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Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature, London (1832)

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ProQuest: Parliamentary Papers (1831-32) Paper No. 679, VII:1

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Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature (1832), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Report from the Select Committee on Dramatic Literature: with the Minutes of Evidence (1831-32) Paper No. 679, VII: 1

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London

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1832

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ProQuest: Parliamentary Papers (1831-32) Paper No. 679, VII:1

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Buck, Sir George (1560-1622)
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Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824)
Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell (1779-1861)
Cavendish, William, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858)
Cawarden, Sir Thomas (c.1514-1559)
Cecil, James, 1st Marquess of Salisbury (1748-1823)
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616)
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Cimarosa, Domenico (1749-1801)
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America
Ashburton (Devonshire)
Bath
Birmingham
Brighton
Bristol
Brussels
Bury St Edmunds
Cambridge
Colchester
Coventry
Dublin
Edinburgh
England
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Goodman's Fields
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Turnham Green
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Weymouth
Whitechapel
Windsor
Wolverhampton
Yarmouth
York

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Legislation referred to
Licensing Act, 1737, 10 Geo.II, c.28
French law of 13 January 1791, concerning the works of living playwrights
French Copyright Act 1793
French legislation on theatre censorship

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Cases referred to
Coleman v. Wathen (1793) 5 D. & E. 245
The Radlett murder (1823)

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Adelphi Theatre, London
Bow Street Magistrates' Court
Chamber of Deputies, Paris
Coburg Theatre (now: Old Vic)
Cockpit Theatre, Drury Lane
Comédie-Française
Conservatoire de Paris
Court of Chancery
Court of King's Bench
Globe Theatre, London
House of Commons
La Scala, Milan
Lyceum Theatre, London
Olympic Theatre, London
Opéra-Comique, Paris
Pantheon, Oxford Street
Pavilion Theatre, London
Privy Council
Queen's Theatre, London
Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Salisbury Court Theatre, London
San Carlo Theatre, Naples
Star Chamber
Stationers' Hall
Surrey Theatre, London
Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Theatre Royal, Haymarket
Tower of London
University of Cambridge
Zoological Gardens, London

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Key words
adaptation
authors' remuneration
censorship
contract
dramatic works, protected subject matter
dramatico-musical works, protected subject matter
immoral works
interest groups
licensing
manuscript
public domain
public performance
royalty/royalties
translations, of contemporary works

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