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

1321. Add MS 52975 N

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'The discarded son, or, The gambler's progress', drama in two acts. Licence requested 26 August but rejected 29 August. Entirely written in the hand of Isaac Cohen. Request for licence signed by J. Towers. Not listed in the LCO Day Book, Add. 52703. Keywords: crime, robbery, death, debt and its ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1858
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1 item

1322. Add MS 52975 O

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'Kicks and half pence', farce in one act by W. Brough, 'under the management of Mr. E. Falconer'. Intended for production at the Lyceum Theatre Royal 2 September 1858. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53703. Contains handwritten revisions and cuts. Keywords: widows, bankers, debt and its conseque...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1858
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1 item

1323. Add MS 52975 P

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'The last of the pigtails', original petite comedy in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 3 September 1858 for performance at the Strand. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that 'Oh Lord' and all other oaths be omitted. P...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Sep 1858
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1 item

1324. Add MS 52975 Q

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'A twice told tale', original comedietta in one act by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 23 September 1858 for performance at the Olympic. Published in Lacy's, vol. 37, no. 553, where it is described as a farce. Keywords: impersonation, flirtation, marital relationships. ff. 16. John Pratt Wooler...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Sep 1858
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1325. Add MS 52975 R

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'The bonnie fish wife', original farce in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 17 September 1858 for performance at the Strand 20 September 1858. Stage directions and cues underlined in red. Published in Lacy's, vol. 37, no. 551,as an 'original musical interlude'. Songs included in text. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17 Sep 1858
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1 item

1326. Add MS 52975 S

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Nothing to nurse, original farce in one act by Charles M. Walcot. Printed (Lacy's edition, vol. 33, no. 485.) Licence sent 15 September 1858 for performance at the Strand. Letter written on title page and signed by C. Swanborough suggests the theatre may have been accused of performing the p...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1858
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1 item

1327. Add MS 52975 T

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'What's your game?' comedietta in one act by James Bruton. Licence sent 13 September 1858 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the words "a lamb to the slaughter" be omitted. Revisions added in pencil. Keywords: wards, upper class characters, se...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1858
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1 item

1328. Add MS 52975 U

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'The fatal secret, or, The branded race', drama in three acts by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 13 September 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Keywords: legend (Don Juan), early modern settings, aristocracy, black characters, Christians and Christianity, false marriage, murder, execution, fall...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1858
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1 item

1329. Add MS 52975 V

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'Harold Hawk, or, The convict's vengeance' (altered from 'Jessie Grey'), drama in two acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 13 September 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Stage directions underlined. Published in Lacy's, vol. 38, no. 559. The Lacy's edition contains more detailed stage dire...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1858
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1 item

1330. Add MS 52975 W

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'Paved with gold', drama in three acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 11 September 1858 for performance at the Victoria 20 September 1858. Request for licence written by Isaac Cohen and signed 'J. J. Towers'. The play is based on the novel Paved with gold, or, The romance and reality of th...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1858
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1 item