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1. Add MS 52982 A

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‘Under a cloud’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 15 April 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Based on the serialisation ‘Under a cloud’ by Frederick and James Gr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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15 Apr 1859
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2. Add MS 52982 B

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‘Devil on two sticks’, burlesque. Licence sent 20 April 1859 to be performed 25 April 1859 at the Adelphi. MS written in more than one hand. Extensive cuts, amendments and paste-ins. Based on the novel Le diable boiteux, by Alain-René Le Sage, 1707. Keywords: Spanish settings, music, popul...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 Apr 1859
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3. Add MS 52982 C

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‘Electra in a new electric light’, classical extravaganza in one act by F. Talfourd. Licence sent 19 April 1859 for performance at the Haymarket. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 39, no. 585. Lacy’s edition contains more detailed stage directions and titles of popular songs. Keywords: Greek mytho...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Apr 1859
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4. Add MS 52982 D

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‘Oceola’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 21 April 1859 for performance at the Surrey. Based on the life of the Seminole chief, Oceola, and much influenced by the novel Oceola by Captain (Thomas) Mayne Reid, 1859. Keywords: native Americans, Florida, slaves, military, mixed-race character...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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21 Apr 1859
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5. Add MS 52982 E

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‘Ruthven’, drama in three acts by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Contains words to song. Based on the novel, The vampire, by John Polidori, London 1819. See also Add. 52932 Q and Add. 53013 Q for versions by Dion Boucicault. Published in Lacy’s, vo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1859
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6. Add MS 52982 F

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Une aventure sous Louis XV, vaudeville in one act by Charles Cabot. Printed. French. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. Not listed in Nicoll. First performed at the Gaité, Paris, 8 May 1858. Contains words for songs. Keywords: eighteenth-century settings, rur...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Apr 1859
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7. Add MS 52982 H

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Monsieur Chapolard, ou, Le Lovelace dans un grand embarras, comedy-vaudeville in one act by 'MM. Duvert, Lauzanne et Paulin' (i.e., F. A. Duvert, A. T. de Lauzanne de Vauxroussel, and Paul Dupont). Printed. French. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. Publisher’s a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
23 Apr 1859
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1 item

8. Add MS 52982 J

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‘The gold fiend of the Black Forest and the poor student of Heidelberg’ (‘The gold fiend and the shadowless man’ al. ‘The gold fiend of the Black Forest, or, The shadowless man and the poor student of Hildeburgh’), drama in two acts. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the Garrick. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Apr 1859
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9. Add MS 52982 K

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‘The heart of old Ireland and the Lepreghaun or, The gold goblin’, drama in two acts by C. Litchfield. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the City of London. Keywords: Irish setting, Irish characters, aristocracy, legend, peasants, dance, weddings, celebrations, treason, soldiers,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1859
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10. Add MS 52982 L

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‘Which of the two!’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the Strand. Signed by the copyists E. and J. Hastings. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 40, no. 589. Keywords: Russian settings and characters, military, prison, twins, inns, royalty, concealed id...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1859
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1 item