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1. Add MS 52961 N

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‘Dred, a tale of the great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by F. L. Phillips and J. Colman. Licence sent 16 October 1856 for performance at the Surrey October 1856. Revisions throughout. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a number of phrases, usually ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1856
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1 item

2. Add MS 52961 A

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‘Extremely peculiar’, interlude in one act. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 6 July 1857. Keywords: French influence, flirtation, aristocracy. ff. 31. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Surrey Theatre: 'Extremely peculiar', interlude in one act , script license...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

3. Add MS 52961 T

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Index ff. 1. Cecil Pitt, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1856-1867
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1 item

4. Add MS 52961 R

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‘The taint in the blood, or, The poisoned pearl’, drama in four acts. Licence sent 16 October 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 13 October 1856. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. MS appears to have been sent to the Lord Chamberlain in three instalments as po...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1856
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1 item

5. Add MS 52961 P

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‘Dred’, burlesque in one act. Licence sent 16 October 1856 for performance at the Bower Saloon 16 October 1856. Cover signed W. Dean, manager. See also Add. 52961 N, 52962 G, 52962 H, 52962 L, and 52962 U. Keywords: poverty, black characters, America, slavery and abolitionism, American Sout...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1856
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1 item

6. Add MS 52961 E

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‘The college friends’ (‘The avenger witness, or, Crime and retribution’), drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 30 August 1856. Cover signed Mr. Thompson Townsend. Revisions and annotations to text throughout. Keywords: land and farming, drinking and d...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

7. Add MS 52961 J

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‘The little laundress or, False colors’, original drama in one act by Charles Rice. comedian. Licence sent 21 September 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Plymouth 12 November 1856. ‘Mss only, under 8oz’ and ‘Miss Clara St. Casse on Monday 15th Sept intended for representation, at the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1856
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1 item

8. Add MS 52961 H

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‘Down at Ramsgate, or, What I think I say!’, farce in one act. Licence sent 6 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 8 September 1856. Request for licence signed Joseph Johnson Towers. Keywords: seaside settings, theatre, lodgers and boarding houses. ff. 12. London; Secular Institu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1856
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1 item

9. Add MS 52961 O

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‘Cloud and sunshine, or, Love’s revenge’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 16 October 1856 for performance at the Standard. Cover signed John Douglass, proprietor. Third act written on different paper. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: French influence, flirtation, aristocracy, crime, castl...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52961 I

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‘Pizarro, a Spanish rolla-king drama’, burlesque in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 12 September 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 15 September 1856. Text written on the back of a stack of invitations to subscribe to the ‘reading and news room’ of the Great Central ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1856
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1 item