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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52947 A-HH Language English Name Anon, writer of plays

1. Add MS 52947 BB

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'Athelstane, or, The black mailed warrior', drama in three acts. Licence sent 8 June 1854 for performance at the City of London 12 June 1854. Signed by Austin Lee. Keywords: medieval settings, military, aristocracy, Saxon characters, Danish characters, murder, treason, illness, castles, disg...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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8 Jun 1854
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1 item

2. Add MS 52947 C

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'The overland journey to Constantinople as undertaken by Lord Bateman with interesting particulars of the fair Sophia', burlesque in two acts, by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 21 April 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 17 April 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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21 Apr 1854
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1 item

3. Add MS 52947 D

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'The war in Turkey, or, The struggle for liberty', grand naval and military spectacle in two acts. Licence sent 20 April 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 24 April 1854. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. The second act only is bound in this volume; see Add. 52946 KK for first act...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 Apr 1854
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1 item

4. Add MS 52947 F

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'Heads or tails', comedietta in one act, by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 28 April 1854 for performance at the Olympic. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 15, no. 221. Keywords: law and the legal profession, spinsters, family relationships, inheritance, gambling, bachelors. ff. 56. Anon, writer of pl...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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28 Apr 1854
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5. Add MS 52947 FF

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'Russia against Turkey, now on trial at Cooke's Arena of Chivalry, before Britannia, assisted by immortal Punch!' extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 14 June 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 19 June 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager and Wm. West, stage man...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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14 Jun 1854
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1 item

6. Add MS 52947 I

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'Knights of the round table', drama in five acts. Licence sent 15 May 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 20 May 1854. Signed by J. B. Buckstone. Keywords: gambling, London, gypsies, food and dining, drinking and drunkenness, aristocracy, Restoration England, military, treas...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1854
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1 item

7. Add MS 52947 J

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'The marble heart, or, The sculptor's dream', drama in five acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 15 May 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 18 May 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the phrase 'Eve before the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1854
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1 item

8. Add MS 52947 N

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'The Cossacks', or, Vive la France!', new grand military spectacle in three acts. Licence sent 25 May 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 5 June 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and William West, stage manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1854
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1 item

9. Add MS 52947 P

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'This horse will be sold to pay the expenses, if not claimed within 14 days', extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 29 May 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 5 June 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Mr. West, stage manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 record...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1854
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1 item

10. Add MS 52947 R

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'Bleak house', a dramatic sketch ‘from Mr. Charles Dickens' novel’ in two acts. Licence sent 29 May 1854 for performance at the Strand the same day. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths and a few phrases be o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1854
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1 item