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036-002005139 Collection Area Western Manuscripts

1. Add MS 52980 A-R

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. February – March 1859 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1859-Mar 1859
Extent:
18 items

2. Add MS 52980 R

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Scope & Content:
Index ff. 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52980 E

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‘The hundred cuirassiers’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at Astley’s Amphitheatre. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: pre-revolutionary France, French settings, military, Scottish characters, aristocracy, horses in plays, royalty, war, courtship, disguise, e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52980 M

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‘The forty thieves’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 7 March 1859 for performance at the Standard. Keywords: Muslims and Islam, mountain setting, theft, ballet, fairy-tales, magic, Baghdad, slaves, death. ff. 10.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52980 J

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‘Esperance, or, The heart of honour’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 March 1859 for performance at the Surrey. Keywords: Pre-revolutionary France, French settings, royalty, nobility, rustics, castles, servants, orphans, weddings, forced marriage, impersonation, prisoners, assassination. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52980 I

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‘The law for ladies, or, ‘Tis so reported’, comedietta in one act. Licence sent 7 March 1859 to be performed at the Lyceum the same day. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: wards, wills, lawyers, travel, street musicians, impersonation, Germ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52980 A

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‘William and Susan’, ballad opera in three acts by T. H. Reynoldson, music by J. H. Tully. Listed in Nicoll as ‘William and Susan, or, All in the downs’. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at Drury Lane. Keywords: sailors, nautical drama, ships as settings, seaside setting, Deal,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52980 Q

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‘The accidental son, or, Bruschino’, the comic opera by Rossini, with English words written and adapted by T. H. Reynoldson (from the original libretto by G. M. Foppa, based on the text by A. de Chazet and E. T. M. Ourry.) Licence sent 17 March 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52980 F

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‘The young mother’, drama in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at the Haymarket on 28 February 1859. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 39, no. 574. The Lacy’s version contains variations from the MS text and more detailed stage directions. Keywords: lodging hou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52980 N

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‘The broken chain, or, Ronald the reaper’, drama in three acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 11 March 1859 for performance at the Grecian Saloon. Cover signed B. O. Conquest, manager. Keywords: farm labourers, nobility, disguise, inns, guardians, secret marriage, Medieval settings, inheritanc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item