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1. Add MS 52978 A-T

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Add MS 52978 A-T
Title:
Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852-1866. November-December 1858.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
20 items

2. Add MS 52978 T

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Add MS 52978 T
Title:
Scope & Content:
Index ff. 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52978 S

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Add MS 52978 S
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Harlequin and Red Riding Hood', pantomime. Licence sent 9 December 1858 for performance at Covent Garden 27 December 1858. Request for licence signed W. Harrison, manager. Comic scenes and one diagram included in the text. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: operatic reference, music, theatre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1858
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52978 M

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Add MS 52978 M
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Stars and stripes, or, The work house, the palace and the jail' ('The workhouse, the palace and the grave'), drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 30 December 1858 for performance at the Britannia. The second alternative title is that cited by Nicoll. Cover signed Samuel Lane, propri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1858
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52978 E

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Add MS 52978 E
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Scope & Content:
'My old luck', drama in one act. Licence sent 10 November 1858 for performance at Sadlers Wells 13 November 1858. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a number of lines be omitted. Keywords: business and finance, speculation, debt, inheritance, superstition, tenants, evictio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52978 L

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Add MS 52978 L
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Revolt in the East, or, The fugitives and their faithful steed' altered from 'Life in the East, or, The fugitives of the Sepoy Rebellion', equestrian drama in three acts. The amendments to the title made in the hand of the Examiner of Plays. Licence sent 30 November 1858 for performance at ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52978 C

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Add MS 52978 C
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Scope & Content:
'The woman of the world', drama in three acts. Licence sent 10 November 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick. See also Add. 52976 A, 52976 K, and 52978 D. Keywords: literary adaptations, York, London, female villains, weddings, engagements, wards, o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52978 F

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Add MS 52978 F
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Scope & Content:
'My mother's maid', farce in one act. Licence sent 16 November 1858 for performance at the Haymarket 18 November 1858. Most of the text copied by G. Hastings. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the words 'O Lord' be omitted. Keywords: servants, class contrasts, upper-clas...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52978 A

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Add MS 52978 A
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The snake in the grass', drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 November 1858 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Keywords: family relationships, kidnapping, aristocracy, gipsies, letters, illegitimacy, legends, inheritance, murder, ghosts, adultery, weddings, abandoned women, death. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52978 N

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Add MS 52978 N
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Harlequin green beetle, or, The three princesses of pumkin', opening of pantomime by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 30 November 1858 for performance at the Queen's Theatre, Manchester. Words for songs given. Keywords: Press, royalty, magic, jews, parliament, animals, popular song, wills, lit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item