Manuscripts
The Genius of Nonsense. Pantomime. George Colman (?)
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The Manager in Distress. Prelude, 1 act. George Colman
Manuscripts
Application May 21, [1780,] George Colman, H2. Prod. May 30. MS. Comp. [1780] (K-D 316): virtually identical.
LA 524
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Address for Opening the New Theatre, Drury Lane, on the 16th of October, 1822. George Colman, the Younger
Manuscripts
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.
LA 2309
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The Pantheonites. Comedy, 2 acts. Francis Gentleman
Manuscripts
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.
LA 357
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Tit for Tat; or, The Mutual Deception. Comedy, 3 acts. George Colman, from Joseph Atkinson, The Mutual Deception
Manuscripts
No application. Prod. H2, Aug. 29, 1786. 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.
LA 744
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The Vicar of Wakefield. Pastoral opera, 3 acts. From Thomas John Dibdin
Manuscripts
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 LA 1985.
LA 2368
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Squire Badger. Burletta, 2 pts. Thomas Augustine Arne, from Henry Fielding
Manuscripts
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.
LA 333