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1. Add MS 52949 A

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'Hard times', drama in three acts by F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 10 August 1854 for performance at the Strand 14 August 1854. Request for licence written in a hand that appears to be Benjamin Webster's. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that two passages be censored for religious co...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1854
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1 item

2. Add MS 52949 AA

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Index ff.2. Chamberlain; Lord: Index 52949 A-AA: 1854.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1854
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1 item

3. Add MS 52949 B

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'Faust and Marguerite, or, The demon tempter', melodrama in three acts. Licence sent 11 August 1854 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that two passages be censored for religious content. Keywords: science and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
11 Aug 1854
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52949 C

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'The siege of Troy, or, The miss-judgement of Paris', grand classical equestrian burlesque in two acts. Licence sent 21 August 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 28 August 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager and Wm. West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. L...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1854
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1 item

5. Add MS 52949 E

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'Bruin the brave, or, The woodman and his dog', drama in two acts written and adapted by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 31 August 1854 for performance at the Pavilion the same day. Diagrams included. Keywords: peasants, working class characters, animals, ghosts, police, crime, gypsies, prisons and...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1854
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1 item

6. Add MS 52949 F

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'Hard times, but wait a little longer', drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 September 1854 for performance at the Pavilion the same day. For other versions, see Add. MS 52949 A. Keywords: industrialisation, literature and literary reference, theatre, philanthropy, orphans, poverty, drinking an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1854
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1 item

7. Add MS 52949 G

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'The tasting order', farce in one act. Licence sent 4 September 1854 for performance at the Strand the same day. Signed by F. W. Allcroft. Keywords: food and dining, servants, working class characters, debt and its consequences, crime. ff. 22. Anon, writer of plays: 'The tasting order', fa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1854
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52949 H

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'Leading strings, or, Two ways to bring up a son', comedy in three acts. Licence sent 5 September 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket the same day. Revisions throughout. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted and that the word 'God' be subs...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1854
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52949 I

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'Queen of the vintage, or, The courier prince', narrative of the Rhine, in one act. Licence sent 6 September 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 9 September 1854. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: German influence, aristocracy, orphans, peasants, family relationships, dan...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1854
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52949 J

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'The new wags of Windsor', farce in one act. Licence sent 11 September 1854 for performance at the Strand 18 September 1854. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'Lord' be substituted with 'Heaven'. Keywords: military, fashion, orphans, family relationships, flirtati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1854
Extent:
1 item