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211. Add MS 52937 A

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‘Uncle Tom’s cabin’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 3 January 1853 for performance at the City of London 3 January 1853. [italics]Signed[/italics] by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that certain omissions be made, and notes that the play lice...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Jan 1853
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1 item

212. Add MS 52937 A-W

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Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 - 1866. January - February 1853 .
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
Jan 1853-Feb 1853
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23 items

213. Add MS 52937 B

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‘Gold’, drama in five acts, by Charles Reade. Licence sent 5 January 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 10 January 1853. Plays of the same title were performed in 1851 and 1880. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 11, no. 152, and in Dick’s Standard Plays, no. 1053, in 1896. ff. 92...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1853
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1 item

214. Add MS 52937 C

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‘Lilian Gervais’ (altered from ‘Lilian Rene’ al. 'The pearl of Normandy'), drama in three acts by Morris Barnett. Licence sent 11 January 1853 for performance at the Olympic 17 January 1853. Signed by W. Farren, manager. Revisions throughout. Signed by Morris Barnett on back cover. Publishe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1853
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1 item

215. Add MS 52937 D

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‘The sentinel’, opera in one act by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 7 January 1853 for performance at the Strand 10 January 1853. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that certain omissions be made, and includes the same note relating to the signature of Lord B...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1853
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1 item

216. Add MS 52937 E

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‘The rising of the tide’, ‘melodrame’ in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 14 January 1853 for performance at the Marylebone 24 January 1853. Keywords: nautical drama, age and ageing, law and legal profession, crime, suicide, family relationships, death, Cornwall, seaside settings, st...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1853
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1 item

217. Add MS 52937 F

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‘Old Christmas Eve, or, The halls of my fathers’ (‘The regicide, or, The days of Cromwell and the civil wars of England’), drama in two acts by H. Dodson. Licence sent 17 January 1853 for performance at the Victoria 17 January 1853. Title page states in W. B. Donne’s hand that title has been ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1853
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1 item

218. Add MS 52937 G

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‘The gold fields of Australia, or, Off to the diggings’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 January 1853 for performance at the Bower Saloon 24 January 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. Biddles on back cover. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word ‘damn...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1853
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1 item

219. Add MS 52937 L

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‘Louis XI’, a ‘grand melodramatic play’ in three acts by W. R. Markwell. Licence sent 26 January 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 14 February 1853. Signed by E. J. Smith. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 9, no. 34. Keywords: military, French influence, aristocracy, family rel...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1853
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1 item

220. Add MS 52937 M

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‘The guardian spirit’, drama in three acts by 'Hugo Vamp' (i.e. J. R. O’Neill), ‘partially founded upon Paul de Kock’s celebrated novel The banker of Paris’. Licence sent 10 February 1853 for performance at the Marylebone. Title page signed both ‘Hugo Vamp’ and J. R. O’Neill. Elaborate sketch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1853
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1 item