Cobb, James, 1756-1818

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From the description of Autograph letter signed : East India, 1795 Oct 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904441

From the description of Autograph letter signed : East India House, 1795 Oct. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899202

James Cobb (1756-1818) was a playwright and secretary of the East India Company. In 1779, he produced his first dramatic piece at Drury Lane, The Contract, or, Female Captain. This was followed by many light operas, farces, preludes, and comedies. He also provided the libretti for comic operas by well-known composers such as Thomas Linley, Stephen Storace, Joseph Mazzinghi, Michael Kelly, and Samuel Arnold. In 1799, he married Mary Starfell of Fratton, Hampshire.

From the description of The fair cottager : a comedy, circa 1775. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702188861
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creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. Autograph letter signed : East India, 1795 Oct 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. Autograph letter signed : East India House, 1795 Oct. 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn A'Becket family diaries and prompt books, 1840-1890 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Early American playbills, 1750-1812. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. The fair cottager : a comedy, circa 1775. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. The siege of Belgrade ballad opera collection, 1791. University of Colorado, Boulder
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. Who'd have thought it? [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. The shepherdess of Cheapside [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. The strangers at home [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn British Library. Additional manuscript 25915 [microform]. University of Missouri -- Columbia, MU Libraries; University of Missouri; MU; Ellis Library; University of Missouri Columbia
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. The humourist, or, Who's who [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. The doctor and the apothecary ballad opera collection, 1789. University of Colorado, Boulder
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. Kensington Gardens, or The walking jockey [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. The wedding night [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. The haunted tower [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. The haunted tower ballad opera collection, 1789-1993. University of Colorado, Boulder
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. The pirates [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Storace, Stephen, 1762-1796. The pirates ballad opera collection, 1792. University of Colorado, Boulder
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. The hurly burly, or, The fairy of the well [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. Virginia [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. Paul and Virginia ballad opera collection, 1817. University of Colorado, Boulder
creatorOf Cobb, James, 1756-1818. Poor old Drury [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Francklin, Thomas, 1721-1784. The contract, or, The female captain [microform]. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf A'Becket family. Diaries and Prompt Books, 1840-1890. New York Public Library System, NYPL
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