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1. Add MS 52947 BB

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'Athelstane, or, The black mailed warrior', drama in three acts. Licence sent 8 June 1854 for performance at the City of London 12 June 1854. Signed by Austin Lee. Keywords: medieval settings, military, aristocracy, Saxon characters, Danish characters, murder, treason, illness, castles, disg...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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8 Jun 1854
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1 item

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'Dhu Blanche, the spectre dog! or, Courage and fidelity' ('Dhu Blanch, or, The highwayman's dog' al. 'Blanche Dhu'), drama in two acts. Licence requested for performance at the Victoria 5 June 1854, but refused. LCO Day Book Add. MS 53703 has a reference to the ‘special letter book'. Request ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Jun 1854
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1 item

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'The Cossacks', or, Vive la France!', new grand military spectacle in three acts. Licence sent 25 May 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 5 June 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and William West, stage manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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25 May 1854
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1 item

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'Russia against Turkey, now on trial at Cooke's Arena of Chivalry, before Britannia, assisted by immortal Punch!' extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 14 June 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 19 June 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager and Wm. West, stage man...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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14 Jun 1854
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'Bleak house', a dramatic sketch ‘from Mr. Charles Dickens' novel’ in two acts. Licence sent 29 May 1854 for performance at the Strand the same day. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths and a few phrases be o...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
29 May 1854
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1 item

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'The war in Turkey, or, The struggle for liberty', grand naval and military spectacle in two acts. Licence sent 20 April 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 24 April 1854. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. The second act only is bound in this volume; see Add. 52946 KK for first act...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 Apr 1854
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1 item

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'Michael Ceno! or, The morning star and the gypsy's bride!' drama in three acts. Licence sent 29 May 1854 for performance at the Victoria 5 June 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: gypsies, aristocracy, crime, execution, nautical interest, murder, the sup...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
29 May 1854
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1 item

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'The Baltic fleet', drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 June 1854 for performance at the Standard. Signed by John Douglass. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: nautical interest, Russian empire, French imperialism, British Empire, imprisonment, Crimea. ff. 20. Anon, writer of plays: 'The Baltic...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1854
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1 item

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'Henri the witless, or, Life's cloud and sunshine', drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 June 1854 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 4 June 1854. Actor's names included with dramatis personae. Prompter's notes in pencil. Revisions throughout. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: festivals a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1854
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1 item

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'The overland journey to Constantinople as undertaken by Lord Bateman with interesting particulars of the fair Sophia', burlesque in two acts, by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 21 April 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 17 April 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1854
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1 item