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51. Add MS 52948 E

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'The bridal ring, or, The mulatto murderer', drama in two acts. Licence sent 20 June 1854 for performance at the City of London 24 June 1854. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: Martinique, natural phenomena, slavery and abolitionism, l...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 Jun 1854
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52. Add MS 52948 M

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'A night in a churchyard! or, The hag of the hollow!', drama in three acts. Licence sent 28 June 1854 for performance at the Victoria 3 July 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: castles, sport, animals, disability, the supernatural, age and ageing, pubs and...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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28 Jun 1854
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1 item

53. Add MS 52948 N

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'The gentleman opposite', farce in one act. Licence sent 30 June 1854 for performance at the Lyceum 3 July 1854. Keywords: servants, education, widows, law and the legal profession, inheritance, letters. ff. 37. Anon, writer of plays: 'The gentleman opposite', farce in one act: 1854. Leic...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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30 Jun 1854
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1 item

54. Add MS 52948 O

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'The lamplighter', drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 June 1854 for performance at the Standard 30 June 1854. Signed by John Douglass. For another version see Add. 52948 C. Keywords: Boston, orphans, working class characters, poverty, domestic violence, education, illness, doctors and medic...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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30 Jun 1854
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55. Add MS 52948 P

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'The courier of Lyons, or, The fatal resemblance', drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 July 1854 for performance at the Britannia 10 July 1854. For other versions see Add. 52948 A, 52948 S, and 52951 T. Keywords: food and dining, dandies, drinking and drunkenness, crime. ff. 34. Anon, write...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Jul 1854
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1 item

56. Add MS 52948 Q

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'Perfect confidence', drama in one act. Licence sent 3 July 1854 for performance at the Olympic 10 July 1854. Revisions throughout. Keywords: widows, travel, letters, Anglo-Indian characters. ff. 42. Anon, writer of plays: 'Perfect confidence', drama in one act: 1854.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1854
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1 item

57. Add MS 52948 R

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'Hopes and fears', drama in one act. Licence sent 5 July 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 6 July 1854. Request for licence written and by Benjamin Webster. For a French version under the title La joie fair peur, see Add. 52947 K, and for another English version, ‘Sunshine through the cl...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Jul 1854
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1 item

58. Add MS 52948 S

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'The courier of Lyons, or, The robbers of the mail post', drama in three acts. Licence sent 12 July 1854 for performance at the City of London. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. For other versions see Add. MS 52948 A, 52948 P, and Add. 52951 T. Keywords: food and dining, dandies, cr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1854
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1 item

59. Add MS 52948 Y

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'The knight and the water lily, or, Love among the mermaids', a melodramatic ballet d'action in one act. Licence sent 27 July 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 31 July 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Wm. West, stage manager. First two pages bound toge...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1854
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1 item

60. Add MS 52948 Z

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'The bravo Ix', ‘original extravaganic farcical histrionic’ dramatic sketch in one act. Licence sent 28 July 1854 for performance at the Bower Saloon the same day. Signed by John Courtney and Thomas Henry, manager. Keywords: theatre, literature and literary reference, aristocracy, family rel...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1854
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1 item