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11. Add MS 52948 H

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'As like as two peas', farce in one act by Hubert Lille. Licence sent 24 June 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 30 June 1854. Signed 'with Mr. Buckstone's compliments'. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the word 'damn' be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Jun 1854
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12. Add MS 52948 L

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'Rotherhithe in the olden time', drama in two acts by James Elphinstone. Licence sent 28 June 1854 for performance at the Pavilion 27 June 1854. 'This MS was accepted in place of another entitled “Rotherhithe in the olden time, or, The female highwayman”, which was refused a licence by the Lo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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28 Jun 1854
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13. Add MS 52948 M

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'A night in a churchyard! or, The hag of the hollow!', drama in three acts. Licence sent 28 June 1854 for performance at the Victoria 3 July 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: castles, sport, animals, disability, the supernatural, age and ageing, pubs and...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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28 Jun 1854
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14. Add MS 52948 N

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'The gentleman opposite', farce in one act. Licence sent 30 June 1854 for performance at the Lyceum 3 July 1854. Keywords: servants, education, widows, law and the legal profession, inheritance, letters. ff. 37. Anon, writer of plays: 'The gentleman opposite', farce in one act: 1854. Leic...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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30 Jun 1854
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15. Add MS 52948 O

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'The lamplighter', drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 June 1854 for performance at the Standard 30 June 1854. Signed by John Douglass. For another version see Add. 52948 C. Keywords: Boston, orphans, working class characters, poverty, domestic violence, education, illness, doctors and medic...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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30 Jun 1854
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16. Add MS 52948 P

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'The courier of Lyons, or, The fatal resemblance', drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 July 1854 for performance at the Britannia 10 July 1854. For other versions see Add. 52948 A, 52948 S, and 52951 T. Keywords: food and dining, dandies, drinking and drunkenness, crime. ff. 34. Anon, write...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Jul 1854
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17. Add MS 52948 Q

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'Perfect confidence', drama in one act. Licence sent 3 July 1854 for performance at the Olympic 10 July 1854. Revisions throughout. Keywords: widows, travel, letters, Anglo-Indian characters. ff. 42. Anon, writer of plays: 'Perfect confidence', drama in one act: 1854.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1854
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1 item

18. Add MS 52948 R

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'Hopes and fears', drama in one act. Licence sent 5 July 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 6 July 1854. Request for licence written and by Benjamin Webster. For a French version under the title La joie fair peur, see Add. 52947 K, and for another English version, ‘Sunshine through the cl...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Jul 1854
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19. Add MS 52948 S

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'The courier of Lyons, or, The robbers of the mail post', drama in three acts. Licence sent 12 July 1854 for performance at the City of London. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. For other versions see Add. MS 52948 A, 52948 P, and Add. 52951 T. Keywords: food and dining, dandies, cr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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12 Jul 1854
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20. Add MS 52948 T

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'The old chateau, or, A night of peril', drama in three acts by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 21 July 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 24 July 1854. Actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae. 'Examiner abroad for 7 days' noted on title page. Revisions throughout. Pub...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1854
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1 item