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11. Add MS 52945 FF

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'My cook and housekeeper' ('The first fib'), farce in one act. Licence sent 3 March 1854 for performance at Theatre Royal Drury Lane 9 March 1854. Revisions throughout. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the words 'O Lord' and the sentence 'He would tell a lie to the Bisho...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Mar 1854
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1 item

12. Add MS 52945 H

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Additional scenes for ‘a drama licenced last year, entitled "The search for gold, or Greenleaf and Redberry", also the "Sea of ice" to be added to the original title’. Licence sent 26 January 1854 for performance at the Standard. Not listed in the LCO Day Book Add. 53073 or Nicoll. The origi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Jan 1854
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1 item

13. Add MS 52945 I

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'Hamet and Zelena, or, Stratagem for stratagem', a seri-comic opera in two acts. Licence sent 26 January 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal Dublin the same day. Signed Signor Lanza, 31 Great George Street, Euston Square. Songs included in MS. Keywords: slavery and abolition, Muslims ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Jan 1854
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1 item

14. Add MS 52945 J

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'A dramatic legend', in a prelude and three acts. Licence sent 26 January 1854 for performance at the Olympic the same day. Revisions and diagrams throughout. Songs and music included in MS. Keywords: German influence, the supernatural, pubs and inns, musicians, drinking and drunkenness, art...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1854
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1 item

15. Add MS 52945 N

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'The carpet bag and sketch book,' lecture. Not listed in either LCO Day Book (Add. 53073) or Nicoll. Keywords: science and technology, education, theatre, trains and rail travel, London. ff. 25. Anon, writer of plays: 'The carpet bag and sketch book', lecture: c1854.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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c 1854
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1 item

16. Add MS 52945 P

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'Lynch law, or, The warden of Galway', drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 February 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records that 'The manager is requested to take notice that no representation of an execution—sho...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1854
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1 item

17. Add MS 52945 R

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'No Irish need apply', ‘petit’ comedy in two acts. Licence sent 13 February 1854 for performance at the Strand 20 February 1854. Request for licence written and signed by W. Allcroft. Keywords: Irish characters, London, poverty, servants, fashion, Ireland. ff. 40. Anon, writer of plays: 'N...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1854
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1 item

18. Add MS 52945 S

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'The woodman's horse, or, The false knight', a grand equestrian spectacle in two acts. Licence sent 15 February 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 20 February 1854. Signed by Wm. West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. Keywords: illness, castles, mourning, hunting, arist...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1854
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1 item

19. Add MS 52945 U

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'The Corsican brothers, or, La vendetta', a dramatic tragic romance in five acts and eight tableaux. Licence sent 15 February 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Signed by Thos. H. Lacy, 17 Wellington Street, Strand, London. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: Corsica, Paris,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1854
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1 item

20. Add MS 52945 V

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'Gin and water, or, Use and abuse', drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 February 1854 for performance at the Standard the same day. Signed by John Douglas. Written in a number of different hands on different papers. For other versions, see Add. 52945 C and 52945 V. Keywords: philanthropy, w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1854
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1 item