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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708

1281. Add MS 52973 O

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Add MS 52973 O
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'Your likeness — one shilling', farce in one act by N. H. Harrington and E Yates. Licence sent 20 April 1858 for performance at the Strand 22 April 1858. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths and the expression 'I'll focus you' be omitted. Keywords: science and techn...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1858
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1 item

1282. Add MS 52973 P

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'Never too late to mend', drama in four acts. Licence sent 26 April 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Nicoll attributes authorship to G. Conquest, but his name is more securely attached to a later version of this text, for which see Add. MS 52975 A. Cover bears names of Messrs Shepherd and...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1858
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1 item

1283. Add MS 52973 Q

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'The spy of Paris, or, A struggle for liberty', drama in two acts. Licence sent 28 April 1858 for performance at the Britannia. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: French Revolution, French influence, prisons and prisoners, military, pubs and inns, peasants, crime. ff. 16.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1858
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1 item

1284. Add MS 52973 R

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'The unlucky leap year, or, A night attack', original domestic drama by W. Seaman. Licence sent 29 April 1858 for performance at the Britannia. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: festival and celebration, drinking and drunkenness, supernatural, military, Irish characters. ff. 34...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1858
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1 item

1285. Add MS 52973 S

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Add MS 52973 S
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Index ff. 1.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
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1 item

1286. Add MS 52974 A

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Add MS 52974 A
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'Pity the poor blind!!!', "dramatic buffoonery" in one act. Licence sent 7 May 1858 for performance at the Lyceum. Keywords: disabled characters, poverty, London. ff. 20.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1858
Extent:
1 item

1287. Add MS 52974 A-T

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Add MS 52974 A-T
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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852-1866. May-June 1858.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
20 items

1288. Add MS 52974 B

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Add MS 52974 B
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'Clean your boots', farce in one act by J. Bruton. Licence sent 8 May 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Final page bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick. Keywords: poverty, politicians, London, working class characters, science and technology. ff. 18. James Bruton, songwriter and d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1858
Extent:
1 item

1289. Add MS 52974 C

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Add MS 52974 C
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'Marriage—a lottery', comedy in two acts by Charles Dance. Licence sent 17 May 1858 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy's, vol. 36, no. 526. Keywords: family relationships, servants, letters. ff. 28. Charles Dance, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1858.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1858
Extent:
1 item

1290. Add MS 52974 D

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Add MS 52974 D
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'Take care of your pockets', farce in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 17 May 1858 for performance at the Strand. 'C. J. Collins, Prunsbury Lodge, Wandsworth Road' written on cover. Keywords: London, entertainment, working class characters, transport, police, family relationships. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1858
Extent:
1 item