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

1361. Add MS 52977 G

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'King Comet and Prince Quicksilver, or, Harlequin 'All the world and his wife', pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 20 December 1858 for performance at the City of London. Cover bears names of Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Revisions and pencilled-in cues throughout text. 'Nelson Lee, 4 ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 Dec 1858
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1 item

1362. Add MS 52977 H

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'Mazeppa' (altered from 'Byron's Mazeppa'), burlesque in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 20 December 1858 for performance at the Olympic. Contains extensive cuts and revisions. Words for songs given in MS. Some songs written in a different hand. The citation in Nicoll refers not to th...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1858
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1 item

1363. Add MS 52977 I

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'Harlequin and old Izaak Walton, or, Tom Moore of Fleet Street, the silver trout, and the seven sisters of Tottenham', pantomime by T. L. Greenwood. Licence sent 20 December 1858 for performance at Sadlers Wells 27 December 1858. Comic scenes included in MS. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 5...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1858
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1 item

1364. Add MS 52977 J

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'Robin Hood', pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Cover signed E. J. Smith. Comic scenes included in MS. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53703. Keywords: music, popular song, operatic references, fairies, legend, dance, disguise, spor...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1858
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1 item

1365. Add MS 52977 K

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Comic scenes for pantomime, 1858 – 1859. Licence sent 22 December 1858 for performance at the Victoria 27 December 1858. MS written by Isaac Cohen. Request for license signed J. J. Towers. Listed neither in LCO Day Book Add. 53703, nor in Nicoll. Keywords: Harlequinade, working men and wom...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1858
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1 item

1366. Add MS 52977 L

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'Handy, pandy – sugar and candy, which hand will you have, or, Harlequin Orpheus and his magic lute', original pantomime opening by J. Dolphin. Licence sent 22 December 1858 for performance at the Pavilion. The original title has been so heavily crossed out in ink that only a very few words ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1858
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1 item

1367. Add MS 52977 M

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'Queen Anne's farthing' al. 'Queen Ann's farthing and the three kingdoms of copper, silver and gold, or, Harlequin and the fairies of the magic mint', pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1858 for performance at the Standard. The alternative title appears at the head of the list of dramatis pe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1858
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1 item

1368. Add MS 52977 N

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'Iliad, or, The siege of Troy', burlesque by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 21 December 1858 for performance at the Lyceum 24 December 1858. Cover signed Edmund Falconer, manager. Printed as The siege of Troy: a burlesque in one act, by Robert B. Brough (Winchester, 1859.) 'Comic scenes' are bo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1858
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1 item

1369. Add MS 52977 O

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'Harlequin Baron Munchausen and his comical cream cob cruiser, or, The queen of the fairy steeds' haunt', pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 21 December 1858 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a phrase about the Lord Mayor be omit...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1858
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1 item

1370. Add MS 52977 P

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'Kenilworth, or, Ye queen, ye earle and ye maydenne', by Andrew Halliday and Fredric Lawrance. Licence sent 23 December 1858 for performance at the Strand. Cover signed by the lessee, Miss Swanborough. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a number of lines be omitted. Inclu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1858
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1 item