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401. Add MS 52945 C

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'Gin and water, or, The times we live in', drama in three acts. Licence sent 11 January 1854 for performance at the Victoria 16 January 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Songs included in MS. For other versions, see Add. 52945 V and 52945 W. Keywords: drinking ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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11 Jan 1854
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402. Add MS 52945 CC

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'Charity's love', drama in three acts by John Wilkins. Licence sent 28 February 1854 for performance at the City of London 6 March 1854. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: inheritance, military, Spanish influence, murder, English characters. ff. 49. John Henry Wilkins, wri...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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28 Feb 1854
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403. Add MS 52945 D

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'A struggle for gold, or, A mother's prayer and the adventurer of Mexico', drama in five acts by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 16 January 1854 for performance at the City of London 23 January 1854. Signed by managers Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. For other versions, see Add. 52937 S, 52944...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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16 Jan 1854
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1 item

404. Add MS 52945 DD

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'Away with melancholy', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 1 March 1854 for performance at the Princess’ 13 March 1854. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy's, vol. 14, no. 196. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, Bath...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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1 Mar 1854
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1 item

405. Add MS 52945 EE

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'The letter', farce in one act. Licence sent 2 March 1854 for performance at the Princess’s 1 March 1854. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in dark blue. Keywords: travel, nautical interest, food and dining, family relationships, letters. ff. 17. Anon, writer of plays: 'The let...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Mar 1854
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1 item

406. Add MS 52945 FF

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'My cook and housekeeper' ('The first fib'), farce in one act. Licence sent 3 March 1854 for performance at Theatre Royal Drury Lane 9 March 1854. Revisions throughout. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the words 'O Lord' and the sentence 'He would tell a lie to the Bisho...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1854
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1 item

407. Add MS 52945 H

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Additional scenes for ‘a drama licenced last year, entitled "The search for gold, or Greenleaf and Redberry", also the "Sea of ice" to be added to the original title’. Licence sent 26 January 1854 for performance at the Standard. Not listed in the LCO Day Book Add. 53073 or Nicoll. The origi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1854
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1 item

408. Add MS 52945 HH

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Index ff. 2. Chamberlain; Lord: Index: 1854.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1854
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1 item

409. Add MS 52945 I

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'Hamet and Zelena, or, Stratagem for stratagem', a seri-comic opera in two acts. Licence sent 26 January 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal Dublin the same day. Signed Signor Lanza, 31 Great George Street, Euston Square. Songs included in MS. Keywords: slavery and abolition, Muslims ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1854
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1 item

410. Add MS 52945 J

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'A dramatic legend', in a prelude and three acts. Licence sent 26 January 1854 for performance at the Olympic the same day. Revisions and diagrams throughout. Songs and music included in MS. Keywords: German influence, the supernatural, pubs and inns, musicians, drinking and drunkenness, art...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1854
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1 item