1542. Il Furbo contra il Furbo. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 27, 1808, H. D'Egville, H1. Prod. Mar. 1. 

MS: cast. 

See No. 1755. 

1543. Harvest Home. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. George Bennett. 



MS: dated by Larpents; cover states, Written and Compos'd by George Bennett. 

267




1544. Boniface and Bridgetina. Melodrama [burlesque], 2 acts. Thomas John 

Dibdin. 


Application Mar. 19, 1808, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Bonifacio and Bridgetina; or, 

The Knight of the Hermitage) Mar. 31. 

MS: cast. Comp. Bonifacio and Bridgetina, 1808 (K-D 422): a few slight differences. 

1545. The World. Comedy, 5 acts. James Kenney. 


Application Mar. 23, 1808, Richard Wroughton, D.L. Prod. Mar. 31. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 25; epilogue, dated by William Powell Mar. 25. Comp. 1808 

(K-D 426): slight differences in dialogue. 

1546. Le Feste d'Iside. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 18, 1808, H. D'Egville, H1. Prod. Apr. 21. 

MS: For the Benefit of Madm. Catalani. 

1547. The Jew of Mogodore. Comic opera, 3 acts. Richard Cumberland. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 28. Comp. The Jew of Mogadore, 1808 (K-D 423): numerous 

differences. 

1548. The Portrait of Cervantes. Farce, 2 acts. _____ Greffulhe. 


Application Apr. 28, 1808, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. June 21. 

MS: cast. 

1549. The Day after the Wedding; or, A Wife's First Lesson. Interlude, 1 act. Marie 

Thérèse (De Camp) Kemble. 



MS: dated May 8 and signed MTK. Comp. 1808 (K-D 422): virtually identical. 

1550. The Mysterious Bride. Play, 3 acts. Lumley St. George Skeffington. 



MS: dated by Larpent May 29; prologue and epilogue. 

1551. Gli Amanti Consolati. Comic opera (Italian), 1 act. 


Application n.d., H. D'Egville, H1. Prod. June 23, 1808. 

MS: For the Benefit of Madm. Catalani; cast. 

1552. Plot and Counterplot; or, The Spanish Valets. Farce, 2 acts. Charles Kemble. 


Application June 23, 1808, James Winston, H2. Prod. (as Plot and Counterplot; or The 

Portrait of Michael Cervantes) June 30. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 25; numerous corrections; cast. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 

118): numerous differences, especially in Act I. 

268




1553. The Africans; or, War, Love, and Duty. Play, 3 acts. George Colman, the 

Younger. 



MS: several deletions, by Examiner(?). Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 119): numerous slight 

differences. 

1554. First Come, First Served; [or, The Biter Bit]. Farce, 2 acts. John Carr (?). 




1555. Yes or No! Farce, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 



MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 24. Comp. 1809 (K-D 438): numerous slight differences; 

songs not in MS. 

1556. Princess and No Princess; or, The Forest of Hermanstadt. Melodrama, 2 



No application. Prod. (as The Forest of Hermanstadt; or, A Princess and No Princess) 

H1 (C.G. Company), Oct. 7, 1808. 

MS: cast. 

1557. Constantine Paleologus. Tragedy, 5 acts. Joanna Baillie. 


Application Oct. 8, 1808, Henry Siddons, Liverpool. Prod. Oct. 1808(?). 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 10. Comp. Joanna Baillie, Miscellaneous Plays, 1804 (K-D 

414): MS a greatly reduced version of printed play, made by severe cutting of text. 

1558. The Exile. Opera, 3 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 2; cast. Comp. n.d. (Dev. 12mo 54): a few differences. 

1559. The Siege of St. Quintin; or, Spanish Heroism. Drama, 3 acts. Theodore 

Edward Hook. 




1560. The School for Authors. Comedy, 3 acts. John Tobin. 


Application Nov. 14, 1808, Thomas Harris, H2 (C.G. Company). Prod. Dec. 5. 

MS: author's name given; dated by Larpent Nov. 17; numerous excisions; cast. Comp. 

1808 (K-D 424): a few differences. 

269




1561. Venoni; or, The Novice of St. Mark's. Melodrama, 3 acts. Matthew Gregory 

Lewis. 



MS: two versions of Act III, one dated Dec. 10; epilogue; note, Wroughton to 

Larpent(?), Dec. 1. Comp. 1809 (K-D 438): numerous differences; original third act 

added to printed copy. 

1562. Man and Wife; or, More Secrets than One. Comedy, 5 acts. Samuel James 

Arnold. 


Application Dec. 23, 1808, Richard Wroughton, D.L., Prod. Jan. 5, 1809. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 24, 1808; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1809 (KD 424): 

difference in name of one character and many other minor differences. 

1563. Le Cappriciosa Penita. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 31, 1808, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Jan. 6, 1809. 

MS: cast. 

1564. The Unconscious Counterfeit. Farce, 2 acts. 




1565. A German Blunder; or, Prince and No Prince. Farce, 2 acts. - Greffulhe. 


Application Jan. 26, 1809, Thomas Harris, H2 (C.G. Company). Prod. (as Is He a 

Prince?) Feb. 7. 

MS: cast. 

1566. I Villeggiattori Bizzari. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 27, 1809, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Jan. 31. 

MS: cast. 

1567. The Circassian Bride. Opera, 3 acts. C. Ward. 



MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 20. Comp. Songs, Choruses, &c., in The Circassian Bride, 

n.d. (Dev 8vo 68): a few minor differences. 

Note 

Lewis Matthew G. 

1568. Monody on the Death of Sir John Moore. 


Application Feb. 11, 1809, William Powell, D.L. Spoken Feb. 16. 

MS. 


270




1569. The Trustee. Comedy, 5 acts. John Till Allingham. 


Application Feb. 23, 1809, Thomas Harris, H2 (C.G. Company). Prod. (as 

Independence; or, The Trustee) Mar. 9. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 24; prologue and epilogue (for Independence, etc.); cast. 

1570. How Will It End? Comedy, 3 acts. 


No application; endorsed, To be Performed at the Theatre-Royal Manchester Messrs. 

Ward, Lewis, Knight and Banks, Managers. Prod. Manchester, Feb., 1809(?). 

MS: prologue and epilogue, latter signed G:M:N: and dated Manchester, Feb. 28, 1809. 

1571. La Caccia di Enrico Quarto. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 3, 1809, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Mar. 7. 

MS: cast. 


1572. Occasional Address Intended to Be Spoken Thursday, March 16th, 1809at 

The King's Theatre. 


Application Mar. 14, 1809, Richard Wroughton, H1 (D.L. Company). Spoken Mar. 16. 

MS. 

1573. Teresa e Claudio. Opera (Italian), 1 act. 


Application Apr. 8, 1809, William Taylor, H1. 

MS: for the Benefit of Mad. Collini; cast. 

1574. Grieving Is a Folly. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Leigh. 


Application Apr. 17, 1809, Richard Wroughton, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. Apr. 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 20; prologue (by Edmund John Eyre) and epilogue (by 

Thomas John Dibdin). Comp. Grieving's a Folly, 1809 (K-D 436): numerous minor 

differences. 

1575. The Domestic Tyrant. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 26, 1809, Richard Wroughton, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as 

Temper; or, The Domestic Tyrant) May 1. 


1576. Tears and Smiles. Musical romance, 2 acts. Edmund John Eyre. 


Application May 6, 1809, Richard Wroughton, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as The 

Vintagers) H2, Aug. 1. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Lyceum Theatre (D.L.) Strand May 8th. 1809; inserted, new 

scene, with separate application, July 26, James Winston, H2, stating, New Farce called 

'Tears and Smiles' which received the Lord Chamberlain's License to be performed by 

the Drury Lane Company-and which Farce is now intended to be Represented at the 

Theatre Royal Haymarket, under the Title of the Vintagers. Comp. The Vintagers, 1809 

(K-D 438): slight discrepancies. 

271




1577. The Village Hotel. Interlude, 1 act. 


Application May 9, 1809, Richard Wroughton, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as Sharp 

Set; or, The Village Hotel) May 15. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 10; songs inserted. 

1578. La Serva Raggiratrice. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

1579. Pirro. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application June 7, 1809, William Taylor, H1. Prod. June 10. 

MS: for Siboni's benefit; cast. 

1580. The Smuggler's Cave; or, Up All Night. Comic opera, 3 acts. Samuel James 

Arnold. 


Application June 10, 1809, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as Up All Night; or, The 

Smuggler's Cave) June 26. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 14. Comp. Songs, Duetts, &c.,...of Up All Night! or, The 

Smuggler's Cave, n.d. (Dev 8vo 70): several differences in songs. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Songs &c. were printed 8vo. 1809. It is there said to have been first 

acted on June 22d. 1809. 

1581. Sidagero; or, Cadononia Conquistata. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: cast. 

See No. 1675. 

1582. Killing No Murder. Comic ballad opera, 2 acts. Theodore Edward Hook. 


Application June 20, 1809, James Winston, H2. Prod. Aug. 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 22; various excisions and corrections; some passages 

(inserted to replace those cut out) marked, Alerations for the Approbation of the 

Licencer; songs, submitted separately (?), inserted. Comp. 1809, with a Preface, and 

the Scene Suppressed by order of the Lord Chamberlain (Larpent Plays No. 1589, 

q.v.). 

1583. The Foundling of the Forest; or, Twice the Dagger Struck. Play, 3 acts. 

William Dimond. 



MS: dated June 30. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 103): a few differences. 

1584. Le Quattro Nazioni; or, The Four Nations. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application July 11, 1809, William Taylor, H1. Prod. July 11. 

MS: cast. 

272




1585. The Russian Imposter; or, The Siege of Smolensko. Opera, 3 acts. Henry 

Siddons; alterations by Samuel James Arnold. 


Application July 13, 1809, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. July 22. 

MS: dated by Larpent July 17; three additions, one dated July 15. 

1586. Number Nip. [Kapschou, the Forest Fiend.] A German Legend Told in Action, 

2 acts. 


Application July 26, 1809, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Aug. 4. 

MS: endorsed Lyceum, and dated, by Larpent(?), July 29; a song, endorsed Song 

Introduced in the Ballet of Kapschou; The Forest Fiend which was Sent... under the 

Title of Number Nip. 

1587. Jack the Giant Killer. Pantomime, 1 act. 


No application. Prod. Lyceum (?), Aug. 13, 1809 (?). 

MS: contains songs and some dialogue. 

1588. Consequences; or, Safe and Sound. Comic opera, 3 acts. Theodore Edward 

Hook. 


Application Aug. 14, 1809, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as Safe and Sound) 

Aug. 28. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Aug. 14; additions, dated Aug. 25. Comp. Safe and Sound, 

1809 (K-D 437): numerous slight differences. 

1589. Killing No Murder. Farce, 2 acts. Theodore Edward Hook. 



Printed copy, 1809, together with a Preface, and the scene suppressed by order of the 

Lord Chamberlain: MS notes and corrections; marginal comments on Preface, by 

Larpent(?); notes compare this copy with MS copy (No. 1582, q.v.); this text 

incorporates most of the corrections made in MS No. 1582, and has the suppressed 

scene printed at the end. 

1590. Occasional Address. On Opening the New Theatre Royal, in Covent Garden 

on the 18th of September, 1809. George Colman, the Younger. 


Application Sept. 13, 1809, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Spoken Sept. 18. 

MS. 

1591. Britain's Jubilee. Burletta, 1 act. C.F. Barrett. 


Application Oct. 18, 1809, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. Oct. 26. 

MS: author's name on title-page. 

1592. The Jubilee. Occasional spectacle, 1 act. Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 21; previous title, The Twenty-Fifth of October, erased; 

cast. 

273




1593. Britain's Jubilee. Musical afterpiece, 2 acts. Samuel James Arnold. 


Application Oct. 21, 1809, J. G. Raymond and William Powell, Lyceum (D.L. Company). 

Prod. Oct. 25. 

MS. 

1594. The Haunted Village. Comic burletta. 


Application Oct. 24, 1809, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. Nov. 20. 

MS. 

1595. Not at Home. Farce, 2 acts. Robert Charles Dallas. 


Application Nov. 8, 1809, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. Nov. 

20. 

MS: prologue (by Waller Wright). Comp. 1809 (K-D 437): a number of differences. 

1596. Clara, Songs, Duets, Glees, & Choruses in. Burletta spectacle, 1 act. 


Application Nov. 18, 1809, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. Nov. 27. 

MS: subtitle, Love and Jealousy, deleted. 

1597. Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun. Melodrama, 2 acts. Matthew 

Gregory Lewis(?). 


Application Nov. 20, 1809, John Clayton Hindes, Norwich. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 22; previous subtitle, The Castle of Lindenburg, erased. 

Comp. M. G. Lewis, Raymond and Agnes; The Travellers Benighted; or, The Bleeding 

Nun of Lindenberg, n.d. (Dev 12mo 102): a great number of differences. 

1598. La Scomessa; or, The Wager. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. B. Serafino 

Buonaiuti. 


Application Dec. 4, 1809, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Dec. 12. 

MS: cast. Comp. 1809 (Larpent Plays, No. 1600): slight differences, mostly in final 

scene. 

1599. The Man of Business. Comedy, 5 acts. James Cobb. 


Application Dec. 6, 1809, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as 

Sudden Arrivals; or, Too Busy by Half) Dec. 19. 

MS: dated, by Larpent (?), Dec. 8; prologue and epilogue to Sudden Arrivals, etc., 

endorsed Sent in for Approbation under the Title of 'The Man of Business'. The name 

of the Play being the only alteration, and signed by William Powell. 

1600. La Scommessa; or, The Wager. Comic opera (Italian and English), 2 acts. B. 

Serafino Buonaiuti. 



Printed copy, 1809 (with alterations and many additions, by S. Buonaiuti): no MS 

notes; cast. 

See No. 1598, a MS of this opera. 

274




1601. The Gleaners; or, Harvest Frolic. Pastoral burletta, 1 act. 


Application Dec. 12, 1809, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS. 

1602. He Would Be a Player; or, The Stage-struck Butler. Burletta, 1 act. 


Application Dec. 12, 1809, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. Jan. 15, 1810. 

MS. 

1603. Mary, the Maid of the Inn. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Nov., 1811 [1809?], John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. Dec. 27, 1809(?). 

MS. 

1604. Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper. Melo-Dramatic, Allegorical 

Pantomimic Spectacle, 2 acts. 


No application; endorsed Theatre Royal Norwich. [1809?] 

MS: dated, by J.P.C. (?), 1818. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: ...licensed on Mar 21. 1809 for the Norwich Theatre. 

See No. 1396 (this is apparently an alteration of that play; the songs almost identical). 

1605. Il Principe di Taranto. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 10, 1810, William Taylor, H1. 

MS: cast. Comp. 1810 (Larpent Plays, No. 1653): substantially the same. 


1606. The Edict of Charlemagne; or, The Free Knights. Opera, 3 acts. Frederic 

Reynolds. 


Application Jan. 10, 1810, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as The Free Knights; or, The 

Edict of Charlemagne) Feb. 8. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 12; cast. Comp. The Free Knights, 1812 (K-D 436): a few 

differences. 

1607. The Old Soldier; or, Which Is Mine. Comedy, 5 acts. 


No application; endorsed, by Larpent(?), Mr. [Robert W.] Elliston, T.R. Manchester. 

January 10th. 1810. Prod. 1810(?). 

MS. 

1608. Love in a Bag; or, The Flemish Tooth Drawer. Comic burletta, 1 act. 


Application Jan. 16, 1810, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. Feb. 5. 

MS. 

275




1609. The Mind's Magnet; [or,] The School for Arrogance. Play, 5 acts. James 

Bland Burges, from Philip Massinger, The City Madam. 


Application Jan. 19, 1810, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as 

Riches; or, The Wife and Brother) Feb. 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 25; title changed to Riches; prologue and epilogue to 

Riches. Comp. Riches; etc., 1810 (K-D 437): printed text somewhat longer than MS; 

otherwise few differences. 


1610. Cormac and Swaran; [or, The Chiefs of Erin], Songs, Duets, Glees, and 

Choruses in. Spectacle, 16 scenes. 


Application Feb. 2, 1810, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. Feb. 12. 

MS. 

1611. Who Pays the Piper. Comic burletta interlude, 1 act. 


Application Feb. 2, 1810, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. (as Bad Customers; or, Who Pays 

the Piper) Mar. 26. 

MS. 

1612. Madness Rules the Hour; or, A Budget of Blunders. Farce, 2 acts. _____ 

Greffulhe. 


Application Feb. 10, 1810, Thomas Harris, C.G. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 12; a few passages marked in pencil, by Examiner(?); cast. 

J.P.C. in B.D. (s.v. A Budget of Blunders): It seems first to have been called 'Madness 

Rules the Hour' but the title and some parts being objected to by the licenser on 

account of allusion to the Kings insanity, they were altered-One copy was sent to the 

licenser on 10th. Febry by Harris and the amended Copy on the 14 Feby by Kemble. 

(See following item.) 

1613. A Budget of Blunders. Farce, 2 acts. _____ Greffulhe. 


Application Feb. 14, 1810, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Feb. 16. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 14; some passages deleted and some corrections made by 

Kemble; cast. 

See No. 1612. 

1614. Romeo e Giulietta. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. B. Serafino Buonaiuti. 


Application Feb. 14, 1810, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Feb. 20. 

MS: title-page states, Written By Sigr. Bonajutti; cast. 

See No. 1616, printed copy of this opera. 

276




1615. Hit or Miss. Musical farce, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 


Application Feb. 17, 1810, J. G. Raymond, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. Feb. 26. 

MS: signed by W. Powell; dated by Larpent Feb. 20; numerous and extensive 

corrections and some deletions; two songs, dated Feb. 24, endorsed by Powell not 

written when the Copy was sent. Comp. 1810 (K-D 438): numerous and varied 

differences throughout. 

See No. 2366. 

1616. Romeo e Giulietta. Opera (Italian and English), 2 acts. B. Serafino Buonaiuti. 



Printed copy, 1810, by S. Buonaiuti; no MS notes. 

See No. 1614, a MS of this opera. 

1617. Lost and Found; or, The Black Forest. Opera, 3 acts. Samuel James Arnold. 


Application Feb. 22, 1810, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as The Maniac) 

Mar. 13. 

MS. Comp. Songs, Duetts, Chorusses, Finales, &c., of The Maniac! or, The Swiss 

Banditti, [1810] (K-D 583): some discrepancies; dialogue not printed. 

1618. Maid of the Glen; or, Edwin and Rosalie, Recitatives, Songs, Duets, 

Choruses, &c., in. Melodrama, 1 act. G. Male (?). 


Application Mar. 7, 1810, John Astley, Pavilion. Not produced (?). 

MS: signed at end, G. Male (copyist and author?). 

1619. How to Teaze, and How to Please. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Morton (?). 


Application Mar. 15, 1810, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Mar. 29. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 16; prologue and epilogue. 

1620. Werter and Charlotte; or, Love's Victim, Recitative, Songs, Duets, & 

Choruses in. Melodramatic spectacle, 1 act. 


Application Mar. 16, 1810, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. (as Charlotte and Werther; or, 

Love and Madness) Mar. 26. 

MS. 

1621. Atalida. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application n.d., William Taylor, H1. Prod. Mar. 20, 1810. 

MS: cast. 

1622. L'Ingiusta Gelosia. Opera (Italian), 1 act. 


Application Apr. 4, 1810, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Apr. 5 (?). 

MS: notice states, for Trammezzani's benefit; cast. 

277




1623. Alladin; or, The Wonderful Lamp. Romantic drama, 2 acts. 



MS: second act marked Act 3rd. (Dated Apr. 6, 1810, in B.C.) 

J.P.C. in B.D.: Alladin, or the Wonderful Lamp, a Romantic Drama was licensed by 

Larpent for the Norwich Theatre on 4th. April 1810. 

1624. The Indians. Afterpiece, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 24, 1810, John Philip Kemble, C.G. 


1625. La Vestale. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 28, 1810, William Taylor, H1. Prod. May 3. 

MS: title-page states, for Mme Catalani's benefit; cast. 

1626. The Widow's Only Son. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Cumberland. 


Application May 18, 1810, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. June 7. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 24; prologue and epilogue. 

1627. Il Matrimonio per Sussuro. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application May 22, 1810, William Taylor, H1. Prod. May 24 (?). 

MS: title-page states, for Signor Naldi's benefit; cast. 

1628. Love's Mysteries. Comic opera, 3 acts. James Kenney. 


Application May 31, 1810, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as Oh! this Love; or, 

The Masqueraders) June 12. 

MS: slight alterations. 

1629. The Doubtful Son; or, Secrets of a Palace. Play, 5 acts. William Dimond. 




1630. La Buona Figliuola. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application June 19, 1810, William Taylor, H1. Prod. June 21 (?). 

MS: cast. 

1631. Twenty Years Ago. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 


Application June 22, 1810, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. July 21. 

MS. Comp. 1810 (K-D 443): some differences in songs; slight differences in dialogue. 

1632. Tricks upon Travellers. Opera, 3 acts. James Bland Burges. 



MS: previous title, Pedro Lobo, erased. 

278




1633. High Life in the City: A Picture of London. Comedy, 5 acts. Edmund John 

Eyre. 



MS: prologue (by Thomas Hill), dated July 23, and epilogue (by George Colman, the 

Younger). Comp. 1810 (K-D 440): extensive differences. 

1634. Bombastes Furioso. Burlesque tragic opera, 1 act. William Barnes Rhodes. 



MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 2. Comp. 1822 (K-D 507): minor differences. 

1635. Bad Neighbours; or, The Earl and the Baron. Melodramatic opera, 3 acts. 

Samuel James Arnold. 


Application Aug. 22, 1810, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as Plots; or, The North Tower) 

Sept. 3. 

MS: dated Aug. 30; a note regarding changes in certain lines, requested by Examiner 

(no such passage remains in MS). 

1636. The Bridal Ring. Dramatic romance, 2 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 




1637. Abou Hassan; or, The Sleeper Awake. Burletta, 12 scenes. W.(?) Upton. 


Application Oct. 10, 1810, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. Nov. 20. 

MS: title-page states, Taken from the Arabian Nights. and Written by W. [or Mr.?] 

Upton. 

1638. The Italian Gamester; or, The Wife and Mistress. Recitations, Songs, &c. 

Melodramatic spectacle, 9 scenes. C. F. Barrett. 


Application Oct. 10, 1810, John Astley, Pavilion. 

MS: title-page states, written by C F Barrett. 

1639. The King and the Cobler. Burletta, 1 act. 



MS. 

1640. The Turret Daemon; or, Harlequin and Flora. Recitatives, Songs, Duetts, &c. 

Comic pantomime, 14 scenes. C. F. Barrett. 



MS: title-page states, written by C F Barrett. 

279




1641. Love and Law. Musical farce, 2 acts. John Till Allingham. 


Application Nov. 17, 1810, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as 

Transformation; or, Love and Law) Nov. 30. 

MS: dated Nov. 23; previous title, Love's Metamorphosis; or, Who Is Who?, deleted. 

1642. Gustavus Vasa. Play, 3 acts. William Dimond, from The Hero of the North. 


Application Nov. 20, 1810, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Nov. 29. 

Printed copy of Dimond's Hero of the North [6th ed., 1806?]: dated by Larpent Nov. 

26; notice gives title as Gustavus of Sweden, changed to present title; many MS 

additions and corrections; cast; inserted, A Prefatory Dedication to the Subscribers 

[this is the dedication of Brooke's Gustavus Vasa (1739), incomplete]. Comp. The Hero 

of the North, 4th ed., 1803 (K-D 406): alterations, consisting chiefly of condensation 

and omission of songs; corrections in Kemble's hand, to make the text meet such 

objections of the Examiner as are suggested by Genest (VIII, 225-26). 

J.P.C. in B.D.: It was in fact an alteration of Dimonds Hero of the North-The additions 

were most likely by J. P. Kemble as he has corrected them in his own hand throughout. 

1643. The Charioteers; or, The Bacchanalian Festival. Melodramatic spectacle, 1 

act. 


Application Nov. 21, 1810, John Astley, Pavilion. 

MS: prologue, entitled Appropriate Address to the Charioteers. 

1644. Kongo Kolo; or, The Mandingo Chief. Melodramatic spectacle, 2 acts. 


Application Nov. 21, 1810, John Astley, Pavilion (Astley's Amphitheatre). Prod. (as 

Kongo Kolo; or, Mandingo Warriors) Feb. 28, 1811. 

MS. 

1645. Disappointment; or, Love in Castile. Spanish burletta, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. (as The Disappointments, etc.) Sans Pareil, Dec. 3, 1810. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Sans Pareil, Nov. 28. 

1646. X Y Z. Farce, 2 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 4; numerous passages marked for omission (?), and some 

alterations; cast. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 34): minor differences. 

1647. Harlequin's Salutation, Recitations, Songs, Choruses, &c., in. Comic 

pantomime, 3 scenes. 


Application Dec. 8, 1810, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. Dec. 17 (?). 


1648. The Lowland Romp; or, Madcap. Scotch burletta, 2 acts. 


Application n.d., John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. Dec. 27, 1810. 

MS: dated Dec. 11. 

280




1649. The Harper's Son and the Duke's Daughter. Melodramatic romance, 2 acts. 



No application. Prod. Surrey, Dec. 12, 1810. 


1650. The Magic Bride. Drama, 2 acts. Lumley St. George Skeffington. 


Application Dec. 12, 1810, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. Dec. 

26. 


1651. Harlequin Zambullo; or, The Devil upon Two Sticks. Airs, Choruses, &c. 

Pantomime, 20 scenes. 


Application Dec. 13, 1810, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Harlequin and Asmodeus; 

or, Cupid on Crutches) Dec. 26. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 14. Comp. Songs, Chorusses,... in... Harlequin and 

Asmodeus, etc., 1810 (K-D 440): slight discrepancies; MS contains songs only; 

description of action is printed. 

1652. Zaira. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 19, 1810, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Dec. 26. MS: cast. 

See Nos. 1434 and 1437. 

1653. Il Principe di Taranto. Heroicomic opera (Italian and English), 2 acts. 

Additions and alterations by B. Serafino Buonaiuti. 




See Nos. 1505 and 1605. 

1654. The Bee Hive. Musical farce, 2 acts. John Gideon Millingen. 


Application Jan. 12, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. Jan. 

19. 

MS: Comp. 1811 (K-D 439): some differences. 

1655. The Peasant Boy; or, Innocence Protected. Operatic drama, 3 acts. William 

Dimond. 


Application Jan. 12, 1812 [1811?], Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). 

Prod. Jan. 31, 1811. 

MS: included, Songs Duets &c Not inserted in the Copy of the Opera of The Peasant 

Boy, dated Jan. 24, and signed by William Powell. Comp. The Peasant Boy, 1811 (K-D 


1656. The Knight of Snowdoun. Dramatic opera, 3 acts. Thomas Morton. 


Application Jan. 12, 1811, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. Feb. 5. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 12; additional songs inserted. Comp. 1811 (K-D 441): minor 

differences. 

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1657. The Lady of the Lake. Melodrama, 3 acts. Edmund John Eyre. 


No application. Prod. Edinburgh, Jan. 15, 1811. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Edinburgh, Jan. 2. Comp. 1811 (K-D 441): a few differences. 

1658. Le Tre Sultane; or, The Three Sultans. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 

Giuseppi Caravita. 


Application Jan. 17, 1811, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Jan. 22. 

MS: cast. 

1659. Hamlet Travestie. Burlesque, 3 acts. John Poole. 


No application. Prod. New Theatre, Jan. 24, 1811. 

Printed copy, 3d ed., 1811. (Dated Lyceum, Sept. 15, 1812, in B.C.) 

1660. The Animated Effigy. Burletta, 2 acts. Jane M. Scott. 


Application Jan. 28, 1811, John Scott, Sans Pareil. 

MS: endorsed Written by J M Scott. 

1661. La Semiramide. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 4, 1811, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Feb. 5 (?). 

MS: cast. 

See No. 1502. 

1662. The Last Hour; or, Harlequin Victim. Comic pantomime, 1 act. 


Application Feb. 4, 1811, John Astley, Pavilion. 

MS. 

1663. Ourselves. Comedy, 5 acts. Marianne Chambers. 


Application Feb. 15, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. Mar. 

2. 

MS: prologue (by Edmund John Eyre) and epilogue (by Thomas John Dibdin), dated 

Feb. 25. Comp. 1811 (K-D 442): numerous but generally slight differences. 

1664. The Green-eyed Monster; or, How to Get Your Money. Musical farce, 2 acts. 

Isaac Pocock. 


Application Feb. 15, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Oct. 14. 


1665. Alfred the Great. Play, 3 acts. Mrs. John Saville Faucit. 


Application Feb. 16, 1811, John Clayton Hindes, Norwich. Prod. May, 1811. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 19; numerous and extensive deletions; notice states, for 

the Benefit of the Author. 

282




1666. La Fedra; o sia, Il Ritorno di Teseo. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 22, 1811, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Feb. 26 (?). 

MS: cast. 

1667. Marmion! or, The Battle of Flodden Field. Romantic opera, 2 acts. 




1668. The Gazette Extraordinary. Comedy, 5 acts. Joseph George Holman. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 4; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1811 (K-D 440): slight 

differences. 

1669. The War-whoop. Opera, 3 acts. Samuel James Arnold. 


Application Apr. 6, 1811, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as The Americans) Apr. 27. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 12; included, songs, with separate application for license, 

Apr. 22, signed by William Powell, requesting that title be changed to The Americans. 

1670. Timour the Tartar. Melodrama, 2 acts. Matthew Gregory Lewis. 



MS: dated by Larpent; notice describes piece as a Musical Afterpiece. Comp. [1811] 

(K-D 474): virtually identical. 

1671. Climene. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 20, 1811, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Apr. 25. 


1672. Cosi fan' Tutte; o sia, La Scuola Degli Amanti. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 




MS: title-page states, for Mme Bertinotti's benefit, and gives author's name; cast. 

1673. Occasional Address to Be Spoken by Mr. Elliston. 


Application May 9, 1811, J. Stokes, H2. Spoken May 15. 

MS: notice states, to be spoken at the opening of the theatre on May 15. 

283




1674. Where to Find a Friend. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Leigh. 


Application May 11, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. May 

20. 

MS: prologue (dated May 19) and epilogue (by William Dowton; dated May 18; signed 

by William Powell). Comp. 1816 (K-D 526): minor differences; different prologue and 

epilogue printed. 

See No. 1888, which differs slightly, throughout, from this MS. 

1675. Sidagero. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application May 18, 1811, William Taylor, H1. Prod. May 23 (?). 

MS: title-page states, for Tramezzani's benefit; cast. 

See No. 1581. 

1676. The Trial by Jury. Farce, 2 acts. Theodore Edward Hook. 


Application May 18, 1811, James Winston, H2. Prod. May 25. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 20. Comp. 1811 (K-D 443): slight differences in dialogue; 

songs printed are not in MS. 

1677. The Round Robin. Comic opera, 2 acts. Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin. 


Application May 23, 1811, James Winston, H2. Prod. June 21. 


1678. The Morning Post and Morning Herald. Comic interlude, 1 act. Isaac Pocock. 


Application May 25, 1811, J. G. Raymond, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. May 31. 

MS: notice signed by Raymond and endorsed by William Powell; previous title, Doctor 

Bos, deleted. 

1679. Die Zauber Flote; o sia, Il Flauto Magico. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: title-page states, for Naldi's benefit; cast. 

1680. Any Thing New. Musical farce, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 



MS: dated, by Larpent(?), June 15. Comp. 1811 (K-D 439): slight differences 

throughout. 

1681. The Royal Oak. Historical play, 3 acts. William Dimond. 



MS: endorsed, by Larpent(?), H2, Apr. 24, 1812 [1811?]. Comp. 1811 (K-D 443): a 

number of differences, especially in the songs. 

284




1682. Elfrida. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Ranieri de' Calsabigi (?). 


Application June 15, 1811, William Taylor, H1. Prod. June 20 (?). 


See No. 1208. 

1683. The Outside Passenger. Farce, 2 acts. George Brewer (?). 



MS: dated by Larpent June 26; title-page and notice give title as Eleven Knots an Hour; 

or, Pay and Prize Money; new title added by Larpent, on cover; cast. 

1684. Quadrupeds; or, The Manager's Last Kick. Burlesque, 2 acts. From The 

Tailors. 


Application July 12, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. July 18. 

Printed copy of Acts I and II of The Tailors, A Tragedy for Warm Weather, [n.d., but 

prints cast of 1805 performance at the Haymarket]: MS title-page describes the piece 

as a Grand Tragic Opera-founded on Ancient Dramas & Applied to Modern Events; MS 

alterations; MS prelude, songs, and concluding scene. Comp. The Tailors (Or 

Quadrupeds,) A Tragedy for Warm Weather, 1836 (122095): printed portions virtually 

identical (though a different ed.); alterations not printed. 

See Nos. 269 and 2202. 

1685. The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or, The Rovers of Weimar. Romance 

(burlesque), 2 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 



MS: title-page describes piece as A Grand Dress'd Rehearsal of a 

Tragico-Comico-Anglo-Germanico-Hippodramatico Romance,...; dated by Larpent July 

18; prologue, with separate application, July 24, J.(?) Stokes, H2. Comp. The Rovers; 

or, The Double Arrangement in Anti-Jacobin, (1798), XXI, XXXI (L. Rice-Oxley, Poetry of 

the Anti-Jacobin, 1924, pp. 127-58): Act I virtually identical, except for interpolated 

speeches of Author and Manager in MS version; Act II in MS longer and contains 

scenes not printed; prologue quite different. 

1686. One o'Clock; [or, The Knight and the Wood Daemon]. Grand musical 

romance, 3 acts. Matthew Gregory Lewis. 



MS: title-page states, Founded on the Wood Daemon. Comp. [1811] (K-D 442): slight 

differences in songs; otherwise virtually the same. 

See Nos. 1514 and 1534. 

1687. The Boarding House. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Samuel Beazley, Jr. 


Application Aug. 12, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Aug. 26. 

MS: dated Aug. 12. Comp. 1811 (K-D 439): several differences. 

285




1688. M. P.; [or,] The Blue Stocking. Opera, 3 acts. Thomas Moore. 


Application Aug. 22, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Sept. 9. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 30; numerous corrections and insertions; several passages 

deleted, by Examiner(?). Comp. 1811 (K-D 441): slight differences. 

1689. Four in Hand. Farce, 2 acts. Theodore Edward Hook. 


Application Sept. 6, 1811, James Winston, H2. Prod. (as Darkness Visible) Sept. 23. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 10. Comp. 1811 (K-D 439): notable differences at several 

points. 

1690. The Travellers Benighted. Melodrama, 2 acts. 



MS: dated Sept. 26. 

1691. The Day of Tribute. Musical drama, 3 acts. Charles Kemble, from Augustus 

von Kotzebue. 


Application Oct. 3, 1811, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Kamtchatka; or, The 

Slave's Tribute) Oct. 16. 

MS. 

1692. The Reasonable Fool. Recitative, Songs, Duetts, Chorusses, &c. Comic 

burletta, 1 act. 


Application Oct. 19, 1811, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. Dec. 17. 


1693. The Perplexed Husband. Comedy, 5 acts. Stephen Clarke. 


Application Oct. 21, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as 

The Kiss; or, The Lawyer Outwitted) Oct. 31. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1811 (K-D 473): notable variations in Acts IV and V; 

first three acts virtually identical. 

1694. Up to London. Comic opera, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Oct. 28, 1811, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Up to Town) Nov. 6. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 28. Comp. Songs, Duetts, &c., in Up to Town, [1811] (K-D 


1695. One Foot by Land and One Foot by Sea; or, The Tartar's Tartar'd! 

Melodrama, 3 acts. G. Male. 



MS: title-page states, The Address, Songs,... of the Piece written by Mr. Male; included, 

an Occasional Address For the Opening of the New Olympic Pavilion, 1811; signed at 

end, G. Male. 

286




1696. The Refusal; or, Everybody's Business. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Nov. 9, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as 

Rejection; or, Everybody's Business) Nov. 20. 

MS. 

1697. The Vizier's Son and the Merchant's Daughter. Comic burletta, 2 acts. Jane 

M. Scott. 


Application Nov. 27, 1811, John Scott, Sans Pareil. 

MS: included, note dated Sans Pareil, Nov. 28: Mr. Scots Respects to Mr. Larpent Shall 

be oblig'd to him to Add to the Title of the Vizier Son and Merchants Daughter-or the 

Ugly Wooman or Maid of Bagdad. 

1698. My Uncle. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 2, 1811, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Not produced(?). 


1699. The White Cat; or, Harlequin in Fairy Wood. Comic pantomime, 1 act. 


Application Dec. 17, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. Dec. 

23. 

MS: contains songs only. 

1700. A Receipt for Mirth. Comedy, 5 acts. _____ Burton. 


Application Dec. 18, 1811, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as 

Right and Wrong) Jan. 2, 1812. 

MS: prologue and epilogue to Right and Wrong. Comp. Right and Wrong, 1812 (K-D 


1701. Harlequin and Padmanaba; or, The Golden Fish. Songs. Pantomime, 18 (?) 

scenes. Charley Farley (?). 



MS: songs only; dated, by Larpent, C.G., Dec. 19. 

1702. The Three Fives; or, The Generous Quaker. Comic burletta, 1 act. 


Application Dec. 31, 1811, John Astley, Pavilion. Prod. (as The Three Fives; or, Penny 

Wise and Pound Foolish) Feb. 13, 1812. 

MS: dated Jan. 4. 

1703. The Virgin of the Sun. Musical drama, 3 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 



MS: dated Jan., 1812. Comp. 1812 (K-D 474): minor differences. 

1704. A Melologue. 


Application Jan. 10, 1812, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Recited Jan. 11 (?). 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 11; endorsed, by J.P.C., On Spanish Victories. 

287





1705. Il Giorno Felice; or, The Happy Day. Seriocomic opera, 2 acts. Jane M. Scott. 


Application Jan. 11, 1812, John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. Feb. 27. 

MS: title-page states, Written by J M Scott. 

1706. The Tyrant and Parrasite. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. James Kenney. 


Application Jan. 25, 1812, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as Turn Him Out) Mar. 

7. 

MS. Comp. Turn Out! 1812 (K-D 474): a number of discrepancies. 

1707. La Caccia di Enrico IV. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. B. Serafino Buonaiuti. 


Application Jan. 28, 1812, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Feb. 1 (?). 

MS: endorsed By Signor buonajuti. Con Nuove Alterazioni; cast. See No. 1571. 

1708. The House of Morville. Play, 5 acts. John Lake. 


Application Feb. 8, 1812, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. Feb. 

27. 

MS: prologue, epilogue, and a song, dated Feb. 19. Comp. 1812 (K-D 473): a number 

of differences. 

1709. Adolphus, Count Zelmar. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Joseph George 

Holman (?). 


Application Feb. 13, 1812, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Frost and Thaw) Feb. 25. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 15. Comp. Airs, Duets, &c., &c., in... Frost and Thaw, [1812] 

(K-D 473): minor differences. 

1710. La Clemenza di Tito. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Pietro Metastasio. 


Application Feb. 18, 1812, William Taylor, H1. Prod. Mar. 3. 

MS: author's name given on title; cast. 

See No. 1479. 

1711. Le Donne Cambiate. Burletta (Italian), 1 act. Giuseppi Foppa (?). 


Application Apr. 27, [1812,] J P. di Haldan [?], Pantheon (?). 

MS: endorsed Two Burlettas, Entitled Le Donne Cambiate & Il Venditore D'Aceto. 

Note 

Il Venditore D'Aceto is not now in the collection. 

Pantheon Theatre 26th February 1812; cast. 

1712. Ginevra di Scozia. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 1, [1812,] William Taylor, H1. Prod. Apr. 16, 1812. 

MS: produced for Mme Catalani's benefit; cast. 

288




1713. The Secret Mine. Melodrama, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin and John Fawcett. 


Application Apr. 2, 1812, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. Apr. 24. 


1714. Prejudice; or, Modern Sentiment. Comedy, 5 acts. Alicia (Sheridan) Lefanu. 


Application Apr. 4, 1812, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. Apr. 11. 

MS: a few passages deleted; prologue (dated Apr. 10) and epilogue. Comp. The Sons 

of Erin; or, Modern Sentiments, 1812 (K-D 474): various minor differences throughout; 

lines deleted in MS not printed. 

1715. William Tell; or, The Hero of Switzerland. Musical farce, 2 acts. Henry 

William Grosett. 



MS: title-page gives name of author, place, and date. 

1716. The Devil's Bridge; [or, The Piedmontese Alps]. Operatic romance, 3 acts. 



Application Apr. 27, 1812, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. May 6. 

MS. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 116): considerable differences. 

1717. Camilla; o sia, Il Sotterraneo. Seriocomic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 27, 1812, William Taylor, H1. 

MS: title-page states, produced May 12; cast. 

See No. 1485. 

1718. The Twin Sisters; or, A Forgery in Love. Musical drama, 2 acts. 


Application May 3, 1812, James Winston, H2. 

MS: endorsed, by Larpent, H2, May 13. 

1719. The Blank Cartridge. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. From Augustus von 

Kotzebue Blind Geladen. 


Application May 9, 1812, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum (D.L. Company). Prod. (as How 

to Die for Love!) May 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 13. Comp. How to Die for Love! 1812 (K-D 450): a few slight 

differences. 

1720. The Town. Comedy, 5 acts. Robert Francis Jameson. 


Application May 14, 1812, John Philip Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as A Touch at the Times) July 

6. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 15; prologue. Comp. A Touch at the Times, 1812 (K-D 479): 

a few differences. 

289




1721. Maids; or, The Nuns of Glossenbury. Afterpiece, 1 act. James Wild. 


Application May 26, [1812,] J. G. Raymond, Lyceum. Not produced. (License refused.) 

Printed copy, 1804: MS title-page, dated by Larpent May 28, 1812, and endorsed 

Licence refused; numerous MS revisions. 

1722. Le Nozze di Figaro. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte. 



MS: dated by Larpent June 10; for the benefit of the Scottish Hospital; cast. 

1723. Love's Errors; or, The Child of Chance. Comedy, 2 acts. Charles Kemble. 


Application June 17, 1812, James Winston, H2. Prod. (as The Child of Chance) July 8. 


1724. The Highgate Tunnell; [or, The Secret Arch]. Burlesque operatic tragedy, 

prelude and 2 acts. Lascelles(?) Smith. 



MS: by Momus Medlar; dated, by Larpent(?), June 24; numerous corrections and 

insertions. Comp. 1812 (K-D 476): marked differences. 

1725. Trick for Trick; [or, The Admiral's Daughter]. Musical farce, 2 acts. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, June 6. Comp. 1812 (K-D 479): virtually identical. 

1726. The East Indian. Opera, 3 acts. 


Application July 11, 1812, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. 

MS. 

1727. Love and Impudence; or, The Fortune Hunters. Comedy, 3 acts. _____ 

Hewlett. 


Application July 15, 1812, James Winston, H2. Prod. (as The Fortune Hunters) July 23. 

MS: two passages deleted, by Examiner(?). 

1728. Jack and Jill; [or, The Clown's Disasters], Songs in. Pantomine. _____ Kirby 

(?). 


Application July 26, 1812, R. E. Chatterly, Lyceum. Prod. July 30. 

MS. (Three songs added in separate cover, dated Lyceum, July 18.) 

1729. The Italian Husband. Play, 3 acts. Edmund John Eyre. 


Application Aug. 8, 1812, James Winston, H2. Prod. (as Look at Home) Aug. 15. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 10; numerous corrections, and many passages deleted, by 

Examiner (?); prologue to Look at Home. Comp. Look at Home, 2d ed., 1814 (K-D 477): 

numerous and extensive differences. 

290




1730. The Privateer. Comic opera, 3 acts. From Richard Cumberland, The Brothers. 



Printed copy of Cumberland's The Brothers [1770?]: rearranged and interleaved with 

MS additions and corrections, many of the insertions being songs; dated by Larpent 

Aug. 16. 

1731. The British Admiral and the Seaman's Son. Comedy, 5 acts. 


Application Aug. 26, 1812, John Clayton Hindes, Norwich. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 28; many alterations throughout. 

1732. Retaliation. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. William Wastell. 


Application Sept. 1, 1812, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as A West Wind; or, 

Off for London) Sept. 29. 

MS: title inserted, by Larpent (?). Comp. A West Wind; or, Off for London, 1812 (K-D 

479): some differences. 

1733. The Spanish Patriots 1000 Years Ago. Opera, 3 acts. H. B. Code. 


Application Sept. 11, 1812, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Sept. 22. 

MS: title inserted, by Larpent (?); long passages in last act deleted, by Examiner (?). 

Comp. Spanish Patriots a Thousand Years Ago, 1812 (K-D 479): slight differences. 

1734. The Aethiop; or, The Child of the Desart. Drama, 3 acts. William Dimond or 



Application Sept. 21, 1812, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Oct. 6. 

MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. 2d ed., 1813 (K-D 476): chief differences in the songs. 

1735. Schniederkins. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Oct. 10, 1812, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Oct. 16. 

MS. 

1736. The Lord of the Manor, New Songs in. Comic opera. 



MS: dated Oct. 20. 

See No. 540. 

1737. Address, [on the Opening of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]. George 

Gordon, Lord Byron. 


Application Oct. 23, 1812, Thomas John Dibdin, D.L. Spoken Oct. 10. 

MS: notice (sent after address had been delivered) states, as spoken by Mr. Elliston. 

1738. Address to Be Spoken by Mr. Betty. 


No application. Spoken, C.G., No. 3, 1812 (?). 

MS. 

291




1739. Love, Law, and Physick. Farce, 2 acts. James Kenney. 


Application Nov. 12, 1812, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Nov. 20. 


1740. Caledonia; or, The Thistle and the Rose. Drama, 3 acts. 


Application, n.d., unsigned [Nov. 12, 1812, Henry Siddons, Edinburgh]. Prod. Dec. 23, 

1812. 

MS: dated and endorsed, by Larpent, Mr. Henry Siddons, Manager; prologue. 

1741. Asgard the Demon Hunter; or, Le Démon à la Chasse. Burletta spectacle, 1 

act. Jane M. Scott. 


No application. Prod. Sans Pareil, Nov. 17, 1812. 

MS: endorsed, by Larpent, Sans Pareil, Nov. 5. 

1742. The Renegade. Drama, 3 acts. Frederic Reynolds, from John Dryden, Don 

Sebastian. 


Application Nov. 18, 1812, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Dec. 2. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 20. Comp. 2d ed., 1812 (K-D 478): minor differences, 

except end of Act III, which is quite different. 

1743. The Arab, Songs, Recitations, etc., in. Melodramatic spectacle, 1 act. 




1744. The Miser Reformed. Musical prelude, 1 act. 




1745. The Nursery Maid, Mistress; or, The Butler in the Suds. Musical piece, 2 

acts. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 24; previous title, Nursery in an Uproar, erased. 

1746. Intrigue, Love, Honor, and Obey; or, The Widow. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Nov. 23, 1812, John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. Dec. 1. 


1747. Zoa, Songs in. Pantomime (?). Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin (?). 


No application. [Pavilion, Nov. 24, 1812?] 


292




1748. The Assignation. Musical farce, 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 4, 1812, J. G. Raymond, D.L. Prod. Dec. 12. 

MS: dated Dec. 7. 

1749. Harlequin and the Red Dwarf; or, The Adamant Rock, Songs, etc., in. 



Application Dec. 11, 1812, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS: includes songs and some dialogue. 

1750. Harlequin and Humpo; or, Columbine by Candlelight. Pantomime, 15 (?) 

scenes. Thomas John Dibdin. 




1751. Helga; or, The Rival Minstrels. Tragedy, 5 acts. 


No application. [Prod. Edinburgh, 1812?] 

MS: endorsed, by Larpent(?), Theatre Royal Edinburgh January 1812; title states, 

Founded on an Icelandic Saga, or History. 

1752. The Labyrinth Farm; or, The Fashionable Recluse. Comedy, 5 acts. 


No application. [Glasgow, 1812?] 

MS: four pages apparently lacking; some corrections; endorsed Agreeable to the 

Prompters Book, of the Theatre Royal Glasgow, and, by J.P.C.(?), March 4th. 1812. 

1753. Remorse. Tragedy, 5 acts. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 


Application Jan. 4, 1813, J. G. Raymond, D.L. Prod. Jan. 23. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 5. Comp. 2d ed., 1813 (K-D 478): numerous differences. 

1754. The Students of Salamanca. Comedy, 5 acts. Robert Francis Jameson. 


Application Jan. 11, 1813, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Jan. 23. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 12; prologue. Comp. 1813 (K-D 479): slight differences. 


1755. Il Furbo contro il Furbo. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 16, 1813, William Jewell, H1. 

MS: cast. 

See No. 1542. 

293




1756. The Siege of Sarragossa; or, Spanish Patriots in 1808. [The Siege of 

Burgos(?).] Opera, 2 acts. [George Bennett?] 


Application Jan. 18, 1813, John Clayton Hindes, Norwich. 

MS: inserted, note, Feb. 1, John Clayton Hindes to Examiner: I communicated yours, to 

the Author of the 'Siege of Burgos'-he immediately Expung'd the Objectionable 

passage, & begs leave to Substitute the following....it is intended for his Benefit; last 

page of MS signed G Bennett. 

1757. The Forest Knight. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 26, 1813, John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. (as The Forest Knight; or, The 

King Bewildered) Feb. 4. 


1758. The Absent Apothecary. Farce, 2 acts. James and Horace Smith. 


Application Feb. 4, 1813, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. Feb. 10. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 5; numerous corrections. 

1759. Fair Rosamond. Drama, 2 acts. John Saville Faucit (?). 


No application; endorsed J. Faucit Theatre Royal Norwich - 1813. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, Feb. 12, 1813. 

1760. At Home. Farce, 2 acts. Henry Bate [Bate Dudley] (?). 


Application Feb. 18, 1813, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Feb. 25. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 20. 

1761. Boadicea. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 1, 1813, William Jewell, H1. Prod. Mar. 23. 

MS: cast. 

1762. Education. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Morton. 


Application Mar. 19, 1813, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Apr. 27. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 20. Comp. 1813 (K-D 524): slight differences. 

1763. L'Eroina di Rab [Raab]. Opera, 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 22, 1813, William Jewell, H1. Prod. Apr. 8. 

MS: for Mme Catalani's benefit; cast. 

1764. Love's Perils; or, The Hermit of St. Kilda. Melodrama, 3 acts. 


Application Mar. 30, 1813, D. Grove, Pavilion. 

MS. 

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1765. Woman and Philosophy. Comedy, 5 acts. 


Application, n.d., unsigned, Edinburgh. Prod. Apr. 3, 1813. 

MS: dated Jan. 20; previous title, Philosophy, changed to Woman and Philosophy. 

1766. Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp. Melodramatic romance, 2 acts. [Charles 

Farley?] 


Application Apr. 3, 1813, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Apr. 19. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 5. Comp. [1836] (Dev 12mo 76): many differences. 

1767. The Curtain Lecture. Comedy, 5 acts. C. Clarke. 


Application Apr. 7, 1813, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. (as Recrimination; or, A 

Curtain Lecture) Apr. 22. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Apr. 9; numerous corrections. 

1768. The Russian. Melodrama, 2 acts. T. Sheridan. 


Application Apr. 7, 1813, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. May 13. 


1769. Blood Will Have Blood! Melodramtic spectacle burletta, 3 acts. 


Application Apr. 17, 1813, D. Grove, Pavilion. 


1770. La Dama Soldato. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 22, 1813, William Jewell, H1. Prod. May 13. 

MS: cast. 

See No. 1817. 

1771. The Brazen Bust. Melodrama, 2 acts. Charles Kemble. 


Application May 21, 1813, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. May 29. 


1772. Hyde Park in an Uproar; or, The Don Cossack in London. Dramatic sketch, 1 

act. Edmund John Eyre. 


Application June 3, 1813, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. June 17. 

MS: title-page states, by Mum-Dump, Esq. 

1773. Lose No Time. Comedy, 3 acts. Lumley St. George Skeffington. 


Application June 7, 1813, J. G. Raymond, D.L. Prod. June 11. 


295




1774. The Hole in the Wall. Farce, 2 acts. John Poole. 


Application June 10, 1813, J. G. Raymond, D.L. Prod. June 23. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 11. Comp. 1813 (K-D 476): minor differences. 

1775. Harry Le Roy. Burletta, 1 act. Isaac Pocock. 


Application June 22, 1813, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. July 2. 

MS: cover states, founded on Dodsley, King, and the Miller of Mansfield; dated by 

Larpent June 22; some revision of text; cast. 

1776. Fingal; or, Erin Delivered. Dramatic poem (Italian), 2 pts. 


Application July 3, 1813, William Jewell, H1. 

MS: cast. 

1777. Flat and Sharp. Farce, 2 acts. Dennis Lawler. 


Application July 23, 1813, J. G. Raymond, Lyceum. Prod. (as Sharp and Flat) Aug. 4. 

MS. Comp. Sharp and Flat, 1813 (K-D 478): several differences; some scenes in MS not 

printed. 

1778. The Waltz. Opera, 3 acts. Samuel James Arnold (?), from William Wycherley, 

The Gentleman Dancing Master. 


Application Aug. 7, 1813, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Aug. 19. 

MS. 

1779. The Non-Descript. Farce, 2 acts. _____ Hewlings. 


Application Sept. 20, 1813, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Oct. 5. 

Note 

Not entirely performed. See Preface to printed text, ed. cit. 

MS: dated Sept. 22. Comp. 1813 (K-D 477): a few differences. 

1780. Godolphin, the Lion of the North. Operatic drama, 3 acts. Benjamin 

Thompson. 


Application Sept. 28, 1813, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. Oct. 12. 

MS: much revised; cast. 

1781. The Bohemian Miller. Melodrama, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 


Application Oct. 12, 1813, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as The Miller and His Men) Oct. 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 14. Comp. 2d ed., 1813 (K-D 477): slight differences. 

1782. First Impressions; [or, Trade in the West]. Comedy, 5 acts. Horace Smith. 


Application Oct. 23, 1813, J. G. Raymond, D.L. Prod. Oct. 30. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 25; numerous corrections and additions. Comp. 1813 (Dev 

8vo 65): many differences. 

296




1783. The Invisible Bridegroom. Farce, 2 acts. Robert Francis Jameson (?). 


Application Oct. 29, 1813, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Nov. 10. 


1784. The Outcast; or, The Hollow Tree. Burletta, 3 acts. 


No application. Prod. (as Raykisnah the Outcast) Sans Pareil, Nov. 22, 1813. 

MS: dated Sans Pareil, Nov. 6. 

1785. Who's to Have Her? Musical farce, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Nov. 13, 1813, J. G. Raymond, D.L. Prod. Nov. 22. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 15. Comp. 1813 (K-D 479): numerous slight differences. 

1786. Illusion; or, The Trances of Nourjahad. Oriental romance, 3 acts. 


Application Nov. 13, 1813, J. G. Raymond, D.L. Prod. Nov. 25. 

MS: title states, Founded on a Persian Tale...by Mrs. Sheridan; dated by Larpent Nov. 

15; numerous deletions, and some marginal notations. Comp. 1813 (K-D 476): differs 

considerably in Act III; some slight differences throughout. 

1787. Fair Game; or, The First of October. Farce, 2 acts. Henry Bate [Bate Dudley]. 




1788. Orange Boven; or, More Good News. Comic divertisement, 1 act. Thomas 





1789. For England Ho! Dramatic opera, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 



MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. 1814 (K-D 476): great differences in songs; slight 

differences otherwise. 

1790. Harlequin Harmonist; or, A Trip to Japan. Pantomime, 17 scenes. Thomas 



Application Dec. 13, 1813, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. (as Harlequin Harper; or, A 

Jump from Japan) Dec. 27. 

MS. 

1791. Harlequin and the Swans; or, The Bath of Beauty. Pantomime, 17 scenes. 

[Charles Farley?] 




297




1792. The Holidays; or, Just Broke Up. Interlude, 1 act. [Edmond John Eyre?] 


No application; endorsed, Olympic or Pavilion Theatre, Dec. 16, 1813. 

MS: title-page states, by E.J.E.; cast. 

1793. The Russian Village. Comic opera, 3 acts. Charles Armitage Brown. 


Application Dec. 20, 1813, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. (as Narensky; or, The Road 

to Yaroslaf) Jan. 11, 1814. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 21, 1813. Comp. Narensky; or, The Road to Yaroslaf, 1814 

(K-D 477): numerous differences. 

1794. The Farmer's Wife. Comic opera, 3 acts. Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin. 


Application Dec. 30, 1813, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Feb. 1, 1814. 

MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. Airs, Duets,...in...The Farmer's Wife, 1814 (K-D 628): 


1795. Friendship, Love, and Duty; or, The Prussian Soldiers. Comedy, 5 acts. 


Application, n.d. [1813?], unsigned, Edinburgh. 

MS: prologue (dated Nov. 18, 1813, and signed W. A. Downs) and epilogue. (Latter 

dated Nov. 29, 1813, in B.C.) 

1796. The Rash Marriage. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Pinkerton. 


Application, n.d. [1813?], unsigned, Edinburgh. 

MS: endorsed, by Larpent, Edinburgh, Mar., 1813; application states, written by Mr 

Pinkerton; prologue(?). 

1797. The False Friend; or, Assassin of the Rocks. Melodramatic ballet, 9 scenes. 

James C. Cross. 


Application Jan. 10, 1814, Mr. [S. T.] Russell, Olympic. Prod. Jan. 17 (?). 

Printed copy, excerpt from Cross, Circusiana, 1809: dated, by Larpent, Olympic, Jan. 

11. 

1798. Broad Grins; or, Whackham and Windham, the Wrangling Lawyers. Burletta, 

2 acts. Jane M. Scott. 


Application Jan. 14, 1813 [1814?], John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. (as Whackham and 

Windham; or, The Wrangling Lawyers) Jan. 25, 1814. 

MS: dated Jan. 14, 1814. 

1799. The Earls of Hammersmith; or, Infant Maturity. Burlesque, 1 act. John Poole 

and Dennis Lawler. 


No application. Prod. Olympic, Jan. 17, 1814 (previously, Surrey, Oct. 1, 1811). 

MS: many corrections; prologue. Comp. The Earls of Hammersmith; or, The Cellar 

Spectre, n.d. (Dev 12mo 71): a few differences. 

298




1800. Rogues All! or, Three Generations. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 22, 1814, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. Feb. 5. 



1801. The Wandering Boys; or, The Castle of Olival. Drama, 2 acts. John Kerr (?), 

from Pixérécourt, Le pélerin blanc. 



MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 11. Comp. John Kerr, The Wandering Boys (3-act version) 

(Dev 12mo 41): numerous slight differences; last scene of MS and Act III of printed 

text differ considerably in detail. 

1802. The Woodman's Hut. Melodrama, 3 acts. Samuel James Arnold. 


Application Feb. 16 (?), 1814, S. J. Arnold, D.L. Prod. Apr. 12. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 17. Comp. 1814 (K-D 551): numerous small differences; 

songs printed not in MS. 

1803. Ina of Sigiswold. Tragedy, 5 acts. Mrs. Barbarina (Ogle) Wilmot (afterward 

Brand, Baroness Dacre). 


Application Feb. 18, 1814, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. (as Ina) Apr. 22, 1815. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 23, 1814; two variant copies of prologue (by William Lamb; 

one with separate application, Mar. 1) and epilogue (by Thomas Moore). Comp. Ina, 


J.P.C. in B.D.: It was acted and damned at Drury Lane-Hon W Lamb wrote the Prol: & 

Moore the Epilogue. 

1804. The Inscription. Burletta, 2 acts. Jane M. Scott. 


Application Mar. 21, 1814, John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. Feb. 28. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Feb. 26; endorsed Written by Miss Jane Scott Feby 21. 1814. 

1805. The City Rivals. Comedy, 5 acts. James Kenney. 


Application Mar. 4, 1814, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as Debtor and Creditor) Apr. 20. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 4; prologue and epilogue to Debtor and Creditor. Comp. 

Debtor and Creditor, 1814 (K-D 476): slight differences. 

1806. Zulieman; or, Wives Incog. Opera, 3 acts. 


No application. Prod. Bath, Mar. 12, 1814. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Bath, Mar. 4. 

1807. Sadak and Kalasrade; or, The Waters of Oblivion. Drama, 2 acts. 




299




1808. Gulliver among the Lilliputians. Burletta, 1 act. 


No application. [Olympic, Mar. 26, 1814.] 

MS: dated by Larpent, and endorsed From S. T. Russell. Olympic Theatre. 

1809. Intrigue. Interlude, 1 act. John Poole. 


Application Apr. 1, 1814, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. Apr. 26. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 2. Comp. 1814 (K-D 476): a few slight differences. 

1810. A Hymn...In Commemoration of the Late Glorious Events. _____ Buonavoglia. 


No application. Sung H1, Apr. 19, 1814. 

Printed copy (one page): states, sung at the King's Theatre, April 19, 1814. 

1811. The Opening Night; or, The Manager Hoax'd. Farce (prelude), 1 act. 


No application. [Liverpool, May 3, 1814?] 

MS: dated by Larpent; a number of passages marked, for omission(?); included, An 

Address. 

1812. Il Matrimonio Segreto. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giovanni Bertati (?). 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. May 10, 1814 (?). 

MS: cast. 

See No. 1005. 

1813. Tricking Fair in Love. Farce, 2 acts. Baron Langsdorff (?). 



MS: endorsed, by Larpent, May 19. 

1814. Adolfo e Clara; or, The Two Prisoner[s]. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: title-page states, for representation on May 26, 1814, for Naldi's benefit; cast. 

1815. Broad, but Not Long; or, The First Night of a New Piece. Interlude, 1 act. 


Application June 1, 1814, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. June 15. 


1816. The Elopement Extraordinary. Musical farce, 2 acts. 


Application June 3, 1814, J. G. Raymond, D.L. Prod. (as Fair Cheating; or, The Wise 

Ones Outwitted) June 15. 

MS: one name in cast given. 

300




1817. La Dama Soldato; or, The Lady Soldier. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: title-page states, for production June 4 [May 21 deleted], 1814; cast [for previous 

performance? (same as for No. 1770, q.v.)]. 

1818. Aristodemo. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 



MS: title-page states, for Trammezzani's benefit, June 9, 1814; dated by Larpent June 

9; cast. 

1819. Didone Abbandonata. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Pietro Metastasio (?). 


Application n.d., Michael Kelly, H1. Prod. July 7, 1814. 

MS: title-page states, for Mme Grassini's benefit, July 7; cast. 

1820. Come and See. Afterpiece, 2 acts. Baron Langsdorff. 




1821. Frederick the Great; [or, The Heart of a Soldier]. Opera, 3 acts. Samuel 

James Arnold. 


Application July 18, 1814, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Aug. 4. 

MS. 

1822. Doctor Hocus Pocus; or, Harlequin Wash'd White. Pantomime, 2 acts. 

George Colman, the Younger. 




1823. Turns and Returns. Comedy, 3 acts. Robert Francis Jameson. 


Application Aug. 8, 1814, James Winston, H2. Prod. (as Love and Gout; or, Arrivals and 

Marriages) Aug. 23. 


1824. Harlequin Hoax; or, A Pantomime Proposed. Comic extravaganza, 8 scenes. 



Application n.d., Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Aug. 16, 1814 (?). 

MS: incomplete(?); dated by Larpent Aug. 9, 1814; included, dated by Larpent Aug. 12, 

are Alterations to the Pantomime of Harlequin Hoax, with separate application, for 

representation on Aug. 16, signed by R. E. Chatterley. Comp. 1814 (K-D 476): notable 

differences. 

1825. The Saracen's Head; [or, Not at Home]. Comic sketch (interlude), 1 act. 



MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 2. 

301




1826. Murder Will Out; or, The Dog of Montargis. Melodrama, 3 acts. William 

Barrymore, from Pixérécourt. 


Application Sept. 17, 1814, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as The Dog of Montargis; or, The 

Forest of Bondy) Sept. 30. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 19. Comp. The Forest of Bondy; or, The Dog of Montargis, 

n.d. (Dev. 12mo 29): slight differences; Act II, Scenes 1-4, in printed play, not in MS. 

1827. Occasional Address for the Opening of Drury Lane Theatre. 


Application n.d., Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Spoken Sept. 20, 1814. 

MS. 

1828. Thus Runs the World Away. Comedy, 5 acts. Henry Siddons. 


Application Oct. 3, 1814, J. G. Raymond, D.L. Prod. (as Policy; or, Thus Runs the World 

Away) Oct. 15. 

MS: partial cast. 

1829. Jean de Paris. Farce, 2 acts. Samuel James Arnold, from St. Just. 


Application Oct. 22, 1814, S. J. Arnold, D.L. Prod. Nov. 1. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 24; title-page states, ...taken from the French. 

1830. John of Paris. Comic opera, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock, from St. Just. 


Application Oct. 29, 1814, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Nov. 12. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 29. Comp. 1814 (K-D 477): slight differences. 

1831. The Hoaxer; or, Vive la Bagatelle. Opera, 1 act. 


No application. [Norwich, Nov. 5, 1814?] 


1832. Lawyers and Clients; or, Love Suits. Comedy, 3 acts. 


Application Nov. 8, 1814, unsigned, Edinburgh. Prod. (as Lawyers and Their Clients) 

Jan. 4, 1815. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 19, 1814; two previous titles erased; corrections and 

additions; prologue. 

1833. The Ninth Statue; [or, The Irishman in Bagdad]. Melodramatic romance, 2 



Application Nov. 14, 1814, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. Nov. 29. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 17. Comp. 1814 (K-D 504): considerable discrepancies. 

1834. The King and the Duke; or, Which Is Which. Petite drama, 2 acts. Robert 

Francis Jameson (?). 



MS. 

302




1835. Harlequin Whittington; or, Lord Mayor of London. Songs and Recitative. 

Pantomime, 17(?) scenes. 


Application Dec. 9, 1814, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 10; songs and recitative only. 

1836. Eccentricities; or, The Mistakes of Madrid; or, The Witch of the Village. 

Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 16, 1814, John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. Dec. 26. 


1837. The Valley of Diamonds; or, Harlequin Sinbad. Pantomime, 18 scenes. 

Thomas John Dibdin and _____ Kirby. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 19. Comp. 1814 (K-D 509): differs considerably. 

1838. Brother and Sister. Opera, 2 acts. William Dimond. 


Application Dec. 21, 1814, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Feb. 1, 1815. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 19; a number of corrections. Comp. 1829 (Dev 8vo 2): 

virtually identical, except for songs, which differ considerably. 

1839. The Step Mother; or, Fraternal Friendship. Tragedy, 5 acts. 


No application. Prod. Edinburgh, 1814 (?). 

MS: endorsed, by Larpent(?), Edinburgh, Feb. 11, 1814; notice to Mr. Murray, directing 

him to secure from Lord Chamberlain's office permission to perform, and stating that 

the source of the story is the History of the Ottoman Empire; prologue. 

1840. Tag in Tribulation. [Altered.] Interlude, 1 act. Thomas John Dibdin. 


No application. Prod. Surrey, 1814. 

MS: title-page states, by T. Dibdin...Alter'd in Verse for the Surry Theatre; much 

corrected; cast. 

See No. 1252. 

1841. My Uncle's House; or, The Bull and the Magpie. Burletta, 3 acts. 


No application; title-page signed, D Grove Acting Manager, Olympic. Prod. Jan. 2, 

1815. 

MS: dated, Olympic, Dec. 19, 1814. 

1842. Adelasia è Aleramo. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; title-page dated Jan. 7, 1815, and signed D: Waters: Manager, H1. 

Prod. Jan. 10. 

MS: cast. 

303




1843. L'Orgoglio Avvilito. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; title-page dated Jan. 27, 1815, and signed D. Waters, H1. Prod. Feb. 7. 

MS: cast. 

1844. Broad Grins; or, Harlequin Mag and Harlequin Tag [Fag]. Pantomime, 11 

scenes. 


No application. Prod. Olympic, Feb. 7, 1815. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Olympic, Feb. 1; partial cast. 


1845. Poor Relations. Musical farce, 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 9, 1815, W.(?) Raymond, D.L. Prod. Feb. 25. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Feb. 11. 

1846. The Beacon. Musical drama, 2 acts. Joanna Baillie. 


Application n.d., unsigned, Edinburgh. 

Printed copy, from A Series of Plays, 1812: dated, by Larpent, Edinburgh, Feb. 9, 1815. 

1847. The Summer House. Burletta, 1 act. 



MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Sans Pereil, Feb. 13, 1815. 

1848. I Riti d'Efeso. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; title-page signed D: Waters:, H1. Prod. Mar. 7, 1815. 

MS: dated Feb. 18; cast. 

1849. The Cat of Kilkenny; or, The Forest of Blarney. Burlesque, 1 act. 


No application; endorsed D. Grove, Acting Manager, Olympic. [Feb., 1815.] 


1850. The Lord of the Isles. Melodrama, 2 pts. From Walter Scott's Poems. 


No application; cover endorsed D. Grove, Acting Manager, Olympic. Prod. Feb. 27, 

1815. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 18; cast. 

1851. The Wild Indian Girl. Comedy, 3 acts. 


Application, n.d., unsigned, Edinburgh. Prod. Mar. 1, 1815. 


304




1852. Past Ten o'Clock and a Rainy Night. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Mar. 3, 1815, J. G. Raymond, D.L. Prod. Mar. 11. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 4; much corrected. Comp. 1815 (K-D 503): numerous slight 

differences. 

1853. The State Tower; or, The Unknown Guest. Opera, 3 acts. Samuel James 

Arnold. 


Application Mar. 7, 1815, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. (as The Unknown Guest) 

Mar. 29. 


1854. Zembuca; or, The Net-Maker and His Wife. Melodramatic romance, 2 acts. 

Isaac Pocock. 


Application Mar. 11, 1815, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Mar. 27. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 13. Comp. 1815 (K-D 502): slight differences. 

1855. The Island of Darkness; or, The Black Enchanter. Melodramatic burletta, 2 

acts. 


Application Mar. 13, 1815, D. Grove, Olympic. Prod. Mar. 18 (?). 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 13; notice dated Mar. 14. 

1856. Love in Limbo. Farce, 2 acts. John Gideon Millingen (?). 


Application Mar. 17, 1815, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. Mar. 31. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 18; many slight corrections; cast. 

1857. John Gilpin. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application; title-page dated Norwich, Mar. 18, 1815. 

MS. 

See No. 1968 (there are minor differences). 

1858. The Pilgrim. Opera, 3 acts. From Beaumont and Fletcher. 


Application Mar. 25, 1815, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Noble Outlaw) Apr. 7. 


1859. The Rebellion; or, Norwich in 1549. Drama, 2 acts. George Percival Bromley. 


No application. Prod. Norwich, Apr. 17, 1815. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, Apr. 10; author's name on title-page. Comp. Norwich, 

[1815] (Dev 8vo 61): numerous differences; printed in three acts. 

1860. The Fortune of War. Farce, 2 acts. James Kenney. 




305




1861. Il Consiglio Imprudente. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; title-page dated May 1, 1815, and signed D: Waters: Manager, H1. 

Prod. May 9. 

MS: cast. 

See No. 1147, a reduced version of this opera. 

1862. The Cady. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application May 19, 1815, Samuel James Arnold, D.L. Prod. (as Honesty Is the Best 

Policy) May 31. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 21; inserted, a note, May 29, from J. Stokes, indicating 

change in title. 

1863. Telemachus. Opera, 2 acts. 


Application May 24, 1815, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. June 7. 


1864. Charles the Bold. Melodrama, 3 acts. Samuel James Arnold (?). 


Application June 1, 1815, S. J. Arnold, D.L. Prod. June 15. 


1865. Barsene, Regina di Lidia. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; signed D: Waters:, H1. Prod. June 3, 1815. 

MS: performed for Mme Sessi's benefit; cast. 

1866. Reformation. Interlude, 1 act. _____ Pulham (?). 



MS: dated by Larpent July [June?] 19. Comp. 1815 (K-D 521): virtually identical. 

1867. Day and Night. Farce, 2 acts. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, Edinburgh, June 7, 1815. 

1868. The Virgin of the Sun. Drama, 5 acts. From Augustus von Kotzebue. 


Application June 13, 1815, John Clayton Hindes, Norwich. 

MS: title-page endorsed Approved AML [Anna Margaretta Larpent?] and dated by 

Larpent June 12. Comp. translation by Anne Plumptre, 1799 (K-D 348): MS a very 

much condensed version, probably of this translation. 

1869. I Selvaggi. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


Title-page dated June 16, 1815, and signed D: Waters: Manager, H1. Prod. June 27. 

MS: cast. 

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1870. Love's Resurrection; or, The Two Doctor Hobbs's. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application June 16, 1815, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as The Two Dr. Hobbs's) July 1. 


1871. Il Trionfo di Cesare sopra i Galli. Cantata (Italian). 


No application; title-page dated July 6, 1815, signed D: Waters: Manager, H1. 

MS: title-page states: as Represented at the Kings Theatre in Honor of the signal 

Victory, gain'd over the French, at Waterloo, on the 18th. June, 1815, by the Duke of 

Wellington. 

1872. My Wife! What Wife? Comedy, 3 acts. Eaton Stannard Barrett. 



MS: dated by Larpent July 17. Comp. 1815 (K-D 500): numerous slight differences. 

1873. Living in London. Comedy, 3 acts. Robert Francis Jameson. 


Application July 26, 1815, James Winston, H2. Prod. Aug. 5. 

MS: dated by Larpent July 29. Comp. 1815 (K-D 500): great difference in order of 

scenes of Act I; slight differences otherwise. 

1874. My Aunt. Musical farce, 2 acts. 


Application n.d., J. G. Raymond, Lyceum. Prod. Aug. 1, 1815. 

MS: dated July 25. 

1875. A Chip o' th' Old Block; [or, The Village Festival]. Musical piece, 2 acts. 

Edward P. Knight. 



MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 15; previous title, The Illuminated Village (?), erased. 

Comp. 1815 (K-D 503): numerous and extensive differences. 

1876. The Maid and the Magpie; or, Which Is the Thief. Historical melodrama, 2 

acts. Samuel James Arnold, from L. C. Caigniez, La pie voleuse. 


Application Aug. 21, 1815, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Aug. 28. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 24, and endorsed Translated from the French. 

1877. The Daughter; or, The Triumph of Innocence. Melodrama, 3 acts. Isaac 

Pocock, from L. C. Caigniez, La pie voleuse. 


Application Sept. 6, 1815, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as The Magpie or the Maid?) Sept. 

15. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 7. Comp. The Magpie or the Maid?, 1815 (K-D 507): slight 

differences. 

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1878. The Magpiè. Melodramatic entertainment, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin, from 

L. C. Caigniez, La pie voleuse. 


No application; title-page endorsed Sept. 3, 1815, by Alexander Rae and T. J. Dibdin, 

D.L. Prod. Sept. 12, 1815. 

MS: various titles, all erased except The Magpie. Comp. 1820 (K-D 507): first two acts 

differ slightly; last act in MS contains a number of scenes not printed. 

1879. True Satisfaction; or, The Borders of the Ukraine. [The Signal; or, True 

Satisfaction (?).] Afterpiece, 2 acts. 


Application Sept. 27, 1815, Thomas John Dibdin, D.L. Announced Oct., but withdrawn. 


1880. Writing a Farce. Farce, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 


Application Sept. 29, 1815, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as The Farce Writer) Oct. 5. 


1881. John du Bart; or, The Voyage to Poland. Melodrama, 3 acts. Isaac Pocock. 


Application Oct. 17, 1815, Thomas harris, C.G. Prod. Oct. 25. 


1882. The Conjurer; or, Blaise in Amaze. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Oct. 18, 1815, John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. Oct. 30. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Oct. 20. 

1883. Another Maid and Another Magpie. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Oct. 18, 1815, James Winston, Olympic. Prod. Nov. 3. 

MS. 

1884. Twenty Per Cent; or, My Father. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Oct. 19, 1815, T. J. Dibdin, D.L. Prod. Nov. 2. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 26; much revised. 

1885. Who Is Who; or, The Double Imposture. Farce, 2 acts. John Poole. 


Application Nov. 7, 1815, Thomas John Dibdin, D.L. Prod. (as Who's Who, etc.) Nov. 15. 

MS. Comp. 1816 (K-D 526): only slight differences. 

1886. What's a Man of Fashion? or, A Match against Time. Farce, 2 acts. Frederic 

Reynolds. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 9. Comp. 1815 (K-D 501): only slight differences. 

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1887. The Man and the Monkey; or, Who Stole the Partridge. Burletta, 1 act. _____ 

Marsh (?). 


Application Nov. 10 and 15, 1815, James Winston, Olympic. Prod. Nov. 24. 

MS: application mentions Mr. Marsh (the author?). 

1888. Where to Find a Friend. Comedy, 5 acts. Richard Leigh. 


Application Nov. 15, 1815, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. Nov. 23. 

MS. Comp. 1816 (K-D 526): minor differences throughout. 

See No. 1674. 

1889. The Law-sutt. Comedy, 5 acts. Marie Thérèse (De Camp) Kemble. 


Application Nov. 27, 1815, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as Smiles and Tears; or, The 

Widow's Stratagem) Dec. 12. 

MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. Smiles and Tears, 1815 (K-D 500): a few differences. 

1890. My Spouse and I. Musical farce, 2 acts. Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin. 


Application Nov. 28, 1815, Thomas John Dibdin, D.L. Prod. Dec. 7. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov., 1815. Comp. 1815 (K-D 504): numerous brief passages of 

dialogue in MS not printed; some discrepancies in songs. 

1891. Bobinet the Bandit; or, The Forest of Montescarpini. Melodrama, 2 acts. 




1892. The Middle Dish; or, Too Curious by Half. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 5, 1815, James Winston, Olympic. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 7; title on cover altered from Too Curious! or The Strangers 

in Turkey; many alterations indicated. 

1893. Harlequin and Fortunio; or, The Treasures of China. Pantomime, 17 scenes. 


Application Dec. 11, 1815, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Harlequin and Fortunio; or, 

Shing-Moo and Thun-Ton) Dec. 26. 

MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. 1815 (K-D 509): a few differences; printed version 

contains directions for pantomime. 

1894. The Diamond Arrow; or, The Postmaster's Wife and Mayor's Daughter. 

Dramatic anecdote, 1 act. William Thomas Moncrieff. 


Application Dec. 12, 1815, James Winston, Olympic. Prod. Dec. 18. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 14. Comp. 1816 (K-D 506): slight differences. 

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1895. The Merchant of Bruges; or, Beggar's Bush, Address and Epilogue to. 

Address by J. C. Hobhouse; epilogue by Douglas James William Kinnaird. 



MS: address headed Address to Beaumonts' & Fletcher's Play of The Beggar's Bush, 

and dated D.L., Dec., 1815. Comp. Kinnaird's Merchant of Bruges, 1815 (69817): both 

address and epilogue printed in this edition. 

1896. Harlequin and Fancy; or, The Poet's Last Shilling. Pantomime, 21 scenes. 



Application Dec. 17, 1815, T. J. Dibdin, D.L. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS: title changed from Harlequin's Last Shilling. 

1897. Harlequin's Hour Glass; or, Time Works Wonders, Songs and Recitative in. 



Application Dec. 19, 1815, James Winston, Olympic. Prod. Jan. 8, 1816. 

MS: dated Dec. 20, 1815. 

1898. Richard the Third: Travesty. Burlesque comic opera, 2 acts. 


No application. [H2, Dec 23, 1815.] 

MS: dated by Larpent and endorsed For a Benefit; prologue. 

1899. The Duke's Coat. Musical entertainment, 1 act. 


Application n.d. [1815?], Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Not produced. (License 

refused.) 

MS: endorsed by Larpent August 29th. 1815 Licence refused. Comp. The Duke's Coat; 

or, The Night after Waterloo: A Dramatick Anecdote; prepared for representation on 

the 6th September, at the Theatre-Royal, Lyceum, and Interdicted by the Licenser of 

Plays, 1815 (K-D 503): numerous slight differences. 

1900. Midas. Burletta, 2 acts. Kane O'Hara. 


No application. [Ca. 1815?] 

Printed copy [ca. 1815]: endorsed Acted at Cov. Gard. 1764; includes casts of 1764, 

1804, and 1814 performances. Comp. Edinburgh, 1771 (K-D 290): virtually the same. 

(Dated, wrongly, 1764 in B.C.) 

See No. 235, of which this is a reduced version. 


1901. All at Coventry; or, Love and Laugh. Farcical burletta, 2 acts. William 

Thomas Moncrieff. 


Application Jan. 1, 1816, James Winston, Olympic. Prod. Jan. 8. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 2; title change from A Day at Coventry. Comp. 1816 (K-D 

506): numerous and extensive differences. 

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1902. La Griselda; or, Virtue in Distress. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Apostolo Zeno (?). 


No application; title-page dated Jan. 10, 1816, and signed by D. Waters, H1. Prod. Jan. 

13. 

MS: cast. 

1903. Joconde; or, Le Prince Troubadour. Burletta, 3 acts. [William Thomas 

Moncrieff?] 


Application Jan. 20, 1816, James Winston, Olympic. Prod. Jan. 29(?). 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 23. Comp. Joconde; or, The Festival of the Rosière, 1829 

(130496): two versions differ utterly. 

See No. 2034. 

1904. Medicus Borealis; or, A Day in Algiers. Play, 5 acts. 


No application. [Glasgow, Jan. 25, 1816.] 


1905. Accusation; or, The Family of D'Anglade. Melodrama, 3 acts. John Howard 

Payne, revisions by Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Jan. 27, 1816, T. J. Dibdin, D.L. Prod. Feb. 1. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 28. Comp. Payne's Accusation; etc., from the French, with 

alterations, 1817 (K-D 520): a fairly close paraphrase. 

1906. The Inquisition of 1650; or, Eugene and Maria. Tragedy, 5 acts. 


Application Jan., 1816, George Dunie, Glasgow. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan., 1816; several passages marked X; prologue. 

1907. The Port-folio; or, The Anglade Family. Melodrama, 2 acts. James Kenney. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Jan. 29. Comp. 1816 (K-D 500): only slight differences. 

1908. The Old Oak Chest; or, The Smuggler's Sons and the Robber's Daughter. 

Melodramatic romance, 2 acts. Jane M. Scott. 


No application. Prod. Sans Pareil, Feb. 5, 1816. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Sans Pareil, Jan. 20. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 30): differs 

markedly. 

1909. The Mail Coach Passengers. Farce, 2 acts. Robert Francis Jameson. 


Application Feb. 7, 1816, Thomas John Dibdin, D.L. Prod. Feb. 13. 

MS: numerous corrections and erasures. 

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1910. Bampfyde [Bamfylde?] Moore Carew; or, Harlequin King of the Beggars. 



Application Feb. 12, 1816, James Winston, Olympic. 

MS: one scene canceled. 

1911. What Next? Farce, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Feb. 17, 1816, T. J. Dibdin, D.L. Prod. Feb. 29. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 19; numerous deletions; cast. Comp. What Next?, in The 

London Stage, n.d.: numerous differences. 

1912. Right and Might; or, The Castle of Ellangowan. Play with music, 3 acts. 

Daniel Terry and Walter Scott. 


Application Feb. 24, 1816, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as Guy Mannering; or, The 

Gipsey's Prophecy) Mar. 12. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 26. Comp. Guy Mannering; etc., 1816 (K-D 525): numerous 

slight differences, more pronounced in latter half; Act III especially different. 

1913. Stratagems; or, The Lost Treasure. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 27, 1816, John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. Mar. 4. 


1914. The Duke of Milan, Address to the Revived Play of. 


No application. Spoken D.L., Mar. 9, 1816. 

MS: dated, by J.P.C., D.L., Feb. 10. 

1915. The Child of Concealment; or, The Forest of Picardy. Operatic drama, 2 acts. 

George Percival Bromley. 


No application. [Norwich, Mar. 22, 1816.] 

MS: dated by Larpent; title states, founded on a French play, and gives author's name; 

prologue. 

1916. Who Wants a Wife; or, The Law of the Stranger. An Arabian tale, 3 acts. 

Henry Rowley Bishop. 


Application Mar. 29, 1816, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as Who Wants a Wife; or, The Law 

of the Land) Apr. 16. 


1917. Le Astuzie Fallaci. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; title-page dated April 8, 1816, and signed by D. Waters, H1. Prod. Apr. 

23. 

MS: cast. 

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1918. Pitcairn's Island. Melodramatic ballet, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Apr. 10, 1816, T. J. Dibdin, D.L. Prod. Apr. 17. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 12; cast. 

1919. The Prodigal. Melodramatic play, 3 acts. 


Application Apr. 22, 1816, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. Apr. 29. 

MS. 

1920. The Count of Anjou; or, More Weddings than One. Piece (musical romance), 

1 act. 


Application Apr. 27, 1816, Thomas John Dibdin, D.L. Prod. May 2. 


1921. The Masque of Hymen; or, Royal Nuptials. Masque, 1 act. 


Application Apr. 27, 1816, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Royal Nuptials; or, The 

Masque of Hymen) May 6. 


1922. The Castle of St. Aldobrand. Tragedy, 5 acts. Charles Robert Maturin. 


Application Apr. 27, 1816, Thomas John Dibdin, D.L. Prod. (as Bertram; or, The Castle 

of St. Aldobrand) May 9. 

MS. Comp. Bertram; etc., 1816 (K-D 495): only slight differences. 

1923. Terrors of Conscience. Melodrama, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 29, 1816, Thomas Harris, C.G. Not produced(?). 


1924. The Oath. Drama, 5 acts. 


No application. [May 7, 1816.] 

MS: prologue and epilogue. (Dated, in B.C., T. R. Newcastle upon Tyne, May 7th. 

1816.) 

1925. Oberon's Oath; or, The Paladin and Princess. Melodramatic fairy spectacle, 

3 acts. Benjamin Thompson. 


Application May 8, 1816, Thomas John Dibdin, D.L. Prod. May 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 9; one page deleted. 

1926. The Man His Own Master. Piece, 1 act. 


Application June 4, 1816, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. June 12. 

MS: part of Scene 1 only; some deletions and revisions. 

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1927. Is He Jealous? Musical farce, 1 act. Samuel Beazley, Jr. 


Application n.d., Samuel James Arnold, English Opera House. Prod. July 2, 1816. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 26. Comp. 1816 (K-D 526): slight differences. 

1928. The Man in Mourning for Himself. Piece (operatic), 2 acts. 


Application July 12, 1816, Samuel James Arnold, English Opera House. Prod. July 20. 

MS: cast. 

1929. Keeping Up Appearances. Comedy, 3 acts. Robert Francis Jameson. 


Application July 16, 1816, James Winston, H2. Prod. (as Exit by Mistake) July 22. 

MS. 

1930. New Year's Gift; or, Christmas Boxes. Opera, 1 act. Samuel Beazley, Jr. 


Application July 17, 1816, Samuel James Arnold, English Opera House. Prod. (as Old 

Customs; or, New Year's Gifts) Aug. 5. 

MS: title changed from New Years Day. 

1931. One for Another; or, My Landlady's Gown. Farce, 2 acts. Walley 



Application Aug. 2, 1816, James Winston, H2. Prod. (as My Landlady's Gown) Aug. 10. 

MS. Comp. My Landlady's Gown, 1816 (K-D 501): a few slight differences in Act I; 

extensive differences in Act II. 

1932. The Silent Not Dumb. Melodramatic musical entertainment, 2 acts. Samuel 

James Arnold. 


Application Aug. 10, 1816, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as Two Words; or, The Silent 

Not Dumb) Sept. 2. 

MS: included, 2 songs with separate notice, Aug. 26, signed by D. Grove. 

1933. The Fair Deserter. Comic sketch, 1 act. 



MS. 

1934. Free and Easy. Comic opera, 2 acts. Samuel James Arnold. 


Application Sept. 5, 1816, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Sept. 16. 

MS. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 118): minor differences throughout. 

1935. Hue and Cry; or, Yours and Mine. [Yours or Mine (?).] Musical 

entertainment, 2 acts. [John Tobin?] 


Application Sept. 12, 1816, John Fawcett, C.G. [Prod. as Yours or Mine, Sept. 23?] 


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1936. The Blacksmith of Antwerp, New Songs, &c., Introduced in. Farce, 2 acts. 

John O'Keeffe. 


Application Sept. 17, 1816, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. 1816. 

MS. 

See No. 686. 

1937. The Broken Sword. Melodrama, 2 acts. William Dimond. 


Application Sept. 30, 1816, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. Oct. 7. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 31[ sic]. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 115): slight differences. 

1938. Doctor Poker. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Sept. 30, 1816, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. (as Each for Himself) Oct. 24. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 31[ sic]. Comp. Each for Himself, 1816 (K-D 503): some 

differences, particularly in Act II. 

1939. The Assassin. Melodrama, 2 acts. Robert Bell (?). 


Application Oct. 8, 1816, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. (as The Watch Word; or, The Quito 

Gate) Oct. 19. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 9; previous title, The Beam of Fate, erased. 

1940. The Careful Servant and the Careless Master. Comic interlude, 1 act. 




1941. The Dinner of Madelon; or, The Sportsman and Shepherd. Burletta, 1 act. 


No application; title-page dated Oct. 25, 1816, and endorsed Mr. Scott, Manager, Sans 

Pareil. Prod. Dec. 17. 

MS. 

1942. Freedom and Slavery. Opera, 3 acts. Thomas Morton. 


Application Nov. 1, 1816, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Slave) Nov. 12. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 2; some deletions. Comp. The Slave (Cumberland's British 

Theatre), n.d.: numerous differences. 

1943. Sunshine after Rain. Seriocomic afterpiece, 2 acts. Edward P. Knight. 


Application Nov. 16, 1816, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. (as Cry To-day and Laugh 

To-morrow) Nov. 29. 


1944. Nota Bene. Farce, 2 acts. _____ Hookham (?). 


Application Dec. 3, 1816, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. Dec. 12. 


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1945. Love and the Tooth Ache. Farce, 2 acts. 




1946. Harlequin and the Sylph of the Oak; or, The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green. 



Application Dec. 13, 1816, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS. Comp. 1816 (K-D 509): several songs in MS not in printed copy, and vice versa. 

1947. Harlequin Horner; or, Christmas Pie. Pantomime, 21 scenes. 


Application Dec. 19, 1816, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS. 

1948. Magdalena and Her Faithful Dog. Melodrama, 3 acts. William Roberts. 


No application; title-page dated, York and Hull, Dec. 21, 1816. 

MS: title-page states, by William Roberts of the Theatres Royal York and Hull. 

1949. Humourous Lieutenant; or, Alexander's Successors. Play, 3 acts. Frederic 

Reynolds, from Beaumont and Fletcher. 


Application Dec. 28, 1816, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. Jan. 18, 1817. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 29, 1816. 

1950. Penelope. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; title-page dated Jan. 8, 1817, signed by D. Waters, H1. Prod. Jan. 11. 

MS: cast. 

1951. The Ravens; or, The Force of Conscience. Romantic drama, 3 acts. Isaac 

Pocock (?). 



MS. 

J.P.C. in B.D.: The Ravens, an interlude played at Covent Garden 28 Jany 1817 was by 

Geo. Colman Jun. and at his death in 1836 the M.S came into the hands of the Duke of 

Devonshire. 

1952. A Day in the Country; or, A Meeting of Friends. Comedy, 5 acts. From 

Augustus von Kotzebue, False Delicacy. 


No application. [Edinburgh, Jan. 20, 1817.] 



1953. The Cameleon. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. Edinburgh, Jan., 1817 (?). 

MS: prologue; at beginning of prologue, it is stated, Acted at Edin burgh, Jany. 1817. 

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1954. Camilla the Amazon; or, The Mountain Robber. Melodramatic burletta, 2 

acts. 


No application. Prod. Sans Pareil, Feb. 6, 1817. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Sans Pareil, Jan. 23. 

1955. The Heir of Vironi; [or, Honesty the Best Policy] Opera, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 


Application Feb. 10, 1817, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. Feb. 27. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. [Feb.?] 11. 

1956. Frighten'd to Death! Musical farce, 2 acts. Walley Chamberlaine Oulton. 


Application Feb. 13, 1817, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. Feb. 27. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 15; much corrected. Comp. 1817 (K-D 504): names of some 

characters differ; revisions of MS generally incorporated in printed text. 

1957. Manuel. Tragedy, 5 acts. Charles Robert Maturin. 


Application Feb. 13, 1817, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. Mar. 8. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 15. Comp. 1817 (K-D 495): minor differences. 

1958. Eurypilus, King of Sicily. Tragedy, 5 acts. David William Paynter. 


No application; endorsed, by Larpent(?), Theatre Royal Manchester February 1817. 

Printed copy, Manchester, 1817. 

1959. Love and Poverty; or, When Poverty Comes in at the Door Loves Flies Out at 

the Window. Musical burletta 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. Olympic, Mar. 6, 1817. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Olympic, Feb. 13. 

1960. The Knight of the Boots; or, What Will My Lady Say? Musical burletta, 2 

acts. 


No application. Prod. Olympic, Mar. 10, 1817. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Olympic, Feb., 1817. 

1961. The Innkeeper's Daughter. Melodrama, 2 acts. George Soane. 


Application Mar. 17, 1817, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. Apr. 7. 

MS. Comp. 1817 (K-D 505): names of two characters differ; other slight differences. 

1962. Robinson Crusoe; [or, The Bold Bucaniers]. Melodrama, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 


Application Mar. 20, 1817, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. Apr. 7. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 22. Comp. 1817 (K-D 509): minor differences. 

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1963. The [A] House Out at Windows. Piece (musical farce), 1 act. James Kenney. 


Application Mar. 22, 1817, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. May 10. 

MS. (Not listed in B.C.) Comp. 1817 (K-D 501): virtually identical. 

1964. The Fate of Taranto; or, St. Clara's Eve. Play, 3 acts. William Dimond. 


Application Apr. 2, 1817, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Conquest of Taranto; etc.) 

Apr. 15. 


1965. Alphi Bey; or, The Arab's Faith. Historical opera, 3 acts. Ralph Hamilton. 


Application Apr. 2, 1817, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. (as Elphi Bey; etc.) Apr. 17. 

MS. Comp. Elphi Bey; etc., 1817 (K-D 502): numerous minor differences. 

1966. Il Don Giovanni. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Lorenzo da Ponte. 


No application; title-page signed D. Waters, H1. Prod. Apr. 12, 1817. 

MS: title-page states, as Represented for the first time in this Country April 1817 at 

the Kings Theatre in the Haymarket London; cast. 

See No. 1013. 

1967. The Apostate. Tragedy, 5 acts. Richard Lalor Sheil. 


Application Apr. 26, 1817, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. May 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 27. Comp. 1817 (42787): slight differences. 

1968. John Gilpin. Farce with songs, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 21, 1817, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. Apr. 28. 

MS. 

See No. 1857 (there are minor differences). 

1969. The Touchstone; or, The World as It Goes. Comedy, 4 acts. James Kenney. 


Application Apr. 22, 1817, Alexander Rae, D.L. 

MS. Comp. 1817 (K-D 521): only slight differences. 

1970. Edwin, Heir of Cressingham. Tragedy, 5 acts. Edward Fitzball. 


No application. Prod. Norwich, Apr., 1817. 

Printed pages (8) and MS, apparently unpublished: dated, by Larpent(?), Theatre 

Royal, Norwich, February, 1817-; numerous and extensive passages canceled, some 

by Examiner(?). 

1971. The Election. Comic opera, 3 acts. Altered from Joanna Baillie. 


Application May 3, 1817, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. June 7. 

MS: endorsed, at end of Act I, 1817 J Ebsworth. Comp. A Series of Plays, 1802 (K-D 

415): MS an adaptation of play as printed, made by cutting original, inserting songs, 

and rearranging material. 

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1972. Lo Sbaglio Fortunato. Comic opera (Italian), 1 act. 


No application; signed by D. Waters, H1. Prod. May 8, 1817. 

MS: title-page states, for the Benefit of Madame Fodor; cast. 

1973. The Libertine. Operatic drama, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock, from Thomas Shadwell. 



MS: title states, Founded on the popular Story of Don Juan. Comp. (anon.) 1817 (K-D 


1974. L'Agense. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; signed by D. Waters, H1. Prod. May 15, 1817. 

MS: title-page states, Represented for the first time for the Benefit of Madame 

Camporesi,...; cast. 

1975. My Uncle. Piece (operetta), 1 act. Samuel Beazley, Jr. 


Application May 22, 1817, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. June 23. 

MS. Comp. 1817 (K-D 504): some slight differences. 

1976. Incog; or, Three Days at Hatchett's. Afterpiece, 2 acts. W. A. Keep or W. 

Lennox (?). 


Application June 2, 1817, Alexander Rae, D.L. Prod. (as Incog; or, Three Days in a 

Well-known Hotel) June 11. 

MS. Comp. Incog; or, Three Days at a Well-known Hotel, 1817 (K-D 501): slight 

differences. 

See No. 2266. 

1977. The Bridge That Carries Us Safe Over! Dramatic sketch, 1 act. Richard 

Brinsley Peake. 


Application June 16, 1817, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. June 18. 

MS. 

1978. Tit for Tat; or, The British in Brussels. Operetta, 1 act. Samuel Beazley, Jr. 


Application June 19, 1817, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as Bachelor's Wives; 

etc.) July 16. 

MS. 

1979. Zodaiya; or, The Rose of Gurgistan. Opera, 3 acts. Thomas Noble. 


Application July 11, 1817, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as The Persian 

Hunters; etc.) Aug. 13. 

MS: endorsed, by Larpent, Received July 18th; numerous deletions. Comp. The Persian 

Hunters; etc., 1817 (K-D 502): numerous differences. 

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1980. The Wizard; or, The Brown Man of the Moor. Melodramatic romance, 2 acts. 



Application July 21, 1817, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. July 26. 

MS. (From Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf.) 

1981. Teazing Made Easy. Comedy, 3 acts. Robert Francis Jameson. 



MS. 

1982. Fire and Water; or, A Critical Hour. Operetta, 1 act. Samuel Beazley, Jr. 



MS. 

Bound with No. 1963. 

1983. The Actor of All Work. Comic piece, 1 act. George Colman, the Younger. 



MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 7; one speech inserted, with separate notice, Aug. 12, J. 

Stokes. 

1984. Disguises. Operetta, 1 act. [Samuel Beazley, Jr.?] 



MS. 

1985. The Vicar of Wakefield. Melodramatic burletta, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


No application. Prod. Royal Circus, Aug. 25, 1817. 

Printed copy (First performed at the Royal Circus and Surrey Theatre), 1817. 

See No. 2368. 

1986. Wanted, a Governess. Comic sketch, 1 act. Richard Brinsley Peake. 



MS. 

1987. The Duke of Savoy; or, Wife and Mistress. Grand musical play, 3 acts. 



Application Sept. 12, 1817, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Sept. 29. 


1988. Prussian Discipline. Melodrama, 2 acts. William Abbott. 


Application Sept. 24, 1817, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as The Youthful Days of Frederick 

the Great) Oct. 2. 

MS. Comp. The Youthful Days of Frederick the Great, 1817 (K-D 505): a number of 

unimportant differences. 

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1989. The Lord of the Castle. Melodramatic romance, 2 acts. 


No application; dated Sans Pareil, Oct. 7, 1817. Prod. Oct. 13. 

MS. 

1990. The Falls of Clyde. Melodrama, 2 acts. George Soane. 


Application Oct. 16, 1817, J. G. Raymond, D.L. Prod. Oct. 29. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Oct. 17; canceled passages, especially in Act II, and a few 

deletions, by Examiner(?). Comp. 1818 (K-D 527): a few slight differences. 

1991. The Father and His Children. Melodrama, 2 acts. Frederic Reynolds (?). 




1992. A Friend in Need. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. Charles Isaac Mungo 

Dibdin. 


Application Oct. 23, 1817, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as A Friend Indeed) Nov. 5. 


1993. Richard, Duke of York; or, The Contention of York and Lancaster. Play, 5 

acts. Edmund Kean (?) or John Herman Merivale (?). 


Application Nov. 11, 1817, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. Dec. 22. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 13; title-page states, Alter'd from Shakspeare's Henry the 

6th. 

1994. Ballynavogue; or, The Lilly of Lismore. Burletta, 2 acts. Jane M. Scott. 


Application Nov. 14, 1817, John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. (as The Row of Ballynavogue) 

Nov. 27. 

MS: endorsed by Jane Scott; some deletion of text. 

1995. Retribution; or, The Chieftain's Daughter. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Dillon. 


Application Nov. 25, 1817, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Jan. 1, 1818. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 27; numerous erasures; cast. Comp. 1818 (122666): 

extensive, complicated differences. 

1996. Husbands and Wives; or, The Debt and the Duel. Farce, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 




1997. The Man in the Moon; or, The Striking Feature. Farce, 2 acts. R. Phillips. 


Application Nov. 28, 1817, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. Dec. 8. 

MS. Comp. 1818 (K-D 521): considerable differences in Act II. 

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1998. The Italian Wife. Melodramatic romance, 2 acts. From Henry Hart Milman, 

Fazio. 


Application Nov. 28, 1817, D. Grove, Olympic. Prod. (as The melodramatic Romance 

founded on The Italian Wife) Nov. 29. 

MS: title-page states, Three Acts. Comp. Milman's Fazio, a Tragedy (in five acts), 4th 

ed., 1818 (Larpent Plays, No. 2012, q.v.): extensive differences. (Milman disclaims 

other versions.) 

1999. Outwitted at Last; or, The Ward and Brother. Comic opera, 3 acts. _____ 

Earle. 


Application Dec. 1, 1817, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. Dec. 13. 

MS. 

2000. The Lady of the Lake. Melodramatic romance, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Dec. 1, 1817, D. Grove, Olympic. Prod. Dec. 11 (previously Surrey, Sept. 

24, 1810). 

MS: title-page states, ... (taken from Walter Scott) By T. Dibdin. and performed with 

great applause at the Surrey Theatre. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 34): virtually identical. 

2001. Lilliput. Dramatic romance, 2 acts. From David Garrick. 


Application Dec. 2, 1817, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. (as altered) Dec. 10. 


2002. The Actress of All Work; or, My Country Cousin. Comic sketch, 1 act. William 

Henry Oxberry. 


Application Dec. 3, 1817, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Not produced(?). 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 4(?). 

See No. 2070, which differs only slightly. 

2003. Harlequin Gulliver, [Dialogue and Songs in]. Pantomime, 18 scenes. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 11. Comp. 1817 (K-D 509): virtually identical, except that 

MS does not contain directions for action. 

2004. Harlequin Libertine. Pantomime, 18 scenes. 


Application Dec. 16, 1817, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. 

MS: title-page states, Founded on the Interesting Story of Don Juan. 

2005. The Three Crumps; [or, The Crooked Brothers of Damascus], with a prelude, 

The Fortunate Youth. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Dec., 1817, John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. Feb. 5, 1818. 


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2006. Three Miles from Paris. Interlude. Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin. 


Application Jan. 6, 1818, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. Jan. 15. 

MS. 

2007. The Turret Clock; or, Lovers' Signal. Melodrama, 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 14, 1818, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. Jan. 28. 

MS. 

2008. The Fortunate Youth; or, The Force of Credulity! Historical anecdote, 2 pts. 

William Thomas Moncrieff (?). 


Application Jan. 14, 1818, D. Grove, Olympic. Prod. Jan. 29. 

MS: some deletion; partial cast. 

2009. The Illustrious Traveller; or, The Forges of Kanzell. Melodrama, 2 acts. 



Application Jan. 22, 1818, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Feb. 3. 



2010. The Bride of Abydos. Tragic play, 3 acts. William Dimond. 


Application Jan. 22, 1818, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. Feb. 5. 


2011. Zuma; or, The Tree of Health. Opera, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Jan. 27, 1818, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Feb. 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 30. Comp. 1818 (K-D 502): numerous differences, chiefly in 

Act III. 

2012. Fazio. Tragedy, 5 acts. Henry Hart Milman. 



Printed copy, 4th ed., 1818: dated by Larpent Mar. 7; numerous MS deletions and 

some revisions. 

See No. 1998. 

2013. Rob Roy; or, The Traveller's Portmanteau. Seriocomic melodramatic 

romance, 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 12, 1818, D. Grove, Olympic. Prod. Feb. 16. 


2014. The Mountain Chief. Musical romance, 3 acts. 


Application Feb. 13, 1818, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. Apr. 30. 

MS. 

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2015. The Appeal. Tragedy (3 acts). John Galt (?). 


No application. Prod. Edinburgh, Feb. 16, 1818. 

MS: Act I only; dated, by Larpent, Edinburgh, Feb. 4; prologue and epilogue, to The 

Appeal(?). 

2016. Castles in the Air. Comedy, 5 acts. 


Application Feb. 20, 1818, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. (as The Castle of 

Glyndower) Mar. 2. 

MS: some deleted passages; prologue and epilogue to Castle of Glendower. 

2017. Rob Roy [Macgregor; or, Auld Lang Syne!]. Play, 3 acts. Isaac Pocock. 


Application Feb. 28, 1818, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Mar. 12. 


2018. Rob Roy, [The Gregarach]. Play, 3 acts. George Soane. 


Application Mar. 2, 1818, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. Mar. 25. 

MS. Comp. 1818 (K-D 525): numerous differences, particularly in Act I. 

2019. The Sleeping Draught. Farce, 2 acts. Samson Penley. 


Application Mar. 5, 1818, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. Apr. 1. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 6. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 54): some long passages near 

end of MS not printed; otherwise virtually the same. 

2020. The Marquis de Carabas; or, Puss in Boots. Comic romance, 2 acts. 




2021. My Father! Methinks I See My Father! Farce, 2 acts. Thomas Morton. 


Application Apr. 4, 1818, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Who's My Father?) Apr. 13. 


2022. Bellamira; or, The Fall of Tunis. Tragedy, 5 acts. Richard Lalor Sheil. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 16; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1818 (K-D 519): slight 

differences. 

2023. Amoroso, King of Little Britain. Interlude, 1 act. James Robinson Planché. 


Application Apr. 17, 1818, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. Apr. 21. 

MS. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 125): a number of discrepancies. 

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2024. The Jew of Malta. Play, 5 acts. Samson Penley, from Christopher Marlowe. 


Application n.d., Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. Apr. 24, 1818. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 29; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1818 (K-D 523): several 

long passages in MS not in printed copy; other, minor differences. 

2025. The Sorrows of Werther. Operatical entertainment, 1 act. John Poole (?). 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 28; prologue. 

2026. Elisabetta, Regina d' Inghilterra. Musical drama (Italian), 2 acts. _____ 

Schmidt. 


No application; signed D. Waters, H1. Prod. Apr. 30, 1818. 


2027. December and May. Musical entertainment, 2 acts. William Dimond. 


Application May 2, 1818, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. May 16. 


2028. The Blackamoor's Head. Farce, 2 acts. James Thomson (?). 


Application May 7, 1818, Henry Erskine Johnston, D.L. Prod. May 16. 

MS. 

2029. The Extorted Oath. Drama, 2 acts. Richard John Raymond. 


Application May 18, 1818, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Castle of Paluzzi; or, The 

Extorted Oath), May 27. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 20. Comp. The Castle of Paluzzi; etc., 1818 (K-D 502): some 

differences. 

2030. Is He Alive? [or, All Puzzled]. Comic farce, 2 acts. 


Application June 10, 1818, R. E. Chatterley, D.L. Prod. June 15. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 12. Comp. 1818 (K-D 503): numerous lines in MS not 

printed; other, minor differences. 

2031. The Hustings. Operatic impromptu, 1 act. 


Application June 24, 1818, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Not produced. (License 

refused.) 

MS: endorsed, by Larpent, Licence refused; some deletion and underscoring. 

2032. Who Can I Be? Farce, 2 acts. 


Application June 30, 1818, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. July 6. 

MS. 

325




2033. The Saracen's Head Removed from Snow Hill. [The Bull's Head.] Operetta, 1 

act. Samuel Beazley, Jr. (?). 



MS: a few slight revisions of text. 

2034. Joconde; or, The Adventurers. Comic opera, 3 acts. 


Application July 6, 1818, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. 


See No. 1903, a different version of the story. 

2035. Poor Relations. Comedy, 3 acts. Robert Francis Jameson. 


Application July 9, 1818, James Winston, H2. Prod. (as Nine Points of the Law; or, 

Possession) July 18. 


2036. Doctor Bolus. Interlude, 1 act. George Daniel. 



MS. Comp. 1818 (K-D 504): slight discrepancies. 

2037. Jealous on All Sides; or, The Landlord in Jeopardy. Comic opera, 2 acts. 

Samuel Beazley, Jr. 



MS: some deletion and correction of text. Comp. 1818 (K-D 499): great discrepancies. 

2038. The Green Man. Comedy, 3 acts. Richard Jones, from the French of 

D'Aubigny and Poujol. 



MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 10. Comp. 1818 (K-D 501): detailed differences throughout. 

2039. The Rendezvous. Operetta, 1 act. Richard Ayton. 


Application Aug. 11, 1818, Samuel James Arnold, English Opera House, Prod. Sept. 21. 

MS: partial cast. Comp. 1818 (K-D 504): only slight differences. 

2040. The Quadrille; or, A Quarrel for What? Operetta, 1 act. Samuel Beazley, Jr. 

(?). 


Application Aug. 13, 1818, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. June 14, 1819. 

MS. Comp. 1819 (K-D 504): notable differences in latter part; slight differences 

otherwise. 

2041. My Own Rival. Musical comedy, 2 acts. Samuel Beazley, Jr. (?). 


Application Aug. 13, 1818, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. June 28, 1819. 

MS. 

326




2042. Amateurs and Actors; or, The Elopement. Musical farce, 2 acts. Richard 

Brinsley Peake. 



MS: inserted, three pages of additional lines, with a note signed D Grove Prompter and 

dated Aug. 21. Comp. 1818 (K-D 503): minor differences. 

2043. Ah, What a Prry! or, The Dark Knight and the Fair Lady. Melotravestic 

opera, 2 acts. George Macfarren. 



MS. 

2044. The Burgomaster of Sardam [Sardaam]; or, The Two Peters. Comic 

melodrama, 2 acts. Frederic Reynolds. 


Application Sept. 15, 1818, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Sept. 23. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 10 (?); cast. 

2045. Sigesmar [the Switzer]. Melodrama, 2 acts. C. E. Walker. 


Application Sept. 19, 1818, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. Sept. 26. 

MS: stage and music cues inserted; cast. Comp. 1818 (K-D 524): extensive 

differences. 

2046. The Barber of Seville. Comic opera, 2 acts. John Fawcett and Daniel Terry, 

from Beaumarchais. 



MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 5. Comp. n.d. (Cumberland's British Theatre): slight 

differences. 

2047. Bachelors' Miseries; or, The Double Disappointment. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Oct. 7, 1818, John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. Oct. 19. 

MS. 

2048. Astonishment! Farce, 2 acts. 


Application, n.d. [1818], Stephen Kemble, D.L. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 9, 1818. 

2049. Proof Presumptive; or, The Secret Marriage. Drama, 3 acts. Translated from 

the French by Charles Kemble (?). 


Application Oct. 12, 1818, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Proof Presumptive; or, The 

Abbey of San Marco) Oct. 20. 


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2050. The Murderer's Dream; or, The Abbey of Glenthorn. Melodramatic burletta, 

3 acts. 


Application Oct. 17, 1818, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. 


2051. Lie upon Lie; or, Two Spanish Valets. Burletta, 2 acts. Jane M. Scott. 


Application Oct. 24, 1818, John Scott, Sans Pareil. Prod. (as The Two Spanish Valets; 

or, Lie upon Lie) Nov. 2. 

MS: title-page, dated by Larpent Oct. 26, states, written by Miss Scott. 

2052. Bermecides. Dramatic romance, 3 acts. Henry M. Milner. 


Application Oct. 27, 1818, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. (as Barmecide; or, The Fatal 

Offspring) Nov. 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 28; earlier title, Ruins of Babylon, deleted. Comp. 

Bermecide; or, The Fatal Offspring, 1818 (K-D 513): differs extensively. 

2053. The Consultation. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Nov. 6, 1818, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as Six Physicians; or, The Patient 

Carried Off) Nov. 13. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 5 [ sic]. 

2054. High Notions; or, A Trip to Exmouth. Musical farce, 2 acts. John Parry. 


Application Nov. 11, 1818, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. Feb. 11, 1819. 

MS: title-page states, The Music by I. Parry. 

2055. Rose D'Amour; or, Little Red Riding Hat. Opera, 2 acts. James Kenney (?), 

altered from the French of Theaulon. 




2056. Rochester; or, King Charles the Second's Merry Days. Burletta, 3 acts. 

William Thomas Moncrieff. 


Application Nov. 14, 1818, Robert William Elliston, Olympic. Prod. Nov. 16. 

MS. Comp. 1818 (K-D 521): extensive differences. 

2057. Fairy Records; or, Days of Yore. [Fairy Legends; or, The Moonlight Night 

(?).] Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Nov. 17, 1818, John Scott, Sans Pareil. [Prod. as Fairy Legends; etc., Dec. 

7?] 


2058. Rumfuskin, King of Bythnyphorbia. Burlesque, 3 scenes. John Poole (?). 


Application Nov. 25, 1818, W. Lee Treasurer for R W Elliston, Olympic. Prod. Dec. 3. 

MS. 

328




2059. Brutus; or, The Fall of Tarquin. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Howard Payne. 


Application n.d. [1818], Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. Dec. 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 31, 1818. Comp. 1818 (15830): extensive differences. 

2060. Flodden Field. Piece, 3 acts. Stephen and Henry Kemble. 


Application Dec. 5, 1818, S. Kemble, D.L. Prod. Dec. 31. MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 8. 

Comp. 1819 (K-D 498): some differences. 

2061. A Word to the Ladies. Comedy, 5 acts. James Kenney. 


Application Dec. 9, 1818, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as A Word for the Ladies) C.G., 

Dec. 17. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Dec. 10. 

2062. The Navigators. Melodramatic sketch, 2 acts. 


No application; dated by W. H. Murray (?), Dec. 11, 1818, Edinburgh. 

MS: a note on title-page indicates performance was intended for Dec. 21. 

2063. Harlequin Munchausen; or, The Fountain of Love. Pantomime, 18 scenes. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 17. Comp. 1818 (K-D 509): slight differences. 

2064. [Harlequin and the Dandy Club; or, 1818.] Pantomime, 15 scenes. 


Application Dec. 15, 1818, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS: title lacking. (Listed as A Pantomime in B.C.) Comp. 1818 (K-D 526): pantomime 

directions much more detailed in printed copy; speeches and songs identical. 

2065. Rodolph the Wolf; or, Columbine Red Riding Hood. Melodramatic 

pantomime. James Robinson Planché. 


Application Dec. 19, [1818,] Robert William Elliston, Olympic. Prod. Dec. 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. 1819 (K-D 509): several songs printed not in MS; 

otherwise virtually the same. 

2066. The Silver Arrow. Pantomime, 14(?) scenes. William Barrymore (?). 


Application Jan. 2, 1819, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. Jan. 6. 

MS. Comp. Airs, Chorusses,... of The Silver Arrow; or, Harlequin and The Fairy Pari 

Banon, 1819 (42742): a number of detailed differences. 


2067. The Half Pay Officer; or, Love and Honor. Burletta 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. Sans Pareil, Jan. 18, 1819. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Sans Pareil, Jan. 14; some revision of text partial cast. 

329




2068. The Heroine; or, A Daughter's Courage. Melodramatic play, 3 acts. R. 

Phillips. 


Application Jan. 24, 1819, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. Feb. 22. 

MS. Comp. 1819 (K-D 507): printed in two acts; MS version contains long passages not 

printed; other, complicated differences. 

2069. L'Italiana in Algeri. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Angelo Anelli. 


No application; signed by D. Waters, H1. Prod. Jan. 26, 1819. 


2070. The Actress of All Work; or, My Country Cousin Comic sketch, 1 act. William 

Henry Oxberry. 


Application Jan. 26, 1819, Robert William Elliston, Olympic. Prod Jan. 28. 

MS: cast. Comp. n.d. (K-D 508): decided differences at severa points. 

See No. 2002. 

2071. Ins and Outs; or, A Little Too Late. Farce, 2 acts. Richard Jones. 


Application Jan. 27, 1819 [1820?], John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (a Too Late for Dinner) Feb. 

22, 1820. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 29. Comp. Too Late for Dinner, 1820 (K-D 501): minor 

differences at several points. 

2072. The Statue. Tragedy, 5 acts. Richard Lalor Sheil. 


Application Jan. 30, 1819, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Evadne; or The Statue) Feb. 10. 

MS. Comp. Evadne; or, The Statue, 1819 (K-D 519): only slight variations. 

2073. Place-Hunters. [How to Get a Place.] Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Feb. 16 [ sic], 1819, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Feb. 12. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 8; reduced to one act, and title changed to How to Get a 

Place, on Feb. 16. 

Note 

See Theatrical Inquisitor, XIV (1819), 153-54, 159-60. 

2074. La Scuffiara; or, La Modista Raggiratrice. [La Modista; ossia La Scuffiaja 

(?).] Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Giambattista Lorenzi (?). 


No application; signed by D. Waters, H1, [Feb. 12, 1819]. 


See No. 1123 (there are slight differences). 

2075. Switzerland, Prologue to the Tragedy of. 


No application. Spoken D.L., Feb. 15, 1819 (?). 

MS. 

330




2076. Where Shall I Dine? Dramatic sketch, 1 act. George Herbert Rodwell. 



MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 18 [ sic]. Comp. n.d. (K-D 526): only slight differences. 

2077. The Marriage of Figaro. Comic opera, 3 acts. From Thomas Holcroft's 

translation of Beaumarchais (?). 


Application Feb. 25, 1819, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Mar. 6. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 28. Comp. Henry R. Bishop's version, 1819 (K-D 499): a few 

notable discrepancies. 

See No. 675. 

2078. The Castle of Wonders. Piece, 2 acts.-Johnson. 


Application Feb., 1819, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. Mar. 8. 


2079. The Bravo's Son. Melodrama, 2 acts. 


No application. [Bath, Mar. 4, 1819?] 

MS: dated by Larpent; numerous revisions; partial cast. 

2080. Bertha; or, The Assassins of Istria. Tragedy, 5 acts. Edward Fitzball. 


No application. Prod. Norwich, Mar. 8, 1819. 

MS: some revisions. (Dated Norwich, Feb. 12, in B.C.) 

2081. The Dwarf of Naples. Piece, 5 acts. George Soane. 


Application Mar., 1819, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. Mar. 13. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 4; much corrected. Comp. 1819 (K-D 506): a few slight 

differences. 

2082. The Jew of Lubeck; or, The Heart of a Father. Drama, 2 acts. Henry M. 

Milner. 


Application Mar. 25, 1819, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. May 11. 

MS: numerous deletions. Comp. 2d ed., 1819 (K-D 505): one scene and long passage 

in MS not printed; numerous minor differences. 

2083. The Italians; or, The Fatal Accusation. Tragedy, 5 acts. Charles Bucke. 


Application (with No. 2081) Mar. 30, 1819, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. Apr. 3. 

Printed copy, 3d ed., 1819. 

2084. Honour; [or, The Arrivals from College]. Comedy, 5 acts. Thomas Cromwell. 


Application Mar. 30, 1819, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. Apr. 17. 

MS: prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1820 (K-D 524): printed in three acts; MS contains 

extensive portions not printed. 

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2085. Fortunatus and His Sons; or, The Magic Purse and Wishing-Cap. Grand 

dramatic spectacle, 2 acts. From Thomas Dekker. 




2086. The Heart of Mid-lothian. Opera, 3 acts. Daniel Terry. 



MS. Comp. Airs, Choruses, &c., &c., in... The Heart of Mid-Lothian, 1819 (42918): a few 

differences. 

2087. Abudah; or, The Talisman of Oromanes. Piece, 2 acts. James Robinson 

Planché. 


Application Mar., 1819, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. Apr. 13. 

MS. 

2088. Fredolfo. Tragedy, 5 acts. Charles Robert Maturin. 


Application Apr. 14, 1819, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. May 12. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 19; prologue and epilogue, with separate application, dated 

May 10. Comp. 1819 (K-D 495): slight differences. 

2089. The Carib Chief. Tragedy, 5 acts. Horace Twiss. 


Application Apr. 21, 1819, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. May 13. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 22. Comp. 1819 (K-D 523): numerous minor differences. 

2090. The Ultra Exquisite; or, Which Is the Dandy. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application. [Edinburgh, Apr. 22, 1819.] 

MS: dated by Larpent; prologue. 

2091. A Roland for an Oliver. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas Morton. 



MS. Comp. 1819 (K-D 501): minor differences in Act I; extensive differences in Act II. 

2092. Wanted, a Wife; or, A Cheque on My Banker. Comedy, 5 acts. William 



Application n.d., Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. May 3, 1819. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 27; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1819 (K-D 501): 

extensive differences. 

2093. Swedish Patriots; or, The Signal Fired. Melodrama, 2 acts. William Abbott. 


Application May 13, 1819, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. (as Swedish Patriotism; or, The 

Signal Fire) May 19. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 14. Comp. Swedish Patriotism; etc., 1819 (K-D 525): minor 

differences; last scene differs entirely. 

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2094. Cozening; or, Half an Hour in France. Interlude, 1 act. Samuel Beazley, Jr. 


Application May 19, 1819, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. May 22. 


2095. Xerxes. Tragedy, 5 acts. Richard Paul Jodrell. 


Application May 21, 1819, Stephen Kemble, D.L. Prod. (as The Persian Heroine) June 2. 

MS. Comp. The Persian Heroine, 1786 (K-D 224): virtually the same. 

2096. Don Giovanni; or, A Spectre on Horseback! Extravaganza, 2 acts. Thomas 



No application. Prod. C.G., June 15, 1819 (previously, Royal Circus, May 26, 1817). 

Printed copy, 4th ed., 1818: dated, by Larpent, C.G., June 4, 1819. 

2097. Ida of the Cottage. Melodrama, 2 acts. George Soane. 


Application June 23, 1819, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as Self-Sacrifice; or, 

The Maid of the Cottage) July 19. 

MS. Comp. Self-Sacrifice; etc., 1819 (K-D 505): numerous extensive differences. 

2098. The Steward; [or, Fashion and Feeling]. Comedy, 5 acts. Samuel Beazley, Jr., 

from Thomas Holcroft, The Deserted Daughter. 


Application June 23, 1819, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Sept. 15. 

MS. Comp. 1819 (K-D 524): considerable differences. 

2099. Woman's Will [- a Riddle]! Opera, 3 acts. Edmund L. Swift. 


Application June 30, 1819, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. July 20, 1820. 


2100. L'Inganno Felice. Comic opera (Italian), 1 act. 


No application; signed by D. Waters, H1. Prod. July 1, 1819. 

MS: cast. 

2101. Montrose; or, Second Sight. Melodramatic romance, 2 acts. Thomas John 

Dibdin. 


No application. Prod. Surrey, July 5, 1819. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 27 [?]. 

2102. Wet Weather. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application July 7, 1819, Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. July 20. 


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2103. The Hypocrite. Operatic comedy, 5 acts. From Isaac Bickerstaffe's alteration 

of Colley Cibber, The Non-Juror. 


Application July 10, 1819, D. Grove, Lyceum. Prod. July 27. 


2104. By Advertisement; or, The Imitator. Operatic interlude, 1 act. 


Application July 12, 1819, D. Grove, Prompter, For Mr. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as One, 

Two, Three, Four, Five, by Advertisement) July 17. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Theatre Royal English Opera House. July 13th. 1819. 

2105. Walk for a Wager. Musical farce, 2 acts. Richard Brinsley Peake. 


Application July 14, 1819, D. Grove, Lyceum. Prod. (as Walk for a Wager; or, A Bailiff's 

Bet) Aug. 2. 

MS: some cancellations. Comp. 1819 (K-D 503, a defective copy): 

MS contains passages of dialogue not printed; minor differences. 

2106. The Promissory Note. Operetta, 1 act. Translated from the French by 

Samuel James Arnold and Samuel Beazley, Jr. (?). 


Application July 24, 1819, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. June 29, 1820. 


2107. The Singles in London. [The Three Singles in London(?).] Comic drama, 2 

acts. [William Thomas Moncrieff?] 


No application. [Prod. as The Three Singles in London, Lyceum, July 27, 1819?] 

MS: title-page dated 1819. 

2108. The Brown Man, Songs, &c., in. Samuel James Arnold (?). 


No application; dated July 27, 1819. Prod. Lyceum, Aug. 19. 

MS: endorsed The following Songs &c that were omitted in the Copy sent (see 

following entry). 

See No. 2183, which includes these songs. 

2109. The Brown Man. Operatic drama, 2 acts. Translated from the French by 

Samuel James Arnold (?). 


Application July 29, 1819, S. J. Arnold. Prod. Lyceum, Aug. 19. 

MS: several songs omitted. 

See No. 2183 (there are some minor differences). 

2110. The Ladies at Home; or, Gentlemen, We Can Do without You. A Female 

Interlude, 1 act. John Gideon Millingen. 


Application July 30, 1819, Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. Aug. 7. 

MS. Comp. 1819 (K-D 526): slight differences throughout. 

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2111. The Young Prude. Operetta, 1 act. 


Application July 31, 1819, D. Grove, Lyceum. Prod. (as Belles without Beaux; or, The 

Ladies among Themselves) Aug. 6. 

MS. 

2112. The Chase; or, There and Back Again. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Aug. 9, 1819, Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. (as Belford and Minton; etc.) Aug. 13. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Aug. 10; numerous and extensive deletions; cast. 

2113. Pigeons and Crows. Play, 3 acts. William Thomas Moncrieff [or Theodore 

Edward Hook?]. 


Application Aug. 16, 1819, Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. Aug. 28. 


2114. Love's Labyrinth. Operetta, 1 act. James Thomson. 


Application Aug. 17, 1819, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as A Cure for 

Romance) Aug. 30. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 18. Comp. A Cure for Romance, 1819 (K-D 525): slight 

differences, chiefly in phraseology. 

2115. A Short Reign but a Merry One. Farce, 2 acts. John Poole. 


Application Sept. 10, 1819, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as A Short Reign and a Merry 

One) Nov. 19. 

MS. Comp. 1819 (K-D 503): virtually the same. 

2116. The Gnome King; or, The Giant Mountains. Dramatic legend, 2 acts. 


Application Sept. 27, 1819, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. Oct. 4. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 29. Comp. 1819 (K-D 509): one scene in printed copy, not 

in MS; otherwise virtually the same. 

2117. Address on the Opening of Drury Lane Theatre, 1819. 


No application. Spoken D.L., Oct. 4, 1819. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, D.L., Sept. 27. Comp. version in The Theatrical Inquisitor 

(1819): virtually identical. 

2118. The Fisherman. Opera (musical drama), 3 acts. John Tobin (?). 


Application Oct. 16, 1819, James Winston, D.L. Prod. (as The Fisherman's Hut) Oct. 20. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Oct. 17, 1817 [ sic]; prologue and epilogue. 

2119. The Green Dragon; or, I've Quite Forgot. Burletta comedy (2 acts). William 



No application. Prod. Sans Pareil, Oct. 23, 1819. 

MS: Act I only; dated by Larpent Oct. 8 

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2120. The Heart of Mid-lothian; or, The Lily of St. Leonard's. Melodramatic 

romance, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Oct. 26, 1819, J. Hill for W. H. Murray, Edinburgh. Prod. Feb. 23, 1820. 

Printed copy, 3d ed., 1819: dated by Larpent Nov. 26. 

2121. The Bride of Lammermuir. Caledonian romance, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


No application. [Prod. Surrey, July 5, 1819?] 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Edinburgh, Oct. 27, 1819; also dated December 1819; author's 

name on title-page. 

2122. Fancy's Sketch; or, Look Before You Leap. Musical burletta, 2 acts. James 

Robinson Planché. 


No application. Prod. Adelphi, Oct. 29, 1819. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Oct. 27. 

2123. Fun and Fright; or, How to Gain Consent. Burletta, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. Adelphi, Nov. 10, 1819. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Nov. 14; some deletions. 

2124. Helpless Animals; or, Bachelors' Fare. Musical interlude, 1 act. John Parry. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 13. Comp. 1819 (K-D 504): some slight differences. 

2125. Odds and Ends; or, Which Is the Manager? Burletta interlude, 1 act. James 




MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Nov. 26 [16?]. 

2126. The Disagreeable Surprize; or, Taken Up and Taken In. Farce, 2 acts. George 

Daniel. 


Application Nov. 26, 1819, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Dec. 1. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 5. Comp. 1819 (K-D 504): numerous and extensive 

differences. 

2127. More Ways than One; or, 'Tis Well if It Takes. Musical burletta, 2 acts. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Dec. 4. 

2128. Mary, Queen of Scotland. Tragedy, 5 acts. Frederic Reynolds (?), from 

Friedrich Schiller. 


Application Dec. 2, 1819, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland) 

Dec. 14. 


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2129. Apollo Daggerwood. Burletta, 1 act. 


No application. Prod. Adelphi, Dec. 6, 1819. 


2130. Love and the Chace. Burletta, 2 acts. 




2131. The Victim. Tragic play, 5 acts. 


Application Dec. 16, 1819, John Hill, for the Proprietors, Edinburgh. 


2132. Harlequin and Don Quixotte; or, Sancho Panza in His Glory! Songs, Duetts, 

Chorusses, &c., &c., in. Pantomime, 17 scenes. 




2133. Jack and the Bean Stalk; [or, Harlequin and the Ogre]. Pantomime, 1 act. 

Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, D.L., Dec., 1819. 

2134. The Irish Girl; or, The Blacksmith of Barnet. Comedy, 5 acts. 


No application. [Nov. 24, 1819, Thomas John Dibdin, D.L?] 

MS: numerous deleted passages; endorsed, Mr Dibdin given to the Committee friday 

24[?] Novr[?]. (Dated June 23, 1819, in B.C.) 

2135. Run for Your Life. Musical burletta, 1 act. 


Application Jan. 1, 1820, William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Jan. 17. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 2; application mentions Two Burlettas (one being, perhaps, 

Ivanhoe [No. 2141]). 

2136. Lovers of All Sorts; or, He's Not Such a Fool as He Looks. Musical burletta, 3 

acts. 


No application. Prod. (as Lovers on All Sides) Adelphi, Jan. 7, 1820. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Jan. 2; one passage deleted; included, a note, dated 

Jan. 4, regarding a passage in the play not approved by Licenser. 

2137. La Cenerentola; ossia, La Bonta in Trionfo. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; signed D. Waters, H1. Prod. Jan. 8, 1820. 



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2138. The Antiquary. Musical drama, 3 acts. Isaac Pocock and Daniel Terry. 



MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 13. Comp. 1820 (K-D 497): numerous differences; once 

scene in MS differs entirely from printed version. 

2139. Spanish Gallants; or, A Trip to Madrid. Comedy, 5 acts. Walley Chamberlaine 

Oulton (?). 


No application. Prod. (as Gallantry; or, Adventures in Madrid) D.L., Jan. 15, 1820. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, D.L., Dec. 30, 1819. 

2140. Ivanhoe; [or, The Knight Templar]. Musical drama, 3 acts. Samuel Beazley, 

Jr. 


Application Feb. 10, 1820, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. Mar. 2. 

MS: two short deletions. Comp. 1820 (K-D 497): extensive differences, chiefly long 

passages in MS not in printed text; minor differences throughout. 

2141. Ivanhoe; or, The Saxon Chief. Melodramatic burletta, 3 acts. 


No application (but see No. 2135). Prod. Adelphi, Feb. 14, 1820. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Adephi, Jan. 21; some deletions. 

2142. Gastone e Bajardo. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; signed D. Waters, H1. Prod. Feb. 26, 1820. 


2143. The Pilgrim from Palestine. Tragicomedy, 5 acts. George Soane. 


No application. Prod. (as The Hebrew) D.L., Mar. 2, 1820. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, D.L., Feb. 9; some corrections and excisions, by Examiner (?). 

Comp. The Hebrew, 1820 (K-D 497): differs extensively. 

2144. Harlequin and Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper, Dialogue and 

Chorusses in. Pantomime, 14 scenes. 




2145. The Lady and the Devil. Musical farce, 2 acts. William Dimond. 


Application Apr. 5, 1820, James Winston, D.L. Prod. May 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 10. Comp. 1820 (K-D 526): numerous minor and some 

extensive differences; name of one character differs. 

2146. Henri Quatre; [or, Paris in the Olden Time]. Musical romance, 3 acts. 

Thomas Morton. 



MS. Comp. n.d. (K-D 499): numerous differences. 

338




2147. The Phantom. Tragedy, 3 acts. Richard Lalor Sheil. 


Application Apr. 25, 1820, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as Montoni; or, The Phantom) May 

3. 

MS. 

2148. The Murder'd Maid; or, The Clock Struck Four. Drama, 3 acts. 


No application. [Norwich, Apr. 25, 1820.] 


2149. Giraldi; or, The Ruffian of Prague. [The Ruffian Boy.] A Melo Drama; 

Founded on The 'Ruffian Boy' a Popular Tale by Mrs. Opie, 3 acts. Edward Fitzball. 


No application. Prod. Norwich, Apr., 1820. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Norwich, Feb. 22; several corrections and deletions. 

2150. Tancredi. Melodrama (opera, Italian), 2 acts. Gaetano Rossi. 


No application; signed D. Waters, H1. Prod. May 4, 1820. 


2151. Virginius; [or, The Liberation of Rome]. Tragedy, 5 acts. James Sheridan 

Knowles. 


Application May 8, 1820, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. May 17 (previously, Glasgow, 

Apr.[?], 1820). 

MS: dated by Larpent May 9. Comp. 6th ed., Glasgow, 1824 (K-D 550): numerous 

differences; Act III, Scene 4, differs entirely. 

2152. Virginius; or, The Fall of the Decemviri. Tragedy, 5 acts. _____ Barlow (?), 

from John Bidlake. 


Application May 8, 1820, James Winston, D.L. Prod. May 29. 


2153. The Battle of Bothwell Brigg. Melodrama, 2 acts. Charles Farley. 



MS: dated by Larpent May 11. Comp. 1820 (K-D 498): minor differences; beginning of 

Act I, Scene 4, differs extensively. 

2154. David Rizzio. Opera, 3 acts. Ralph Hamilton. Songs by Charles Isaac Mungo 

Dibdin. 


Application May 29, 1820, James Winston, D.L. Prod. June 17. 

MS: dated by Larpent June I. Comp. 1820 (K-D 502): differences, particularly in Act II. 

339




2155. The Admirable Crichton. Farce, 2 acts. Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin. 


Application June 6, 1820, James Winston, D.L. Prod. June 12. 

MS: title-page, dated by Larpent June 7, reads, A Hasty Sketch in 2 Acts Written for the 

purpose of introducing Mr. Kean in a variety of Exhibitions; produced for Kean's 

benefit. 

2156. If It Takes Place, I Shall Keep My Seat, and Get a Peep. Interlude, 1 act. 


Application June 17, 1820, Thomas Harris, C.G. Prod. (as When It Takes Place, etc.) July 

7. 


2157. Oil and Vinegar. Farce, 2 acts. Theodore Edward Hook. 


Application June 21, 1820, Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. July 10. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 22; notice states, for the opening of the Theatre Royal 

Haymarket in the present year on the 3d July. 

2158. The Little Hunchback; or, A Frolic in Bagdad. Farce, 2 acts. From John 

O'Keeffe. 


Application July 2, 1820, Samuel James Arnold, English Opera House. Prod. July 8. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), English Opera House, July 8. 

See No. 824. 

2159. The Miller's Maid. Melodrama, 2 acts. John Saville Faucit. 


Application July 18, 1820, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Aug. 16, 1821. 

MS: title-page, dated by Larpent, July 20, 1820, states, founded on Bloomfields Poems 

of that name. And the Songs selected from his Works. Comp. 1821 (K-D 506): Act II, 

Scene 4, differs extensively; minor differences throughout. 

2160. Voyage to Margate; or, Sea Bathing a Cure for Roguery. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application. [July 20, 1820.] 

MS: dated, by Larpent, English Opera House, and Margate, July 20, 1820. 

2161. The Vampire; [or, The Bride of the Isles]. Romantic melodrama, 2 acts. 

James Robinson Planché. 


Application July 25, 1820, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as The Vampyre; etc.) 

Aug. 9. 


2162. Love's Dream. Petite opera, 2 acts. Samuel Beazley, Jr. 


Application July 25, 1820, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. July 5, 1821. 

MS: title given on title-page as Lovers' Dream. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 56): numerous 


340




2163. The Baron de Trenck. Musical romance, 3 acts. Samuel James Arnold (?). 


Application July 29, 1820, S. J. Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Sept. 4. 

MS. 

2164. Whang Fong; or, How Remarkable. Operatic drama, 2 acts. 



MS. 

2165. Exchange No Robbery; or, The Diamond Ring. Comedy, 3 acts. Theodore 

Edward Hook. 


Application n.d., Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. Aug. 12, 1820. 

MS: dated by Larpent July 8. Comp. 1820 (K-D 521): slight differences. 

2166. Patent Seasons. Sketch, 2 scenes. Richard Brinsley Peake (?). 



MS: included: note to Larpent, dated Aug. 16, signed D. Grove; and an Address. 

2167. Dog Days in Bond Street. Comedy, 3 acts. William Dimond (?). 


Application Aug. 26, 1820, Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. Aug. 31. 


2168. Over the Water. Farce, 2 acts. Theodore Edward Hook. 


Application Sept. 19, 1820, Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. Sept. 23. 


2169. A Race for a Wife. Farce, 2 acts. 




See No. 2385, which closely resembles this play. 

2170. St. Cuthbert's Eve; or, The Tomb of Monteith. Burletta, 3 acts. George 

Herbert Rodwell (?). 



MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Sept. 29. 

2171. Knobs and Noses; or, Gaul versus Lavater. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Oct. 18, 1820, William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Oct. 23. 


2172. To Be Let by Auction. Prelude, 1 act. 


No application. Prod. Olympic, Oct. 23, 1820. 


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2173. Grey the Collier. Dramatic romance, 2 acts. 


Application Oct. 27, 1820, R. Barlow, Olympic. Prod. Nov. 3. 

MS: notice to Examiner resubmits the play, which had been refused license, with the 

Author's alterations; dated by Larpent Oct. 28; several extensive delections, by 

Examiner (?), and corrections; Address. 

2174. A Burletta of Errors; or, Jupiter and Alcmena. Mythological extravaganza, 3 

acts. James Robinson Planché, from John Dryden, Amphitryon, or the Two Sosias. 


Application Nov. 2, [1820,] William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Nov. 6, 1820. 

MS: Act III incomplete (?); dated by Larpent Nov. 4. Comp Songs, Duets, Glees, 

Chorusses, &c., in...The Burletta of Errors, etc., n.d. (K-D 509): slight differences. 

2175. Wallace. Historical tragedy, 5 acts. C. E. Walker. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 6; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1820 (K-D 519): a few 

minor differences, mostly at end of Act V; epilogue in MS not printed. 

2176. What's Bred in the Bone Won't Come Out of the Flesh. Burletta, 2 acts. 

James Robinson Planché. 


Application Nov. 7, [1820], William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. (as Who's to Father Her; or, 

What's Bred in the Bone, etc.) Nov. 13, 1820. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 7 and 8; included, application for an unnamed MS (perhaps 

No. 2181), dated Nov. 6 and signed by W. Lee. 

2177. High Road to Marriage; or, Love in Full Gallop. Musical drama, 3 acts. 


No application. Prod. Olympic, Nov. 9, 1820. 

MS: endorsed by Larpent, Olympic, Nov. 7, 1820, R. Barlow, Manager; cast. 

2178. The Iroquois; or, The Canadian Basket Maker. Melodrama, 2 acts. From John 

O'Keeffe, The Basket Maker. 




2179. Justice; or, The Caliph and the Cobler. Drama, 2 acts. John Saville Faucit. 


Application Nov. 20, 1820, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Nov. 28. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 21; passage marked, by Larpent(?), perhaps objectionable 

in the present times but not in common times; prologue and epilogue(?). 

2180. How to Pay Your Taxes. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Nov. 22, 1820, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. 


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2181. Who Is She? or, Two Nights at Madrid. Burletta, 2 acts. James Robinson 

Planché. 


No application (but see No. 2176). Prod. (as The Deuce Is in Her! or, Two Nights in 

Madrid) Adelphi, Nov. 27, 1820. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Nov. 7. 

2182. The Warlock of the Glen. Melodrama, 2 acts. C. E. Walker. 



MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 28. Comp. 1820 (K-D 504): slight differences. 

2183. The Brown Man. Musical burletta, 2 acts. Translated from the French by 

Samuel James Arnold (?). 


Application Nov. 28, 1820, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. Dec. 4. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 29; cast. 

See Nos. 2108 and 2109. 

2184. Acting Mad. Burletta, 1 act. 


Application Dec. 4, [1820,] William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Dec. 6. 


2185. Zamoski; or, The Fortress and the Mine. Melodrama, 3 acts. James Robinson 

Planché. 



MS. 

2186. Why Did I Marry; or, City Intrigue. Farce, 2 acts. Altered from Barnaby 

Brittle; or, A Wife at Her Wit's End (1788) 


Application Dec. 8, 1820, R. Barlow, Olympic. Prod. Dec. 11. 

Printed copy, Barnaby Brittle; or, A Wife at Her Wit's End: dated by Larpent Dec. 7; 

title-page lacking; some MS insertions and revisions; a note, Dec. 9, G. W. Reeve to 

Larpent, alters title from City Intrigue; or, The Greymare's the Better Horse. 

2187. A Woman's Word; [or, Imaginary Evils]. Burletta, 3 acts. 


Application (with No. 2186) Dec. 8, 1820, R. Barlow, Olympic. Prod. Dec. 15. 


2188. Harlequin and Friar Bacon; or, The Brazen Head. Pantomime, 18 scenes. 

Charles Farley. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 15; songs and some dialogue only. 

343




2189. Pocahontas; or, The Indian Princess. Melodrama, 3 acts. From James N. 

Barker, The Indian Princess; or, La Belle Sauvage. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Nov. 17. Comp. The Indian Princess; or, La Belle 

Sauvage, 1808 (25722): differs entirely. 

2190. The North West Passage; or, Harlequin Esquimaux. Pantomime, 13 scenes. 


Application Dec. 19, 1820, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Dec. 20. 

2191. Dr. Syntax; [or, Harlequin in London]. Pantomime, 15 scenes. James 

Robinson Planché (?). 



MS. (Not listed in B.C.) Comp. 1820 (K-D 509): substantially the same; pantomime 

directions printed but not in MS. 

2192. Half an Hour's Courtship; [or, Le Chambre à Coucher]. Burletta, 1 act. James 



Application (with No. 2191) Dec. 21, [1820,] William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Feb. 28, 1821. 

MS. (Dated Dec. 22, 1820, in B.C.) 

2193. Twelve Precisely; or, A Night at Dover. Interlude, 1 act. Henry M. Milner. 


Application Dec. 23, 1820, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. Jan. 1, 1821. 

MS: endorsed, by Larpent(?), Olympic Theatre; cast. Comp. 1821 (K-D 507): no 

important differences. 

2194. Mirandola. Tragedy, 5 acts. Barry Cornwall. 


Application Dec. 23, 1820, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. Jan. 9, 1821. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 25. Comp. 1821 (K-D 496): slight discrepancies throughout. 

2195. Harlequin Tom, the Piper's Son Stole a Pig and Away He Ran [Run]. Comic 

pantomime, 13 scenes. 


No application. Prod. Olympic, Dec. 26, 1820. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 20; previous title, Harlequin & Harmony, deleted. Comp. 

Harlequin, Tom, The Piper's Son, 1820 (K-D 509): first three scenes virtually identical; 

last scene differs entirely. 

2196. Montalto. Tragedy, 5 acts. 


Application Dec. 31, 1820, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Jan. 8, 1821. 

MS: some deletions; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1821 (K-D 496): Act V differs 

extensively; minor differences throughout. 

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2197. Vampire Giovanni. Burletta, 2 acts. James Robinson Planché. 


Application Jan. 8, [1821,] William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. (as Giovanni, the Vampire; or, 

How Shall We Get Rid of Him) Jan. 15. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 10; included, Introductory Vision, with its cast given. Comp. 

Songs, Duets, Glees, Chorusses, &c., in...Giovanni the Vampire; etc., 1821 (K-D 508): 


2198. Try Again; or, Counterfeits and Countermines. Burletta, 2 acts. 


No application; title-page endorsed Olympic Theatre Jan. 2. 1821, and signed G W 

Reeve. Prod. (as Try Again; or, Counterplots and Countermines) Jan. 12, 1821. 

MS: most of Act I lacking; cast. 

2199. Tost in a Blanket; or, Law without Study. Comic burletta, 2 acts. Thomas 



Application Jan. 16, 1821, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. Jan. 22. 



2200. The Child of Mystery; or, The Ruby Cross. Musical burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 24, 1821, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. Feb. 1. 


2201. Theresa [Thérèse], the Orphan of Geneva. Melodramà, 3 acts. Translated 

from the French and altered by John Howard Payne. 


Application Jan. 29, 1821, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Feb. 2. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 30, 1822 [1821?]. Comp. n.d. (Dev 12mo 107): numerous 


2202. The Tailors, A Tragedy for Warm Weather. Burlesque, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. (as altered?) Olympic, Feb. 1, 1821. 

Printed copy, Roach's Edition, n.d.: much MS alteration, deletions, interpolated songs, 

and new prologue; cast of a performance at Lyceum printed, and new cast inserted in 

MS. (Dated Olympic, Jan. 26, 1821, in B.C., and described as A Tragical Burletta.) 

Comp. The Tailors (Or Quadrupeds) a Tragedy for Warm Weather, 1836 (122095): 

printed portions identical (though a different ed.); alterations not printed. 

See Nos. 269 and 1684, the latter another alteration of the same play, using some of 

the same songs as this MS. 

2203. The Two Violettas. Opera, 3 acts. Frederic Reynolds, from Buckingham's 

alteration of Beaumont and Fletcher, The Chances. 


Application Feb. 2, 1821, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as Don John; or, The Two Violettas) 

Feb. 20. 

MS: Dated by Larpent Feb. 1. Comp. Don John; etc., 1821 (K-D 499): some differences. 

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2204. Lorenzo. Tragedy, 5 acts. James Haynes. 


Application Feb. 8, 1821, James Winston, D.L. Prod. (as Conscience; or, The Bridal 

Night) Feb. 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 10; partial cast; prologue and epilogue to Conscience, etc. 

Comp. Conscience, etc., 1821 (K-D 493): virtually the same. 

2205. Kenilworth Castle; or, The Days of Queen Bess. Melodrama, interspersed 

with music, 3 acts. James Robinson Planché. 


No application. Prod. Adelphi, Feb. 9, 1821. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Feb. 5. 

2206. Antigone; or, The Theban Sister. Tragedy, 5 acts. Edward Fitzball. 


No application. Prod. Norwich, [Feb.?] 1821. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Norwich, Feb. 8. 

2207. Lodgings to [Be] Let. Burletta, 2 acts. James Robinson Planché. 


Application Feb. 13, [1821,] William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Feb. 19. 


2208. The Green Room. Interlude. 


Application Feb. 15, 1821, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. Feb. 21. 

MS. (Not listed in B.C.) 

Bound with No. 2260. 

2209. A Figure of Fun; or, An Evening at Richmond. Farce, 2 acts. Edward Sterling. 


Application Feb., 1821, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Feb. 16. 


2210. Henrietta; or, The Farm of Senange. Melodrama, 3 acts. 




2211. Thérèse; or, The Orphan of Geneva. Burletta, 3 acts. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, Olympic, Feb. 17. Comp. 10th ed., n.d. (K-D 507): minor 

differences throughout. 

2212. In and Out; or, My Landlady's Side Door. Comic interlude, 1 act. From 

Augustus von Kotzebue. 


No application; endorsed G W Reeve Olympic Theater Feb 26, 1821. Prod. Mar. 24. 

MS: title-page states, altered from the German of Kotzebue; cast. 

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2213. Kenilworth [Castle]. Historical romance, 3 acts. 


No application; endorsed Olympic Theatre G W Reeve Feb 21 1821. Prod. Feb. 27. 

MS. 

2214. Kenilworth. Melodrama, 2 acts. Alfred Bunn, from Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: some deletions. Comp. n.d. [1821] (K-D 498): some slight differences, chiefly lines 

printed not in MS; one scene in MS not printed. 

2215. Mr. Tibbs. Farcetta, 1 act. James Thomson. 


Application Mar. 3, 1821, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Mar. 8. 


2216. La Gazza Ladra. Opera (Italian and English), 2 acts. _____ Gherardini; 

translation by William Joseph Walter. 


No application; signed by John Ebers, H1. Prod. Mar. 10, 1821. 

Printed copy, n.d.: endorsed from the Opera op[e]ned[?] by the New Manager Jno 

Ebers to John Larpent, and dated by Larpent March 1821. 

2217. Sherwood Forest; or, The Merry Archers. Burletta, 3 acts. James Robinson 

Planché. 


No application. Prod. Adelphi, Mar. 12, 1821. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 7; included, a note, William Lee to Larpent, Mar. 10, 

regarding alterations. 

2218. The Reprobate; or, Four by Honours. Seriocomic melodramatic burletta, 2 



Application (with No. 2217) Mar. 10, [1821,] William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Mar. 19 

(previously, Royal Circus, or Surrey, Dec. 26, 1818). 

MS: title-page, endorsed, by Larpent, Adelphi, Mar. 11, 1821, states, For Christmas 

1818-19 by T. Dibdin. 

2219. Tereza Tomkins; or, The Fruits of Geneva! Burlesque melodrama, 3 acts. 



No application; cover dated Mar. 13, 1821, by G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. Mar. 24 

MS: endorsed W. T. Moncrieff; earlier title, Thérèse Travestie, on title-page; cast. 

Comp. 1821 (K-D 507): some discrepancies in songs; otherwise substantially the 

same. 

2220. London Stars; or, 'Twas Time to Counterfeit. Interlude, 1 act. 




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2221. King and No King; or, The Chancellor of the Exchequer. Burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Apr. 4, 1821, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. 

MS: cast. 

2222. Mistification [Mistification]. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application n.d., James Winston, D.L. Prod. Apr. 7, 1821. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 6; previous title, The Hoax, deleted. 

2223. Undine; or, The Spirit of the Waters. Romance, 2 acts. 




2224. Marino Faliero, [Doge of Venice]. Tragedy, 5 acts. George Gordon, Lord 

Byron. 


Application Apr. 22, 1821, Robert William Elliston, D.L. Prod. Apr. 25. 

Printed copy, [1821?]: title-page lacking; dated by Larpent Apr., 1821; numerous and 

extensive deletions; notice states, we have so curtailed [it] that I believe not a single 

objectionable line can be said to exist. 

2225. [A] Mother and Son. Drama, 3 acts. William Thomas Moncrieff. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr., 1821. 

2226. The Grand Tour; [or, Stopped at Rochester]. Farce, 2 acts. 




2227. Il Turco in Italia; or, The Turk in Italy. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; signed by John Ebers, H1. Prod. May 19, 1821. 

MS: cast. 

2228. The Force of Friendship. Tragedy, 5 acts. Robert Lalor Sheil, from John 

Banim. 


Application May 21, 1821, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as Damon and Pythias) May 28. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 22; prologue and epilogue. Comp. Banim's Damon and 

Pythias, 1821 (K-D 492): some minor differences. 

2229. Dirce; [or, The Fatal Urn]. Opera, 3 acts. From Pietro Metastasio, 

Demofoonte. 


Application May 26, 1820 [1821?], James Winston, D.L. Prod. June 2, 1821. 


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2230. State Secrets; or, Public Men in Private Life. Historical drama, 1 act. Alfred 

Snodgrass. 



MS: dated by Larpent June 4. Comp. 1821 (K-D 507): virtually the same. 

2231. Two Pence; or, Ladies Ridicules. Musical farce, 2 acts. 


Application June 25, 1821, Samuel James Arnold, English Opera House. Prod. July 14. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), June 25. 

2232. The Spectre Bridegroom; or, A Ghost in Spite of Himself. Farce, 2 acts. 



Application June 27, 1821, James Winston, D.L. Prod. July 2. 

MS: Act I only; dated by Larpent June 28. Comp. 1821 (K-D 535): minor differences. 

2233. Peter and Paul; or, Love in the Vineyards. Comedy, 2 acts. James Robinson 

Planché. 


Application July [June?] 28, 1821, Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. July 4. 

MS: dated by Larpent June, 1821. 

2234. Occasional Address for the Opening of the Hay Market Theatre. 


No application. Spoken H2, July 4, 1821 (?). 

MS. 

2235. The Witch of Derncleugh. Drama, 3 acts. James Robinson Planché. 



MS: states, a new Dramatic version of Guy Mannering. 

2236. Two Wives!! or, A Hint to a Cross Husband. Dramatic sketch, 1 act. John 

Parry. 


Application July 6, 1821, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as Two Wives; or, A 

Hint to Husbands) Aug. 7. 

MS. Comp. Two Wives; or, A Hint to Husbands, n.d. (K-D 504): minor differences. 

2237. A Squeeze to the Coronation. Operatic sketch, 1 act. James Thomson. 



MS: earlier title, Country Curiosity, deleted. Comp. 1821 (K-D 499): extensive 

differences at beginning of Scene III; other, minor differences. 

2238. Rise and Fall. Comedy, 3 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application July 30, 1821, Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. Aug. 4. 


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2239. The Master Key. Operetta, 1 act. 


Application Aug. 3, 1821, George Bartley, Lyceum. 

MS. 

2240. A Cure for Coxcombs. Operetta, 1 act. 


Application Aug. 3, 1821, George Bartley, Lyceum. Prod. Aug. 30. 

MS. Comp. 1821 (K-D 505): some slight differences. 

2241. Marriage Projects. Dramatic piece, 1 act. John Poole. 


Application Aug. 16, 1821, Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. (as Matchmaking) Aug. 25. 

MS. 

2242. Five Hundred Pounds. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Aug. 22, 1821, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Aug. 28. 


2243. The Bandit of Bohemia. Romantic drama, 3 acts. C. E. Walker. 


No application. Prod. (as Geraldi Duval; or, The Bandit of Bohemia) D.L., Sept. 8, 1821. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, D.L., Sept. 3. 

2244. Guy Fawkes: A Gingerbread Tragedy. Burlesque, 1 act. J. Street (?). 


Application Sept. 8, 1821, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. 

MS: signed at end, J. Street (?), copyist and author (?). 

2245. Ups and Downs; or, The Heart of a Woman. Operatic drama, 3 acts. Joseph 

Ebsworth. 


Application Sept. 8, 1821, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. 

MS. 

2246. Monsieur Tonson. Farce, 2 acts. William Thomas Moncrieff. 


Application Sept. 15, 1821, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Sept. 20. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 17. Comp. n.d. (Cumberland's British Theatre): numerous 


2247. Match Breaking; or, The Prince's Present. Comedy, 3 acts. James Kenney. 


Application Sept. 18, 1821, Daniel Terry, H2. Prod. Sept. 20. 

MS. Comp. 1821 (K-D 500): slight discrepancies in dialogue. 

2248. Capers at Canterbury. Piece, 3 acts. James Robinson Planché. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Sept. 27. 

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2249. Bruno; or, The Sultan's Favorite. Burletta, 1 act. 


Application Oct. 2, 1821, T. J. (James Thomas G.?) Rodwell, Adelphi. Prod. Oct. 8. 

MS: included, a letter, Rodwell to Larpent, Oct. 5, giving title of burletta, which was 

omitted from application. 

2250. The Pirate's Bride. [The Corsair's Bride; or, The Valley of Mount Etna (?).] 

Burletta, 3 acts. [James Robinson Planché?] 


Application Oct. 8, [1821,] William Lee, Adelphi. [Prod. as The Corsair's Bride; etc., 

Oct. 22, 1821?] 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 7, 1821. 

2251. Irish Widow. Burletta, 2 acts. From David Garrick. 


No application; endorsed, G W Reeve Olympic Theatre 1821. Prod. Nov. 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 25; cast. 

2252. Maid or Wife; or, The Deceiver Deceived. Farce, 2 acts. Barham Levius. 


Application Oct. 27, 1821, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Nov. 5. 


2253. Married or Not? or, The Married Bachelor. Burletta, 1 act. P. P. O'Callaghan. 


Application Oct. 31, [1821,] William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. (as The Married Bachelor; or, 

Master and Man) Nov. 5. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 31. Comp. The Married Bachelor; etc., 3d ed., 1827 

(130496): a few minor differences. 

2254. Pedro Lobo; or, Here He Is Again. Farce with songs, 3 acts. 


No application; signed G W Reeve Olympic Theatre 1821. Prod. Nov. 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 25; some corrections, and excisions (by Examiner?). 

2255. The Venison Pasty. Farce, 2 acts. 




2256. Marplot in Spain. Burletta, 3 acts. [From Susannah Centlivre, Mar-Plot (?).] 


No application. [Adelphi, Nov. 7, 1821.] 


See No. 2362, another version of this play. 

351




2257. Life in London; [or, The Day and Night Adventures of Logic, Tom, and Jerry]. 

Burletta, 3 acts. Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin (?). 


Application Nov. 8, 1821, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. Nov. 12. 

MS: a few deletions. (A letter, Reeve to Larpent, regarding alterations, is included with 

No. 2269.) Comp. Life in London; or, The Larks of Logic, Tom, and Jerry, 1822 (K-D 

508): differs extensively. 

See No. 2328. 

2258. The Lost Life. Comedy, 3 acts. William Thomas Moncrieff. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, D.L., Oct. 12; previous title, The Posthumous Man, deleted. 

2259. Zorayda; or, Scenes in Fashionable Life. Musical burletta, 3 acts. From 

Matthew Gregory Lewis, Rich and Poor. 



Printed copy of Lewis, Rich and Poor: title-page lacking; MS title states, altered from a 

favorite comedy; numerous passages deleted; new cast. 

2260. Le Solitaire; [or, The Recluse of the Alps]. Melodrama, 3 acts. James 




MS: previous title, The Solitary of the Desert Mountain, deleted. 

2261. The Pages of Frederick the Great. Comic piece, 2 acts. John Poole. 


Application Nov. 19, 1821, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Two Pages of Frederick the 

Great) Dec. 1. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 20. Comp. The Two Pages, etc., 1821 (K-D 505): several 


2262. Tom and Jerry; or, Life in London. Burletta, 3 acts. William Thomas 

Moncrieff. 


Application Nov. 23, 1821, William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Nov. 26. 

MS: inserted, playbill for Adelphi, Dec. 26, 1821, for the 25th performance of Tom and 

Jerry; also included, a note to Larpent and several papers regarding license of play. 

Comp. 2d ed., 1828 (130496): minor differences throughout. Comp. also Songs, 

Parodies, Duets, Choruses, &c., &c., in... Tom and Jerry, n.d. (K-D 508): a few slight 

differences. 

See No. 2331, a version of this play. 

2263. Morilda's Wand; or, The Palace of the Statues. Interlude, 1 act. 


Application Nov. 27, 1821, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. Dec. 13. 

MS. 

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2264. Hong Puf. Burletta, 1 act. 


Application Dec. 4, 1821, William Lee, Adelphi. 

MS. 

2265. The Man Milliner. Comic burletta, 2 acts. 


Application Dec. 8, 1821, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. 

MS. 

2266. Arrivals; or, Three Days at Long's. Comic burletta, 2 acts. W. A. Keep. 


Application Dec., 1821, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. Dec. 10. 

Printed copy, Incog; or, Three Days at a Well-Known Hotel [1817]: title-page lacking; 

MS title supplied; last page of text revised slightly; no other alterations. 

See No. 1976. 

2267. Giovanni in Ireland. Piece, 3 acts. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 11; some passages deleted, by Examiner(?). 

2268. Harlequin and Mother Bunch; or, The Yellow Dwarf. Pantomime, 13 scenes. 




2269. The House That Jack Built; or, Harlequin Tattered and Torn. Comic 

pantomime. G. Fox. 


Application Dec. 20, 1821, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS: text revised and portions deleted; included, a letter, Reeve to Larpent, regarding 

alterations in this play and in Life in London (No. 2257). 

2270. Beauty and the Beast; or, Harlequin and the Magic Rose. Comic pantomime, 

15 scenes. 



MS: title-page states, Adelphi Theatre Strand. 

2271. Henry the First; or, The British and Norman Feuds. Tragedy, 5 acts. 


Application Dec. 26, 1821, James Winston, D.L. Prod. (as Owen, Prince of Powys; or, 

Welsh Feuds) Jan. 28, 1822. 


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2272. The Brisket Family; or, The Running of the Rat. Extravaganza, 2 acts. 

Douglas William Jerrold. 


Application Jan. 3, 1822, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. (as Dolly and the Rat; or, The 

Brisket Family) Jan. 9. 

MS. Comp. Dolly and the Rat, etc., 1823 (K-D 507): numerous differences in dialogue; 

some discrepancies in songs. 

2273. The Pirate. Play, 3 acts. William Dimond. 


Application Jan. 3, 1821 [1822?], James Winston, D.L. Prod. Jan. 15, 1822. 



2274. Adeline; or, The Victim of Seduction. Melodrama, 3 acts. John Howard 

Payne. 



MS. Comp. New York, 1822 (107039): except for passages near beginning of Act I, 


2275. The Pirate. Musical drama, 3 acts. James Robinson Planché. 


Application Jan., 1822, G. W. Reeve, Olympic. Prod. Jan. 14. 

MS: title states, founded on the Incident and dialogue of the popular Novel so called 

by the Author of Waverley. Comp. n.d. (K-D 506): two extensive passages in MS not 

printed; other, minor differences throughout. 

2276. The Convict. Tragedy, 5 acts. Richard Lalor Sheil. 


Application Jan. 16, 1822, Henry Harris, C.G. Prod. (as The Huguenot) Dec. 11. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 18; cast; prologue and epilogue to The Huguenot. 

2277. The Committee; or, Irishman in Distress. Farce, 2 acts. Thomas Knight, from 

Robert Howard, The Committee. 


No application. Prod. Olympic, Jan. 18, 1822. 

Printed copy, Knight, Honest Thieves: MS title (as above) pasted over printed title; 

cast inserted in MS. Comp. The Honest Thieves, 2d ed., 1797 (K-D 458): occasional 


See No. 1168. 

2278. Love in Humble Life. Comic melodramatic sketch, 1 act. John Howard Payne. 



MS: dated by Larpent. Comp. n.d. (Cumberland's British Theatre): numerous, 


2279. Montrose; or, The Children of the Mist. Opera, 3 acts. Isaac Pocock. 



MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 6. Comp. 1822 (K-D 498): numerous lines in MS not in 

printed text. 

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2280. The Veteran Soldier; or, The Farmer's Sons. Opera, 3 acts. Edward P. 

Knight. 


Application Feb. 12, 1822, James Winston, D.L. Prod. (as The Veterans; or, The 

Farmer's Sons) Feb. 23. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb. 13. Comp. The Veteran, etc., 1822 (K-D 521): numerous, 


2281. Giovanni in Botany! or, The Libertine Transported! Extravaganza, 1 act. 


No application; cover dated Feb. 16, 1822. Prod. Olympic, Mar. 12. 

MS: text somewhat revised. 

2282. The Innkeeper of Ab[b]eville; [or, The Hostler and the Robber]. Melodrama, 

2 acts. Edward Fitzball. 


Application n.d., Edward Fitzball, Norwich. Prod. Mar.(?), 1822. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 6. Comp. 1822 (K-D 508): differs extensively. 

2283. Cherry and Fair Star; [or, The Children of Cyprus]. Melodramatic romance, 2 

acts. 



MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 29. Comp. Songs, Chorusses, &c., in... Cherry and Fair Star, 

etc., 1822 (K-D 509): a few slight differences; songs, only, printed. 

2284. I Pretendenti Delusi. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; title-page signed by John Ebers, H1. Prod. Apr. 9, 1822. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 28; cast. 

2285. Almoran and Hamet. Drama, 2 acts. J. H. Amherst. 


Application Mar. 30, 1822, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Apr. 8. 

MS: title-page gives title as An Eastern Tale of Enchantment. 

2286. My Lord! Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 30, 1822, James Winston, D.L. 


2287. Peter Fin's Trip to Brighton. Farce, 2 acts. Richard Jones. 


Application Mar. 31, 1822, John Hill, for Edinburgh. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 2. Comp. 1822 (K-D 500): numerous differences. 

See No. 2302. 

2288. Ugolino. Melodrama, 2 acts. 


No application. [Mar., 1822.] 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Norwich, Mar., 1822; much erased and corrected; cast. 

355




2289. The Bride of Lammermoor. Drama, 5 acts. John William Calcraft. 


Application Apr. 13, 1822, John Hill, Edinburgh. Prod. May 1. 

MS: dated, by Larpent(?), Apr. 16. Comp. Edinburgh, 1823 (K-D 499): marked 

differences. 

2290. The Law of Java. Musical play, 3 acts. George Colman, the Younger. 



MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 22. Comp. 1822 (K-D 502): two songs differ; four songs 

printed not in MS; otherwise virtually the same. 

2291. Pietro l'Eremita. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; title-page signed John Ebers, H1. Prod. Apr. 23, 1822. 

MS. (Dated Mar. 28 in B.C.) 

2292. Edwin. Play, 3 acts. 


No application. [Edinburgh, Apr. 25, 1822.] 


2293. Morning, Noon, and Night; or, The Romance of a Day. Opera, 3 acts. Thomas 



Application Apr. 29, 1822, David Edward Morris, H2. Prod. Sept. 9. 

MS: dated by Larpent Aug. 31. Comp. 1822 (K-D 499): wide differences between 

certain scenes in last act; numerous minor differences in dialogue throughout; songs 

in MS not printed in some cases. 

2294. Otello; or, The Moor of Venice. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; signed by John Ebers, H1. Prod. May 16, 1822. 

MS: cast. 

2295. Clemenza; or, The Tuscan Orphan. Tragedy, 5 acts. Whitelaw Ainslie. 


No application. Prod. Bath, June 1, 1822. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Bath, May 22; some revision of text; author's name given; 

prologue and epilogue. 

2296. Enquire Within. Farcical sketch, 1 act. Thomas John Dibdin. 


No application. Prod. (as The Bill of Fare; or, For Further Particulars Enquire Within) H2, 

June 15, 1822. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, June 7. 

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2297. Henri Quatre and the Fair Gabrielle. Operatic anecdote, 1 act. James 



Application June 19, 1822, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as The Fair Gabrielle) 

Sept. 6. 

MS: Comp. The Fair Gabrielle, 1822 (K-D 505): three songs printed not in MS; 

otherwise virtually identical. 

2298. An April Fool. Musical farce, 1 act. 


Application June 19, 1922, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. 

MS. 

2299. The Banks of the Elbe. Comic opera, 2 acts. James Robinson Planché. 


Application June 20, 1822, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as All in the Dark; or, 

The Banks of the Elbe) July 10. 

MS. Comp. All in the Dark, etc., 1822 (K-D 505): slight differences. 

2300. Love Letters. Musical farce, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, June 7; seven pages of songs inserted before Act I. 

2301. Gil Blas, [AT 17, 25, 52]. Comic opera, 5 acts. George Macfarren. 


Application June 28, 1822, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. Aug. 15. 

MS: some deletion of text. 

2302. The Retired Fishmonger; or, A New Road to Brighton. Farce, 2 acts. Richard 

Jones. 


Application June 29, 1822, David Edward Morris, H2. Prod. (as Peter Finn; or, A New 

Road to Brighton) July 11. 

MS: dated by Larpent June 30; previous title, Peter Finn's Trip to Brighton, erased. 

Comp. Peter Finn's Trip to Brighton, 1822 (K-D 500): a few slight differences. 

See No. 2287. 

2303. John Buzzby; or, A Day's Pleasure. Comedy, 3 acts. James Kenney. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, June 23. Comp. 1822 (K-D 500): a few lines in MS not 

printed; otherwise virtually the same. 

2304. Gordon the Gypsey. Melodrama, 2 acts. 



MS: letter to Larpent from Arnold, dated Aug. 2, requests haste. 

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2305. Gretna Green. Operetta, 1 act. Samuel Beazley, Jr. 



MS. 

2306. Family Jars; or, The Double Mistake and the Triple Discovery. Musical farce, 

2 acts. Joseph Lunn. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, Aug. 15. Comp. New York, n.d. (45969): one scene printed 

not in MS; one scene in MS not printed; numerous minor differences, chiefly in Act II. 

2307. The New Marriage Act; or, A Lesson for Lovers! Musical burletta, 1 act. 


Application Sept. 28, [1822,] William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Oct. 7. 


2308. The Pacha. Melodrama, 2 acts. James Robinson Planché (?) or John Howard 

Payne (?). 


Application Oct. 13, 1822, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Ali Pacha; or, The 

Signet-Ring) Oct. 19. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 18. Comp. Payne, Ali Pacha, etc. (Cumberland's British 

Theatre): a few slight differences, chiefly lines in MS not printed. 

2309. Address for Opening the New Theatre, Drury Lane, on the 16th of October, 

1822. George Colman, the Younger. 


No application. Spoken Oct. 16, 1822. 

MS. (Spoken by Mr. Terry [as Sir Peter Teazle].) Comp. printing in R. B. Peake, Memoirs 

of the Colman Family [1841]: substantially the same. 

2310. New Lights. Interlude, 1 act. Richard Butler, Earl of Glengall. 


Application Oct. 19, 1822, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as The Irish Tutor; or, New Lights), 

Oct. 28. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 20. Comp. The Irish Tutor, etc., n.d. (K-D 505): a few slight 

differences, chiefly lines in MS not printed. 

2311. The Huntress of Arlingford. Opera, 3 acts. James Robinson Planché. 


Application Oct. 23, 1822, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as Maid Marian; or, The Huntress 

of Arlingford) Dec. 3. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 24. Comp. Maid Marian, etc. [1822] (K-D 498): numerous 


2312. Joan of Arc; or, The Maid of Orleans. Melodrama, 3 acts. Edward Fitzball. 


No application. Prod. Olympic, Oct. 28, 1822 (previously, Sadler's Wells, Aug. 12). 

Printed copy, n.d. [1822]: dated, by Larpent, Olympic, Oct. 17. 

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2313. Life in London. Extravaganza, 3 acts. 


Application n.d., Daniel Egerton, Olympic. Prod. Oct. 28, 1822 (?). 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 17, 1822; some deletion of text; another application, Nov. 

21, by Egerton, for This Melo Drama, may apply to The Mountain Hut (No. 2319). 

2314. The Galley Slaves. Melodrama, 3 acts. John Howard Payne. 


Application Oct. 30, 1822, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as The Two Galley Slaves; or, 

The Mill of St. Aldervon) Nov. 6. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 31. Comp. The Two Galley Slaves (Cumberland's British 

Theatre), n.d. (83907): numerous differences throughout. 

See No. 2316, a different version of this story. 

2315. Trumps in the Dumps; or, Diamonds in Durance. Prelude, 6 scenes. 


Application n.d., Daniel Egerton, Olympic. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 1, 1822. 

2316. The Two Gallery Slaves. Melodrama, 3 acts. 


Application n.d., William H. Tyson, for R. W. Elliston, D.L. Prod. Nov. 6, 1822. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 7. (Not listed in B.C.) 

See No. 2314. 

2317. My Husband's Secret; or, Natural Magic. Comic burletta, 1 act. Thomas 

Meadows. 


Application Nov. 18, [1822,] William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Nov. 21. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 19; title-page states, Freely adapted from the French. 

2318. The Minstrel Maid. Opera, 3 acts. William Dimond (?) or Thomas John Dibdin 

(?). 


Application Nov. 21, 1822, James Winston, D.L. Prod. (as A Tale of Other Times; or, 

Which Is the Bride?) Dec. 19. 


2319. The Mountain Hut; or, The Tinker and His Son. Melodrama, 3 acts. James 



Application (with No. 2313?) Nov. 21, 1822, Daniel Egerton, Olympic. Prod. (as The 

Mountain Hut; or, The Tinker's Son) Nov. 25. 

MS. 

2320. Mr. Simpson & Co. Farce, 2 acts. John Poole. 


Application Nov. 25, 1822, James Winston, D.L. Prod. (as Simpson [UNK] Co.) Jan. 4, 

1823. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 27. Comp. Simpson and Co., 1822 (K-D 535): detailed 

differences in dialogue. 

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2321. Old and Young. Farce, 1 act. John Poole. 


Application Nov. 26, 1822, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Dec. 5. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 29. Comp. 1822 (K-D 535): differs extensively. 

2322. Two More Slaves; or, The Escape from Brixton. Burlesque parody, 1 act. 


Application Nov. 30, 1822, Daniel Egerton, Olympic. Prod. (as The Two Gallows Slaves; 

or, Escaped from Brixton) Dec. 9. 

MS: title-page, dated by Larpent Nov. 30 and Dec. 2, states, Parody on the Two Galley 

Slaves; earlier title, The Two Gallow's Slaves or the Mill of Brixton, partially deleted. 

2323. Cooking and Copying; or, The Cupboard and the Cabinet. Comic piece, 1 act. 


Application Dec. 2, 1822, William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. (as The Cupboard and the 

Cabinet) Dec. 12. 


2324. Harlequin and the Ogress; [or, The Sleeping Beauty of the Wood]. Dialogue, 

Chorusses, &c. Pantomime, 21 scenes. Charles Farley. 



MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 17. Comp. 1822 (K-D 509): extensive differences. 

2325. Who Kill'd the Dog; or, Harlequin's Triumph. Comic pantomime, 15 scenes. 


Application Dec. 17, [1822,] William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. (as Harlequin's Holyday; or, 

Who Killed the Dog) Dec. 26. 


2326. Gog and Magog; or, Harlequin Antiquary. Pantomime. Thomas John Dibdin. 




2327. Nigel; or, The Crown Jewels. Play, 5 acts. Isaac Pocock. 


Application Dec. 30, 1822, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Jan. 28, 1823. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 31; prologue and epilogue. Comp. 1822 (K-D 498): one 

scene in MS not printed; other, slight discrepancies. 

2328. Life in London; or, The Larks of Logic, Tom, and Jerry. Extravaganza, 3 acts. 

Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin. 


No application. [1822.] 

Printed copy, 1822. Comp. 1822 (K-D 508): a different ed., but virtually identical text. 

See No. 2257. 


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2329. Augusta; or, The Blind Girl. Drama, 3 acts. John Poole (?) or Robert William 

Elliston (?). 


Application Jan. 5, 1823, R. W. Elliston, D.L. Prod. Jan. 14. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 6; title-page, in Elliston's hand, signed R W E. 

2330. Green in France; or, Tom and Jerry's Tour. Grand national burletta, 3 acts. 


No application. Prod. Adelphi, Jan. 6, 1823. 

MS: several passages deleted by Examiner. (Dated 1822 in B.C.) 

2331. Tom and Jerry. Burletta, 2 acts. Compressed from William Thomas 

Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry; or, Life in London. 


Application Jan. 8, 1823, W. H. Murray, Edinburgh. Prod. Jan. 27 (?). 

MS: date by Larpent Jan. 27. 

See No. 2262. 

2332. The Fortunes of Nigel; or, King James I and His Times. [George Heriot (?)]. 

Melodramatic romance, 3 acts. Edward Fitzball. 


Application Jan. 24, 1823, John Hill, Edinburgh. [Prod. as George Heriot, Feb. 6?] 

Printed copy, 1822: dated, by Larpent, Edinburgh, Jan. 27. 

See No. 2393. 

2333. The Fancy's Opera. Opera, 2 acts. 


No application; signed by William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Jan. 27, 1823. 


See No. 2334. 

2334. Prelude, [on The Taste of the Town, to The Fancy's Opera]. 


No application. Prod. Adelphi, Jan. 27, 1823. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Jan. 19. 

See No. 2333. 

2335. The Beacon of Liberty. Melodrama, 2 acts. 


Application Jan. 31, 1823, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. Oct. 8. 


2336. Not Dined Yet; or, Sponge in the Country. Burletta, 1 act. 


Application (with No. 2337) Feb. 1, 1823, William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. (as No Dinner 

Yet; or, Sponge Out of Town) Feb. 10. 


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2337. My Two Nephews. Farce, 2 acts. Richard Brinsley Peake. 


Application Feb. 8, 1823, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as The Duel; or, My Two Nephews) 

Feb. 18. 

MS: inserted, a note, from Charles Kemble to Larpent, requesting haste. Comp. The 

Duel, etc., 1823 (K-D 503): slight differences. 

2338. La Donna del Lago; or, The Lady of the Lake. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. Andrea 

Leone Tottola. 


No application; signed by John Ebers, H1. Prod. Feb. 18, 1823. 

MS: dated by Larpent Feb., 1823; cast. 

2339. Charles Edward Stuart, The Pretender, in Scotland; or, The Misfortunes of 

an Exile. Historical drama, 3 acts. Joseph Kemp (?), from Alexander Duval. 


Application Feb. 20, 1823, Dr. [Joseph?] Kemp, Exeter. 

MS: title-page states, Altered, and amended, in a great measure, from the French of 

M. Alexander Duval... Acted for the first time, at Paris, on the 18th. Feby. 1802... 

2340. Agnes; or, The Midnight Marriage, Application for License for. 


MS: notice dated T.R., Bath, Feb. 26 [1823?], and signed C. Charlton Manager T.R. 

Bath. 

2341. The Melfi. Tragedy, 5 acts. Mary Russell Mitford. 


Application Mar. 5, 1823, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Julian) Mar. 15. 

MS: prologue and epilogue to Julian. Comp. Julian, n.d. (Dev 12mo 71): numerous 


2342. Eugenio; or, The Secrets of the Abbey. Melodrama, 3 acts. 


Application Mar. 7, 1823, for James Smith, Norwich. 

MS. (B.C. gives theatre as T.R., Newcastle.) 

2343. The Vision of the Sun; or, The Orphan of Peru. Melodrama, 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 13, 1823, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. Mar. 31. 

MS: dated by Larpent Mar. 14. Comp. Songs, Chorusses, &c., &c., in...The Vision of the 

Sun, 1823 (K-D 509): slight discrepancies, each version containing some songs not in 

the other. 

2344. Whang Fong. Piece, 2 acts. Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Mar. 17, 1823, James Winston, D.L. Prod. (as The Chinese Sorcerer; or, The 

Emperor and His Three Sons) Mar. 31. 

MS. 

2345. Scotch Marriage Laws; or, The Deacon and Her Deputy. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application Mar. 17, 1823, John Liston, Edinburgh. 


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2346. Peveril of the Peak; or, The Days of King Charles II. Melodramatic romance, 

3 acts. Edward Fitzball. 


Application Mar. 31, 1823, John Hill, for Edinburgh. Prod. Apr. 12 (previously, Surrey, 

Feb. 6). 

Printed copy [1823]: half-title endorsed by Larpent and dated Apr. 1. 

2347. Roses and Thornes; or, Two Houses under One Roof. Comedy, 5 acts. Joseph 

Lunn. 


Application Mar. 31, 1823, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (three-act version) H2, Aug. 24, 

1825. 

MS: dated C.G., Apr. 1, 1823. Comp. n.d. (Cumberland's British Theatre), 1826: 

numerous and extensive differences, incidental to reduction of play as printed, to 

three acts. 

2348. Elisa E Claudio. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. 


No application; signed by John Ebers, H1. Prod. Apr. 12, 1823. 

MS: cast. 

2349. The Recluse; or, The Banks of the Delaware. Musical drama, 2 acts. Charles 

Feist. 


No application. [Norwich, Apr. 16, 1823.] 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 16; title-page, dated Mar., 1823, states by Charles 

Feist-Swaffham-Norfolk. 

2350. Clari; or, The Milanese Peasant Girl. Opera, 3 acts. James Robinson Planché 

or John Howard Payne (?). 


Application Apr. 22, 1823, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Clari; or, The Maid of Milan) 

May 8. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 24. Comp. Payne's Clari; or, The Maid of Milan, 1823 (K-D 

499): only slight discrepancies. 

2351. The Battle of Bothwell Brig. Historical drama, 5 acts. John William Calcraft. 


No application. Prod. Edinburgh, May 3, 1823. 

MS: dated by Larpent Apr. 30; author's name on title. 

2352. Bears Not Beasts; or, Four Legs Better than Two. Farce, 1 act. Henry M. 

Milner (?). 


No application. [Norwich, May 5, 1823.] 


2353. Cent per Cent; or, The Masquerade. Farce, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 


Application May 8, 1823, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. May 29. 

MS: dated by Larpent May 10. Comp. n.d. (K-D 521): minor differences. 

363




2354. If Quite Convenient. Comic farce, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. (as ¥8. 10. 1, if Quite Convenient) D.L., May 14, 1823. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, D.L., May 5. 

2355. Ricciardo E Zoraide. Opera (Italian), 2 acts. _____ Berio. 


No application; signed by John Ebers, H1. Prod. June 5, 1823. 

MS: cast. 

2356. Mrs. Smith; or, The Wife and the Widow. Piece, 1 act. John Howard Payne. 



MS: dated by Larpent June 10; one speech and several phrases deleted by Examiner. 

2357. Matilde Shabran E Corradino; ossia, La [B]eltà in Trionfo. Melodrama 

(Italian), 2 acts. _____ Ferretti (?). 


No application; signed by John Ebers, H1. Prod. (as Matilda e Corradino; ossia, Il 

Trionfo della Beltà) July 3, 1823. 

MS: title-page states, del. Sigr. Poeta. Ferretti [?]; some deletion of text; cast. 

2358. Sweethearts and Wives. Operatic comedy, 3 acts. James Kenney. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, June 21. Comp. Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c., &c., 

in...Sweethearts and Wives, 1823 (K-D 536): six songs printed not in MS, three in MS 

not printed; slight differences between some of those that appear in both versions. 

2359. Frankenstein. Melodramatic opera, 3 acts. Richard Brinsley Peake. 


Application July 12, 1823, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as Presumption; or, 

The Fate of Frankenstein) July 28. 

MS. 

2360. I Will Have A Wife. Musical farce, 2 acts. James Robinson Planché. 



MS. 

2361. Spanish Bonds; or, Wars in Wedlock. Farce, 2 acts. 


Application July 23, 1823, David Edward Morris, H2. Prod. Aug. 2. 

MS: dated by Larpent; numerous passages in play and entire epilogue deleted (by 

Examiner?); epilogue. 

364




2362. Too Curious by Half; or, Marplot in Spain. Musical drama, 2 acts. James 

Robinson Planché, from Susannah Centlivre, Mar-Plot. 



MS: title-page states, Altered from Mrs. Centlivre by J. R. P. London. 1823; year, on 

title-page and at beginning of Act II, has been altered from 1822 to 1823; several 

passages deleted. 

See No. 2256, another version of this play, without the songs. 

2363. A Dun A-Day. Operetta, 1 act. 



MS. 

2364. Assumptions! Musical entertainment, 2 acts. From Susannah Centlivre. 


Application Aug. 23, 1823, Samuel James Arnold, Lyceum. Prod. (as The Guardians 

Outwitted; or, A Bold Stroke for a Wife) Sept. 1. 

MS: title-page states, founded on Mrs. Centlivre's Comedy of A Bold Stroke for a Wife. 

2365. Fish Out of Water; or, Clerkship and Cookery. Farce, 2 acts. Joseph Lunn. 



MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, Aug. 17. 

2366. Hit or Miss, New Scenes in. Musical farce, 2 acts. Isaac Pocock. 



MS: letter, Arnold to Larpent, Sept. 1, requests haste. Comp. Hit or Miss, n.d. (Dev 

12mo 80): a few lines in MS are printed; otherwise, the New Scenes not printed. 

See No. 1615 (only a few lines the same). 

2367. The Great Unknown. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. H2, Sept. 9, 1823. 


2368. The Vicar of Wakefield. Pastoral opera, 3 acts. From Thomas John Dibdin. 


Application Sept. 20, 1823, David Edward Morris, H2. Prod. Sept. 27. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 21; extensive revision and deletion; cast. Comp. Dibdin's 

The Vicar of Wakefield, 1817 (K-D 507): extensive differences in scenes and 

characters; MS in part a prose paraphrase of the printed versification. 

See No. 1985. 

2369. A Matter of Doubt; [or, Seven Years' Since]. Burletta, 1 act. 



MS: dated Sept. 28; earlier title, Hopes & Fears; or, A Matter of Doubt; application for 

The Prince and the Player (No. 2371) requests that title of Hopes and Fears be 

changed to A Matter of Doubt. 

365




2370. Stella and Leatherlungs; or, A Star and a Stroller. Dramatic sketch, 1 act. 

George Colman, the Younger (?). 


Application Sept. 27, 1823, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Oct. 1. 

MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 29; cast. 

2371. The Prince and the Player; or, Trifling Mistake. Burletta, 2 acts. 



MS: dated by Larpent Sept. 29; previous title, The Prince is Come!, deleted. 

2372. Rosalie; or, The Deserted Child. Drama, 2 acts. Joseph Ebsworth. 


No application. Prod. (as Rosalie; or, Father and Daughter) H2, Oct. 7, 1823. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, Oct. 6; extensive deletions and revisions of text; cast. 

2373. Hernando Cortez; or, The Conquest of Mexico. Opera, 3 acts. James 



Application Oct. 11, 1823, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as Cortez; or, The Conquest of 

Mexico) Nov. 5. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 13. Comp. Cortez, etc., n.d. (K-D 534): minor differences. 

2374. Another Piece of Presumption! Burletta, 2 acts. 




2375. Procida; or, Sicilian Vespers. Tragedy, 5 acts. Felicia Dorothea Hemans. 


Application Oct. 20, 1823, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as The Vespers of Palermo) 

Dec. 12. 

MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 23; prologue and epilogue give title as Procida; or, Vespers 

of Palermo. Comp. The Vespers of Palermo, 1823 (K-D 534): MS prologue and epilogue 

not printed; numerous lines and two complete scenes printed not in MS; other, slighter 

discrepancies. 

2376. The Ferry of the Guiers. Dramatic romance, 2 acts. 


Application Oct. 22, 1823, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. Nov. 13. 


2377. The Cataract of the Ganges; or, The Rajah's Daughter. Grand romantic 

melodrama, 2 acts. William Thomas Moncrieff. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Oct. 27, 1823. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, D.L., Oct. 9. Comp. 1823 (K-D 536): with one exception, songs 

are different; numerous differences in dialogue; one scene in MS not printed. 

366




2378. The Irish Poleander; or, Love and Loyalty. Burletta, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. (as The Irish Poleander; or, The Lady and the Lawyer) Olympic, 

Oct. 27, 1823. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Olympic, Oct. 12. 

2379. Recommendation[s]; or, Another Fish Out of Water. Comic burletta, 1 act. 


No application. Prod. Olympic, Oct. 27, 1823. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Olympic, Oct. 18; last page dated Oct. 9. 

2380. The Murderer. [The Father and the Son(?).] Melodrama, 3 acts. 


No application. [Prod. as The Father and the Son, Edinburgh, Nov. 1, 1823?] 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Edinburgh, Oct. 16, 1823. 

2381. Down the Area! or, Mistress and Maid! Comic farce, 2 acts. 


No application; title-page signed by William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Nov. 10, 1823. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Adelphi, Nov. 12, 1822 [1823?]. 

2382. Life in a Hotel; or, Dead Buried and Up Again. Burletta, 2 acts. 


No application. [Olympic, Nov. 11, 1823.] 


2383. The Roebuck. Comedy, 2 acts. Richard Brinsley Peake, from Augustus von 

Kotzebue. 


Application Nov. 15, 1823, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as The Poachers) Feb. 6, 1824. 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 17; states, Adapted from the German. 

2384. Caius Gracchus. Tragedy, 5 acts. James Sheridan Knowles. 


No application. Prod. D.L., Nov. 18, 1823 (previously, Belfast, Feb. 13, 1815). 

MS: dated by Larpent Nov. 6, 1823; prologue (written by John Taylor Esqr.) and 

epilogue. Comp. Glasgow, 1823 (K-D 531): prologue and epilogue not printed; MS a 

much shortened version. 

2385. Win and Wear Her; or, Race for a Wife! Comic burletta, 3 acts. H. C. Williams 

or Henry W. Challis (?). 


No application. Prod. (as A Race for a Wife; or, Win Her and Wear Her) Olympic, Nov. 

21, 1823. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Olympic, Nov. 4; previous title, A Race for a Wife! or The Man 

of Two Masters!, deleted; title-page gives author as H. C. Williams. Comp. H. W. 

Challis' A Race for a Wife, etc., n.d. (K-D 535): a few slight differences; printed in two 

acts. 

See No. 2169. 

367




2386. The Schemer. Farce, 2 acts. 


No application. [Olympic, Nov. 25, 1823.] 


2387. Love's Vagaries; [or, How to Draw a Long Bow]. Farce, 3 acts. 


No application. Prod. Olympic, Dec. 1, 1823. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Olympic, Nov. 28. 

2388. Harlequin and Poor Robin; or, The House That Jack Built. Pantomime, 22 

scenes. Charles Farley (?). 


Application Dec. 4, 1823, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 5; songs and some dialogue only. Comp. Songs, Chorusses, 

&c....in Harlequin and Poor Robin, 1823 (K-D 536): a few discrepancies. 

2389. The Death of Don Giovanni. Burlesque, 1 act. 


No application. Prod. (as The Death of Giovanni; or, The Shades of Logic, Tom and 

Jerry) Olympic, Dec. 8, 1823. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, Olympic, Dec. 3; subtitle, or, The Funeral of the Hero, deleted. 

2390. I'll Stay Where I Am. Farce, 1 act. 


No application. Prod. (as I Won't Go! or, A New Way to Keep a Place) Olympic, Dec. 15, 

1823 (?). 

MS: previous title, I Won't Go, deleted. 

2391. My Lord's Warming Pan. Comic burletta, 2 acts. 


No application. Prod. (as My Lord; or, The Warming Pan) Olympic, Dec. 15, 1823. 

MS: dated by Larpent Dec. 8; previous title, My Lord! or a Peers Warming Pan, 

changed on cover and title-page. 

2392. Dr. Faustus and the Black Demon; or, The Seven Fairies of the Grotto. 



Application Dec. 20, 1823, William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Dec. 26. 

MS: dated Season 1823-4. 

2393. The Fortunes of Nigel; or, King James I and His Times. Melodramatic 

romance, 3 acts. Edward Fitzball. 



Printed copy, 1822: inscribed on title-page, The Author's Compts. (Not listed in B.C. 

Not submitted for license?) Comp. No. 2332 ( q.v.): identical. 

2394. The Italian Wife. Tragedy, 5 acts. 




368




2395. Philandering; or, The Rose Queen. Comic opera, 3 acts. Samuel Beazley, Jr. 


Application Jan. 6, 1824, James Winston, D.L. Prod. Jan. 13. 

MS: dated by Larpent Jan. 7. Comp. 1824 (K-D 535): extensive differences throughout. 

2396. Manumission; or, The Soldier's Welcome Home. Comic opera, 3 acts. William 

Dimond. 


Application Jan. 7, 1824, John Fawcett, C.G. Prod. (as The Native Land; or, The Return 

from Slavery) Feb. 10. 

MS. Comp. Native Land, etc., 1824 (K-D 536): differences throughout, chiefly lines 

printed not in MS. 

2397. St. Ronan's Well. Melodramatic burletta, 3 acts. James Robinson Planché. 


Application Jan. 15, [1824,] William Lee, Adelphi. Prod. Jan. 19. 

MS. 

2398. Zelmira. Comic opera (Italian), 2 acts. Andrea Leone Tottola. 


No application; signed by G. Benelli, H1. Prod. Jan. 24, 1824. 

MS: dated, by Larpent, H1, Jan. 6; title-page states, La Poesià del Dramma è del Signor 

Andrea Leone Totola. 

2399. Iphigenia. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Dennis. 


No application. Not produced (?). 

Printed copy, 1700. (Apparently not submitted for license.) 

List of Unidentified Items 

2400. Abel Drugger's Return from the Fete Champetre at Marylebone Gardens. MS. 

For the Benefit of Mr. Weston On Monday Evening. 

2401. Address. Call Hubert, Boy! 'Tis his task to begin. MS: dated 1784. 

2402. Address for the English Prisoners in France. MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, June 

18, 1812. 

2403. Address. From Isis Banks, just wing'd his daring flight. MS: endorsed Address 

1784, and, by J.P.C.(?), On some young Actor who left the University for the Stage. 

2404. Address. Happy the Bard the Drama must confess. MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., for 

the sister of Mrs. Wells. 

2405. Address. Heavens! could these worthies once again arise. MS: endorsed 

Edinburgh. 

2406. Address Intended to Be Spoken on the Opening of the New Theatre Royal 

English Opera. Well! here I am at last-& what's as true. MS. 

2407. Address, Occasional, by Mr. Lacy. MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., for his [Lacy's] 

Benefit. 

2408. Address, Occasional. The long historic track of Time survey. MS: dated 1796; 

endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), On some Benefit for Charity. 

2409. Address. To carry Coal to Newcastle-Absurd! MS. 

2410. Address to the Volunteers of Great Britain. In Spartan Bands to breathe heroic 

fire. MS. 

2411. Address. When Rome's proud legions sought the Albion Throne. Application 

June 3, 1804, William Powell, D.L. MS. 

369




2412. Address. When young Recruits by hard campaigns at length. Application n.d., 

Thomas Linley, D.L. MS: states, To be spoken by Mr. King on his 1st. Appearance this 

Season. 

2413. Address. Whilst neighbouring nations fired with patriot rage. MS: dated, by 

Larpent, C.G., Jan. 25, 1791. 

2414. Address. Ye friends of Man whose generous hearts can feel. MS: signed, 

Charles George Dyer. 

2415. Address. Ye generous Friends, who so kindly appear. MS: endorsed, Address 

Theatre Royal Covent Garden May 1st. 1802. 

2416. Address. Ye Liberal friends to the Arts & the Muses. By Thomas John Dibdin (?). 

MS: signed, T. Dibdin; endorsed, by J.P.C., When invasion was threatened by France 

T. Dibdin's writing. 

2417. Address. You who have shook the Trident of the Main. MS: endorsed, by 

J.P.C.(?), On opening the Theatre. 

2418. The Doctor and His Apprentice. A comic tale. James Kenny. MS: states, written 

by Mr. Kenney. June 14th. 1806. 

2419. Epilogue for Miss Falkner. As when a Bard, who long before in vain. Application 

n.d., John Rich, C.G. MS. 

2420. Epilogue. Come on my hearts, Courage can ne'er be blam'd. MS. 

2421. Epilogue. Cramm'd to the Throat with wholesome moral Stuff. MS. 

2422. An Epilogue (Critics-no frowns!-behold the authors pen) to Be Spoken by Mrs. 

Leon in the Character of Miss Harcourt. MS. 

2423. Epilogue. Did ever author take so wide a field! MS. 

2424. Epilogue, [Edward III]. MS: two epilogues-one endorsed, by J.P.C., Variation to 

Edward III; the other, endorsed by J.P.C., Original Edward II. 

2425. Epilogue for Fatima. Is the Stage clear?-bless me-I've such a Dread! MS. 

2426. Epilogue. In all this bustle, rage, and Tragic roar. MS. 

2427. Epilogue. In former times-'tis long ago I own- MS. 

2428. Epilogue. Ladies your servant-Servant Gentlemen all- MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., 

Qy Murphys writing Spoken by Miss Elliot. 

2429. Epilogue. Long has the shameful License of the Age. MS: endorsed, by J.P.C. 

(?), Qy to Regulus Drury Lane 1774. 


(See No. 36.) 

2430. Epilogue. Lord! what a stupid Race these Poets are! MS. 

2431. Epilogue. Methinks I hear some youthful Critic say. MS. 

2432. Epilogue to Modern Times. MS. 

2433. Epilogue. No longer now Camilla, I appear. MS. 

2434. Epilogue. Oh what will become of me? Oh what will I do? Nobody coming to 

marry me-nobody coming to woo. MS. 

2435. Epilogue on the Comic Characters of Women. Some Poets say, if such we Poets 

call. [Joseph Addison's The Drummer.] MS: endorsed [Mrs.?] Pope. Comp. A Prologue 

on Comic Poetry, and an Epilogue on the Comic Characters of Women, as Spoke at 

the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden [by Mrs. Bland], 1753 (131933): identical. 


(See No. 2480.) 

2436. Epilogue. Our Bard, midst doubts and fears-and strange dismay. MS. 

2437. Epilogue. Our Bards of late, so tragic in their calling. MS. 

2438. Epilogue, Spoken by the Lady Who Played Lady Anne in the Tragedy and Maria 

in the Farce. MS. Comp. No. 2439: partly the same. 

2439. Epilogue, Spoken by the Young Lady Who Played Prince Edward in the Tragedy 

& Corinna in the Farce. MS. (See No. 2438.) 

2440. [Epilogue.] The transient Scene of Mimic Passions past. Application n.d., Mrs. 

Yates (Widow of Lieutenant Yates), H1 (?). MS: dated, by J.P.C.(?), Feb., 1797. 

2441. Epilogue. To night you've seen a faithful Bard reveal. MS. 

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2442. Epilogue, Occasional, to Be Spoken by Mrs. Pope on Friday, 5th May. MS: 

endorsed, by J.P.C., on her return to Theatre. 

2443. Epilogue. Tho' the young Smarts I see begin to sneer. MS. 

2444. Epilogue. Trembling t'approach ye after what has past. MS. 

2445. Epilogue. Unhand me, Gentlemen, by Heaven, I say. MS. 

2446. Epilogue. We trust the Comedy perform'd tonight. MS. Endorsed Prologues and 

Epilogues 1790. 

2447. A Fig for the Fellows. [Epilogue?] [1799?] MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., T. R. Covent 

Garden May 24, 1799 No Play. 

2448. An Introductory Dialogue to Some Imitative Recitals. MS. 

2449. Un Jeu d'Esprit; or, Jerry Sneak's Intended Law-suit with the Major. MS: some 

lines deleted. 

Physical Description: (2 versions.) 

2450. The Jeu d'Esprit, Song (The Waggoner) and Glee for. MS. 

2451. Letter from George Colman, the Younger(?) [to Larpent?]. MS: dated Monday 

Morning; signed, G. Colman; encloses for approval three lines, beginning When 

Dullard's perk on Criticism's seat. 

Note 

This belongs with LA 1383 (LWC, 26/5/71) 

2452. [Lines,] When Genius sinks to an untimely grave. MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), 

On the death of some Composer 1776. 

2453. Mother Shipton's Review of the Audience. Application n.d., Thomas Harris, C.G. 

MS: notice states, intended to be spoken by Mr. Quick at the Theatre Royal Covent 

Garden. 

2454. Prologue. Ah, Sirs! it is an Axiom, and too true. MS. 

2455. [Prologue.] Amidst the dread Commotions of the Age. MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., 

[the Prologue] to one of Vanbrughs Plays revived. 

2456. Prologue. Amidst the tumult of each bustling stage. MS. 

2457. Prologue. Among the tawny Sons of Indian Lands. MS. 

2458. Prologue. Aristophanes of the Modern Stage. MS: endorsed, partly in 

shorthand, by J.P.C., Virgin Refugee[UNK]. 

2459. Prologue, As tender plants, which dread the boist'rous gale, and Epilogue, 

What part shall I assume? O tell me while I greet you. MS: dated, by J.P.C.(?), 1794. 

2460. Prologue. As wary Generals ere they risk a fight. MS. 

2461. Prologue. Bold is the Man! who, in this nicer Age. MS. 

2462. Prologue. Critics for once your dread decree Suspend. MS. 

2463. Prologue. A Female Culprit at your Bar appears. MS. 

2464. Prologue. Fond of your Praise-the Praise which most I love. MS. Comp. No. 

2465: almost identical. 

2465. Prologue. Fond of your Praise-the Praise which most I love. MS: endorsed, by 

J.P.C.(?), Spoken by the Simsons. 

2466. Prologue [for the Opening of Covent Garden]. MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), 

Opening C.G. 

2467. Prologue for the Prince's Birthday. [By David Garrick?] Application by D. 

Garrick, D.L. MS: notice signed by Garrick, for Mr. Lacy & himself. 

2468. Prologue for the Theatrical Fund. MS. 

2469. [Prologue? to she Couldn't Help It (?)] In these gay Days a little given to Riot. 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., Murphy's writing. 

2470. Prologue. In vain would Satire with misguided rage. MS. 

2471. Prologue, I've por'd on th'ancients till I'm almost blind, and Epilogue, Anon will 

be the Critic's busy Hour. MS. 

2472. Prologue. Let Truths clear Eye, to Equity resign'd. MS. 

2473. Prologue. May I take the Liberty-to intrude upon your Patience-for a minute? 

MS: endorsed, by J.P.C., Qy Murphy's writing. 

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2474. Prologue, Occasional. Of all the Victims which enamour'd Fame. MS: dated, by 

J.P.C.(?), 1794. 

2475. Prologue, An Occasional, to The Man's Bewitch'd. MS. 

2476. Prologue, on Occasion of a Monument Design'd to Be Erected, by Contribution, 

to Shakespeare. MS: endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), 1768-9 Qs. 

2477. Prologue to Oedipus. John Lockman (?). MS: signed, Jno. Lockman; endorsed, 

by J.P.C., Lockman's handwriting. 

2478. Prologue (Of all the Taxes, Custom's Power has made) to the New Piece. 

Thomas John Dibdin. MS: states, written by T. Dibdin. 

2479. Prologue (Oft has the trembling Poet sent me forth) by Mrs. Pope. MS: 

endorsed, by J.P.C.(?), on her Benefit. 

2480. A Prologue on Comic Poetry, [Spoke before Mr. Addison's Drummer; or, The 

Haunted House, by Mr. Ryan]. 


MS. Comp. 1753 (131933): virtually identical. (See No. 2435.) 

2481. Prologue and Epilogue to Oliver Cromwell. [George Smith Green.] MS: 

endorsed, by J.P.C., Never acted-(against Rich & Garrick) By G Smith Green; dated by 

J.P.C. 1752. 

2482. Prologue, Our Comic bard, before whose roving Eye,and Epilogue, Truth has 

declar'd, and question it none can. MS: dated, by J.P.C.(?), 1794. 

2483. Prologue. Our modern Poets scarce know how to choose. MS. 

2484. [Prologue.] Pray Sir come back-come back-the author swears. MS. 

2485. Prologue. Prest by the load of life the weary mind. MS. 

2486. Prologue, and Alterations [Richard III, Burlesque?]. MS: dated, by J.P.C.(?), Qy 

1791. 

2487. Prologue. Since ev'ry rav'nous Critic's in his place. MS. 

2488. Prologue. Studious the guilty passions to controul. MS. 

2489. [Prologue.] Studious to please, but with a Conscious Fear. MS. 

2490. [Prologue.] That Critics may [[UNK]?] nor malice grumble. MS: two lines 

deleted; on verso, Mr. Farren deleted. 

2491. Prologue, Tho' I'm a Female, and the rule is ever, and Epilogue, I must, will, 

speak; I hope my Dress and Air. MS. 

2492. Prologue, to Be Spoken at the Opening of the New Theatre in Glasgow. MS. 

Dated by Larpent Apr., 1805. 

2493. Prologue. When e'er a new fledg'd Poet hither brings. MS. 

2494. Prologue. When Fruits & Flowers Uncultivated lye. MS. 

2495. Prologue. When the rude Masters of the early time. MS. 

2496. Prologue, With modest Dread this Night I mount the Stage, and Epilogue, As 

it's the Form of Satire now in Vogue. MS: prologue, By the Author of the Play; 

epilogue, By a friend. 

2497. Prologue. Ye glitt'ring Train whom Lace & Velvet bless. MS. 

2498. [Richard III (?).] Scene from (?). MS. 

2499. A Snack for the Travellers. [A piece for recitation?] MS. 

2500. Song. I was born beyond the Humber. MS. 

2501. Song. Old Father Antic the Law. MS. 

2502. Song. When I liv'd in Balenocrazy, dear. MS. 

2503. Le Virtuose. 

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