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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Language English Name Strand Theatre, London

1. Add MS 52929 D

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‘Extremes are bad’ (‘The juvenile party’), farce in one act. Licence sent 16 January 1852 for performance at the Strand 19 January 1852. Includes a brief performance of the song, ‘We won’t go home till morning.’ LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that biblical passages be omitte...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1852
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1 item

2. Add MS 52935 AA

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'Paul, or, The fortunate slave’, dramatic sketch in one act. Licence sent 4 November 1852 for performance at the Strand 8 November 1852. Songs included in mss. Keywords: black characters, American characters, slavery and abolitionism, fashion, stagecraft, natural phenomena. ff. 13. London....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1852
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1 item

3. Add MS 52940 A

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'The dream of the Irish emigrants, or, The Lady May', drama in two acts. Licence sent 13 May 1853 for performance at the Strand 16 May 1853. Request for licence written and signed by John Kemble. Unidentified signature appears on title page. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Ireland, pubs an...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1853
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1 item

4. Add MS 52943 M

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'Hamlet', burlesque in two acts. (Nicoll lists this as 'Hamlet, according to Act of Parliament'). Licence sent 3 November 1853 for performance at the Strand 8 November 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the wo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1853
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1 item

5. Add MS 52943 P

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'The excursion', farce in one act. Licence sent 7 November 1853 for performance at the Strand 7 November 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. Keywords: seaside settings, Brighton, the press, theatre, lodgers and boarding houses, food and dining. ff. 31. London. Se...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1853
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52944 D

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'The modern Ingomar, or, Palaces and peeresses', burlesque in two acts. Licence sent 30 November 1853 for performance at the Strand 7 December 1853. Request for licence signed by J. W. Allcroft. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the title has been al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1853
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52944 F

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Comic scenes for 'Harlequin and King Nutcracker, or, The world of toys'. No record of a separate licence being issued, and the material is not listed in Nicoll. First performance planned for the Strand 26 December 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. Red underlinin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52952 G

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'Alonzo the brave and the fair Imogene', burlesque in one act by H. T. Craven. Licence sent 29 January 1855 for performance at the Strand 29 January 1855. Signed by F. W. Allcroft. Songs included in MS. Keywords: science and technology, fairies and other the supernatural creatures, flirtatio...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1855
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1 item

9. Add MS 52952 X

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'City friends, or, Mis-direction', farce in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 24 February 1855 for performance at the Strand 26 February 1855. Signed by J. W. Allcroft. Keywords: servants, letters, politicians, British Empire. ff. 15. Charles James Collins, writer of plays: London. Se...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1855
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1 item

10. Add MS 52953 M

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'The cricket on the hearth', drama in one act and three tableaux adapted from Dickens's Christmas tale by Joseph Halford. Licence sent 16 March 1855 for performance at the Strand 19 March 1855. Keywords: literature and literary reference, festivals and celebration, working class characters, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item