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‘Matrimonial—A Gentleman, etc. For further particulars apply at—The Royal Olympic Theatre’, farce in one act by J. V. Bridgeman. Licence sent 9 February 1852 for performance at the Olympic 12 February 1852. Signed by W. Farren. Stage directions underlined. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 7, no. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Feb 1852
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22. Add MS 52929 P

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‘Tancred, or, The triumph of the Crusaders’, spectacle in two acts by John M. Kingdom. Licence sent 9 February 1852 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 1 March 1852. Elaborate stage directions for battle scenes including horses. Title page states ‘property of Dow. Batty.’ Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Feb 1852
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1 item

23. Add MS 52929 Q

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‘The Leghorn bonnet’, extravaganza in one act by John Oxenford. Licence sent 9 February 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 9 February 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Actors' names included in the dramatis personae. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipu...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1852
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1 item

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‘The rifle club, or, A shot at a passing bubble’, farce in one act by M. W. B. Jerrold. Licence sent 11 February 1852 for performance at the Strand 16 February 1852. Keywords: invasion fears, military, discipline, animals, debt and its consequences. ff. 11. William Blanchard Jerrold, journa...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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11 Feb 1852
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1 item

25. Add MS 52929 V

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‘My husband’s widow, or, Too late for the train!’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 12 February 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 16 February 1852. Signed by the author. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Revisions t...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1852
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1 item

26. Add MS 52929 Y

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‘Our national defences’, ‘extraviganzical farce’ in one act by F. Fox Cooper. Licence sent 12 February 1852 for performance at the Marylebone 16 February 1852. Signed by E. J. Smith. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'damn' be omitted. For a previous version of t...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1852
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1 item

27. Add MS 52930 A

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‘Lelia the betrothed, or, The Savoyard assassin’, drama in three acts by Henry Coleman. Licence sent 23 February 1852 for performance at the Marylebone 1 March 1852. H. Coleman’s signature appears on cover of act three. Keywords: Italian influence, aristocracy, street musicians, classical ci...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1852
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1 item

28. Add MS 52930 A-BB

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Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 - 1866. February - March 1852 .
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Thomas James Serle, actor and dramatist: 'Annie Tyrell, or, The temper and the tempted', domestic drama in three acts: circa 1852.
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
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Feb 1852-Mar 1852
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28 items

29. Add MS 52930 AA

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‘The trial of love, or, Self-devotion’, drama in five acts by G. W. Lovell. Licence sent 26 March 1852 for performance at the Princess’s 7 June 1852. For an earlier play under the same title, by G. Soane, see Add. 42883 (2). Keywords: English Civil War, political revolution, treason, Christi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1852
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1 item

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Le cachemire vert, ‘comédie’ in one act by Alexandre Dumas père and Eugène Nus. Printed (1851). French. Licence sent 26 February 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Manager: John Mitchell. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique 15 December 1849. Bound in what...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Feb 1852
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1 item