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The island of St. Marguerite.

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Format:
Manuscript
Microformat
Author/Creator:
St. John, John, 1746-1793.
Contributor:
Shaw, Thomas, approximately 1752-approximately 1830.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Series:
Three centuries of drama. English, 1737-1800. Larpent collection.
Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Operas--Librettos.
Operas.
Genre:
Librettos.
Physical Description:
39 leaves
6x9 in.
monochrome
positive
Production:
1789.
Other Title:
The island of Saint Marguerite.
The iron mask.
Notes:
For a listing of titles in each box consult Three centuries of English and American plays.
Opera in 2 acts.
Title, The iron mask, erased on title leaf; several passages deleted.
Without the music, by Thomas Shaw.
Application for license dated Oct. 21, 1789; signed by John Philip Kemble, manager, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; not produced; license refused; resubmitted on Nov. 4, 1789, with objectionable passages removed; cf. Catalogue of the Larpent plays.
Microopaque of manuscript in the Henry E. Huntington Library.
Microopaque. New York : Readex Microprint, 1954. 1 microopaque ; 23 x 15 cm. (Three centuries of drama. English, 1737-1800. Larpent collection) (Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830)
Cited in:
Larpent 845.
OCLC:
9954011

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