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1. Add MS 52950 A

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'A summer storm', drama in three acts by Thomas Parry. Licence sent 17 October 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 19 October 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. 'An original drama in three acts, 56 minutes' written on title page. Additional notes by prompter a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17 Oct 1854
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1 item

2. Add MS 52950 AA

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'The battle of Inkerman', petite military drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 2 December 1854 for performance at the Pavilion 2 December 1854. Not listed under this author in Nicoll. Keywords: military, Crimea, Russian empire, British Empire, English characters, Irish characters, R...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Dec 1854
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1 item

3. Add MS 52950 B

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'An artist's wife', drama in two acts by Edward Ranger. Printed (1850). Licence sent 20 October 1854 for performance at the St. James’s the same day. Keywords: working class characters, literature and literary reference, art and artists, debt and its consequences, poverty, aristocracy, Frenc...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1854
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1 item

4. Add MS 52950 BB

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'Aggravating Sam', farce in two acts by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 6 December 1854 for performance at the Lyceum 6 December 1854. Nicoll notes that this play was mistakenly attributed to C. J. Matthews at one point. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 17, no. 249. Keywords: travel, trains an...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1854
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1 item

5. Add MS 52950 C

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'The bond of love', drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 October 1854 for performance at the Surrey the same day. Written in a number of different hands and on different papers. Songs included in MS. Keywords: pubs and inns, nautical interest, military, Russian empire, British Empire, French ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1854
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1 item

6. Add MS 52950 CC

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'Gulliver's travels through Lilliput, the horse island of Brobdingnag, or, Harlequin and Britannia', equestrian comic pantomime. Licence sent 6 December 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 26 December 1854. Signed by William Cooke, manager, and Wm West, stage manager. Songs i...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1854
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1 item

7. Add MS 52950 D

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'Schamyl, the warrior prophet', drama in three acts by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 28 October 1854 for performance at the Princess’ 6 November 1854. Revisions pasted in. Written on different papers. See Add. 52949 P. Keywords: Christians and Christianity, Muslims and Islam, military, Russi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1854
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1 item

8. Add MS 52950 DD

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Index. ff. 2. Chamberlain; Lord: Index 52950 A-DD: 1854.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1854
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1 item

9. Add MS 52950 E

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'Who's a traveller?' farce in one act by J. Howard and F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 25 October 1854 for performance at the Strand 1 November 1854. Signed on back cover. Keywords: transport, travel, pubs and inns, debt and its consequences. ff. 17. Frederick Fox Cooper, dramatist and newspape...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1854
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1 item

10. Add MS 52950 F

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Additional act and introduced speeches in the drama of ‘Edward the Black Prince'. Licence sent 26 October 1854 for performance at the Queen's, 30 October 1854. Signed by C. J. James. Keywords: festival and celebration, Spanish influence, prison and prisoners, kidnapping, military, aristocrac...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1854
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1 item