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036-002005269 Collection Area Western Manuscripts

1. Add MS 52986 A-S

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Title:
Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. October – November 1859 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Oct 1859-Nov 1859
Extent:
19 items

2. Add MS 52986 S

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

3. Add MS 52986 D

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‘Puss, or, Metempsychosis’, dramatic folly in one act. Licence sent 22 October 1859 for performance at the Princess’s. Inside cover signed A. Harris. Keywords: German setting, Gottingen, animals, poverty, Indians, magic, science, superstition, housekeepers, transformations, identity. ff. 14.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1859
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52986 R

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‘Caius Silius the warrior captain, or, The Roman slave’, tragedy in five acts. Licence sent 16 November 1859 for performance at the Standard the same day. Signed Mr John Douglass, proprietor and manager. Bound with envelope. Keywords: classical civilization, military, Rome, Carthage, slave...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1859
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52986 E

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‘A row on the premises’, farce in one act. Licence sent 26 October 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a line of text be omitted. Keywords: servants, family relationships, French characters, adultery, duelling. ff. 19.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1859
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52986 K

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‘Agnolo Diora’, 'Italian dramatic romance in three chapters' by John A. Heraud. Licence sent 4 November 1859 for performance at the Grecian on 7 November 1859. Keywords: Italian settings and character names, monks, illegitimacy, catholicism, clergy, adultery, family relationships, Rome, court...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1859
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52986 L

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‘The dead heart’, drama in three acts and a prologue by Watts Phillips. Licence sent 7 November 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 82, no. 1226. Keywords: French revolution, sculptors, prison, clergy, execution, aristocracy, duelling, spies, tableaus. ff. 38. Wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1859
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52986 I

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‘Dinorah under difficulties’, farcical sketch in one act by William Brough. Licence sent 3 November 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 81, no. 1012. Lacy’s edition considerably expanded. See also 52985 A, Add. 52984 F and Add. 52992 C. Keywords: theatre, theatr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1859
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52986 O

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‘Nursey Chickweed’, farce in one act by Thomas J. Williams. Licence sent 12 November 1859 for performance at the Princess’s. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 637. Keywords: millers, children, rustics, nurses, food, elopement, appearance, education, dance, cross-dressing, clerks, mistaken id...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
12 Nov 1859
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52986 A

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‘The head of the family’ comedietta in one act by W. S. Emden. Licence sent 20 October 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Adapted from ‘Le moulin a paroles’. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 650. Keywords: farmers, family relationships, widows, letters, courtship. ff. 52. William Samu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1859
Extent:
1 item