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221. Add MS 52937 N

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‘To Paris and back for five pounds’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 3 February 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 5 February 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Actors’ names included alongside dramatis personae. Revisions thr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Feb 1853
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1 item

222. Add MS 52937 Q

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‘A deed without a name’, farce in one act by Robert Soutar, Jr. Licence sent 5 February 1853 for performance at the Olympic 7 February 1853. Signed by W. Farren. Actors’ names included with dramatis personae. Revisions throughout. Songs included in MS. Keywords: animals, servants, age and...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Feb 1853
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1 item

223. Add MS 52937 R

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‘The spirits of the night, or, The legend of the lake’, drama in three acts by W. R. Markwell. Licence sent 10 February 1853 for performance at the Surrey 28 March 1853. Signed by Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Revisions throughout. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the wo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1853
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1 item

224. Add MS 52937 S

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‘The gold finders of Australia, or, Greenleaf and Redberry the forest twins’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 10 February 1853 for performance at the Standard the same day. Each act written on different type of paper. Keywords: gold prospecting, nautical drama, seaside setting, crime, poli...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1853
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1 item

225. Add MS 52937 V

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'The slave hunt! or, St Clare and the happy days of Uncle Tom, including Cassy's storey and the death of Eva’, ‘being an entirely new version of “Uncle Tom's cabin” ’(‘Uncle Tom's cabin’), in two acts by H. Young. Licence sent 17 February 1853 for performance at the Victoria 31 February 1853. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1853
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1 item

226. Add MS 52937 W

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Index. ff. 1. Chamberlain; Lord: Index 52937 A-W: c1853.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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c 1853
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1 item

227. Add MS 52938 A

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'The obstinate family', farce in one act, adapted from a German original by S. Phelps the younger. Licence sent 17 February 1853 for performance at Sadlers Wells 19 February 1853. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 10, no. 136. Keywords: food and dining, servants. ff. 28. S. Phelps, writer of plays...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1853
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1 item

228. Add MS 52938 A-EE

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Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 - 1866. February - March 1853 .
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
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Feb 1853-Mar 1853
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31 items

229. Add MS 52938 AA

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'A strange history’, in nine acts by 'Slingsby Lawrence' (i.e. G. H. Lewes). Licence sent 24 March 1853 for performance at the Lyceum 28 March 1853. Revisions on separate sheets of paper attached to some of the pages. Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 139. Keywords: military, children, land...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1853
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1 item

230. Add MS 52938 B

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'Life in Australia, from our own correspondent’, drama in three acts by Mrs. Alfred Phillips. Licence sent 17 February 1853 for performance at the Olympic 21 February 1853. Different types of paper suggest some revisions. Keywords: Ireland, festivals and celebration, working class characters...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1853
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1 item