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471. Add MS 52947 I

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'Knights of the round table', drama in five acts. Licence sent 15 May 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 20 May 1854. Signed by J. B. Buckstone. Keywords: gambling, London, gypsies, food and dining, drinking and drunkenness, aristocracy, Restoration England, military, treas...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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15 May 1854
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472. Add MS 52947 J

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'The marble heart, or, The sculptor's dream', drama in five acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 15 May 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 18 May 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the phrase 'Eve before the ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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15 May 1854
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473. Add MS 52947 M

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Romulus, comédie in one act by Alexandre Dumas the elder. Printed (Librarie théâtrale, 1854). French. Licence sent 18 May 1854 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre-Français 13 January 1854. Signed by Lafont. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulat...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
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18 May 1854
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1 item

474. Add MS 52947 N

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'The Cossacks', or, Vive la France!', new grand military spectacle in three acts. Licence sent 25 May 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 5 June 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and William West, stage manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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25 May 1854
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1 item

475. Add MS 52947 P

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'This horse will be sold to pay the expenses, if not claimed within 14 days', extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 29 May 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 5 June 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Mr. West, stage manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 record...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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29 May 1854
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1 item

476. Add MS 52947 R

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'Bleak house', a dramatic sketch ‘from Mr. Charles Dickens' novel’ in two acts. Licence sent 29 May 1854 for performance at the Strand the same day. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths and a few phrases be o...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
29 May 1854
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477. Add MS 52947 S

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'Michael Ceno! or, The morning star and the gypsy's bride!' drama in three acts. Licence sent 29 May 1854 for performance at the Victoria 5 June 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: gypsies, aristocracy, crime, execution, nautical interest, murder, the sup...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
29 May 1854
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1 item

478. Add MS 52947 U

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'Henri the witless, or, Life's cloud and sunshine', drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 June 1854 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 4 June 1854. Actor's names included with dramatis personae. Prompter's notes in pencil. Revisions throughout. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: festivals a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1854
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1 item

479. Add MS 52947 W

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'Woman and her master, or, The lost children', domestic drama (‘dramatised from the tale now publishing in the London Journal’) by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 3 June 1854 for performance at the Pavilion 3 June 1854. For another version see Add. 52943 Y. Author’s name listed in Nicoll as W. Rich...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1854
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1 item

480. Add MS 52947 X

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'From village to court', a petit comedy in two acts by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 3 June 1854 for performance at the Princess’s 5 June 1854. Published in Lacy's, vol. 15, no. 214. Keywords: German influence, aristocracy, peasants, military, illness, nursing, letters. ff. 36. John Maddison ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1854
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1 item