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391. Add MS 52944 U

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'Harlequin King Ugly Mug, and my Lady Lee of old London Bridge', pantomime. Licence sent 19 December 1853 for performance at the Marylebone 26 December 1853. Signed by J. William Wallack. Songs included in MS. Keywords: supernatural, fairies and other supernatural creatures, family relations...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1853
Extent:
1 item

392. Add MS 52944 V

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'Harlequin and King Humming Top, or, The world of toys', comic Christmas pantomime. Licence sent 19 December 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Songs included in MS. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: sport, harlequinade, Pop Goes the Weasel, industrialization, theatre, fai...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1853
Extent:
1 item

393. Add MS 52944 W

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'Number nip and the spirit bride', drama in two acts by C. W. S. Brooks and Mark Lemon. Licence sent 22 December 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 26 December 1853. Request for licence appears to be written in Benjamin Webster's hand. Revisions throughout the text. Keywords: fairies and o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1853
Extent:
1 item

394. Add MS 52944 X

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Comic scenes for a Christmas pantomime for the season 1853 - 1854. No record of the issue of a separate licence in LCO Day Book Add. 53703. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, is mentioned on the last page, but there are no other markings which would confirm that the scenes were intended to be an a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 item

395. Add MS 52944 Y

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'The ocean queen and Sleeping Beauty of the deep, or, Harlequin and the mystic branch', comic pantomime in one act by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 19 December 1853 for performance at the City of London 26 December 1853. Keywords: harlequinade, fairies and other supernatural creatures, Chobham, mi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1853
Extent:
1 item

396. Add MS 52944 Z

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Index. ff. 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 item

397. Add MS 52945 A-HH

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. January - March 1854 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jan 1854-Mar 1854
Extent:
34 items

398. Add MS 52945 AA

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'The anonymous letter', farce in one act by Francis Talfourd. Licence sent 23 February 1854 for performance at the Strand 27 February 1854. Request for licence written and signed by W. Allcroft. Keywords: pubs and inns, letters, Irish characters, impersonation, disguise, cross-dressing. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1854
Extent:
1 item

399. Add MS 52945 B

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‘Eustache', drama in three acts by John Courtney. Licence sent 9 January 1854 for performance at the Surrey. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy's, vol. 15, no. 224, as Eustache Baudin. Keywords: land and farming, French influence, military, food and dining, orphans, servants, fashion, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1854
Extent:
1 item

400. Add MS 52945 BB

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'To oblige Benson', farce in one act by 'John Roakes', (i.e. Tom Taylor). Licence sent 24 February 1854 for performance at the Olympic 6 March 1854. Detailed description of set. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 14, no. 208. Keywords: landlords and property, letters, seaside settings, flirtatio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1854
Extent:
1 item