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21. Add MS 52994 W

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'The "Queen's" Rifles' (altered from 'The bloomer costume'), farce in one act. Licence sent 13 August 1860 for performance at the Queen's. Signed C. J. James. Contains words for songs. Keywords: servants, feminism, women and military, marital relationships, shopkeepers, music, cross-dressin...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Aug 1860
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1 item

22. Add MS 52994 X

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'The clockmaker of Bishopsgate', drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 August 1860 for performance at the Effingham Saloon. Name of Morris Abrahams, the theatre manager, noted on the cover. Keywords: false marriage, secret marriage, murder, abduction, attempted murder, working men and women, co...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1860
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1 item

23. Add MS 52994 Y

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'Dirty Dick, a local drama', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 21 August 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Based on the life of Nathaniel Bentley, eccentric and miser (1735-1809), reputed to have lived in squalor ever since his fiancée died on the eve of their wedding; f...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1860
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1 item

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'A fair exchange' (altered from 'Exchange is no robbery'), farce in one scene by Montagu Williams. Licence sent 21 August 1860 for performance at the Olympic. Stage directions in red ink, numbered cues in pencil, cuts in ink. Published in Lacy's, vol. 47, no. 703. Contains words for songs. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1860
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1 item