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21. Add MS 52954 R

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Love's martyrdom, play in five acts by John Saunders. Printed (1854). Licence sent 4 June 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 6 June 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. There are handwritten revisions throughout, as well as those added on separat...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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4 Jun 1855
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1 item

22. Add MS 52954 S

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'A raffle for an elephant, or, The lottery of love', sketch in one act. Licence sent 5 June 1855 for performance at the Strand 5 June 1855. Signed by Allcroft. Keywords: London, letters, animals. ff. 11. London. Secular Institutions; Theatres. Strand Theatre: 'A raffle for an elephant, or,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Jun 1855
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1 item

23. Add MS 52954 T

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'An honest attorney, or, The mathematician', drama in two acts by W. S. Empden. Licence sent 9 June 1855 for performance at the Strand 11 June 1855. Signed. Revisions in blue ink. Keywords: science and technology, law and the legal profession, working class characters, poverty, crime. ff. 3...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1855
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1 item

24. Add MS 52954 U

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'Helping hands', domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 9 June 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 20 June 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 325. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, musicians, illness, pove...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Jun 1855
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25. Add MS 52954 X

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L'auberge de Schawasbach, pièce in one act by Alexandre Dumas. Printed (1850). French. Licence sent 21 June 1855 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original first performance at Théâtre de la Gaité 20 March 1850. Publisher's advertising at front and back. Keywords: peasants, French infl...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
21 Jun 1855
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1 item

26. Add MS 52954 Y

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'The angel at Islington, or, The merrie days of Shakespeare and Queen Bess', romantic and historical drama in two acts by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 25 June 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 5 June 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: literature and literary refere...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1855
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1 item

27. Add MS 52954 Z

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'Buckstone's adventure with a Polish princess', original farce in one act by 'Slingsby Lawrence, Esq.' [i.e. G. H. Lewes]. Licence sent 29 June 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 4 July 1855. 'G. H. Lewes, 7 Clarence Row, East Sheen, Surrey' appears on title page. Some revis...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1855
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1 item