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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52963 A-GG Language English

1. Add MS 52963 A

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‘Birds of prey’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 27 November 1856 for performance at the Surrey. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Nicoll attributes a play of this title to T. W. Robertson, but gives no details in the list under the author’s name. Keywords: French influence, sport, d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 52963 AA

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‘Young and handsome’, a fairy extravaganza by J. R. Planché, from the fairy tale ‘Jeune et belle’, by Madame Murat. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Olympic 26 December 1856. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 421. Keywords: fairies and other superna...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1856
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1 item

3. Add MS 52963 B

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‘Blind man’s bluff, or, The man who would see and couldn’t’, comedy in one act. Licence sent 27 November 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Listed neither in the LCO Day Book Add. 53073 nor Nicoll. Keywords: gardens, seaside settings, science...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52963 BB

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‘Harlequin and the summer queen, or, King Winter and the fairies of the silver willows’, pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Surrey 22 December 1856. Letter signed by Stephen Smith, treasurer, giving title of pantomime, and another signed by C. A. Calvert apologizi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1856
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1 item

5. Add MS 52963 C

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‘Old Mother Hubbard and her comical dog, or, Harlequin Jack Horner and Margery Daw’, pantomime. Licence sent 27 November 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Birmingham. Speaking cues and stage directions underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Listed neither in the LCO Day Book Add. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52963 CC

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‘Crinoline’, farce in one act by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 24 December 1856 for performance at the Olympic 18 December 1856. Cover signed Robert B. Brough. Revisions throughout text. Speaking cues and stage directions underlined in contrasting ink. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 425. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52963 D

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The Cagot; or, Heart for heart, play in five acts by Edmund Falconer. Printed (John Mitchell, 1856), where the author’s name is given as ‘Edmund O’Rourke’. Licence sent 9 December 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 6 December 1856. Note on title page: ‘This play was only sent in to be examin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52963 DD

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‘Don’t you wish you may get it? or, The three wishes’, farce in one act by Thomas Mowbray. Licence sent 27 December 1856 for performance at the Soho 27 December 1856. Request for licence signed Thomas Mowbray. Songs included in MS. Keywords: classical civilization, land and farming, the supe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52963 E

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Wallace, tragedy in five acts by Robert Buchanan. Printed (1856). Licence sent 9 December 1856 for performance at the Princess’s Theatre, Glasgow. Listed as an amateur performance in Nicoll. Keywords: Scotland, English characters, British Empire, treason, politicians, revolution, castles, e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1856
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1 item

10. Add MS 52963 EE

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‘The babes in the wood, or Harlequin and the cruel uncle’, pantomime. Licence sent 27 December 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 24 December 1856. Revisions throughout text. Songs included in MS. Keywords: family relationships, animals, fairies and other supernatural creat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item