Elizabeth (Cavendish) Egerton Countess of Bridgewater
Lady Bridgewater's extended, ambitious Meditations on the Severall Chapters of the Holy Bible, in her own hand with revisions in her husband
's, in folio with a particularly lovely binding,
Travitsky, Betty, and Elizabeth (Cavendish) Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater. “Subordination and Authorship: Elizabeth Cavendish Egerton”. Subordination and Authorship: the case of Elizabeth Cavendish Egerton and her &quot:loose papers", Tempe, Ariz., 1999, pp. 1-172.
MR
herself sold tickets for this benefit. The songs were printed this year, though the piece itself remained unpublished. The manuscript is Larpent 447, Huntington Library
.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
The manuscript submitted to the censor, Larpent MS 992, survives in the Huntington Library
.
Textual Production
Sarah Gardner
SG
mentions cutting two lines from her play on the censor's suggestion on grounds of mainstream politics. She does not mention cuts on grounds of gender politics, but she apparently made two. In the manuscript...
Textual Production
Mary Robinson
Dorothy Jordan
, who starred in it, set songs by MR
to music. The manuscript of the play is in the Larpent Collection at the Huntington Library
.
Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1973–1993.
13: 37
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
The copy read by the examiner of plays (all plays to be performed on the London stage had to apply for a licence) survives at the Huntington Library
as Larpent MS 1058. The tragedy reached...
Textual Production
Lady Mary Wroth
It was probably designed for amateur performance.
Roberts, Josephine A., and Lady Mary Wroth. “Introduction and Notes”. The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth, Louisiana State University Press, 1983, pp. 3 - 75, 219.
53ff.
Sir Edward Dering
, a connection of the author by marriage and a theatre fan, owned a manuscript of this play in her hand.
Roberts, Josephine A., and Lady Mary Wroth. “Introduction and Notes”. The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth, Louisiana State University Press, 1983, pp. 3 - 75, 219.
His title was Letters from Mrs. Elizabeth Carter to Mrs. Montagu, between the years 1755 and 1800; the title-page pointed out that he was also the owner of the actual letters. The Montagu Collection...