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481. Add MS 52947 Y

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'The Baltic fleet', drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 June 1854 for performance at the Standard. Signed by John Douglass. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: nautical interest, Russian empire, French imperialism, British Empire, imprisonment, Crimea. ff. 20. Anon, writer of plays: 'The Baltic...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1854
Extent:
1 item

482. Add MS 52947 Z

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'Dhu Blanche, the spectre dog! or, Courage and fidelity' ('Dhu Blanch, or, The highwayman's dog' al. 'Blanche Dhu'), drama in two acts. Licence requested for performance at the Victoria 5 June 1854, but refused. LCO Day Book Add. MS 53703 has a reference to the ‘special letter book'. Request ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1854
Extent:
1 item

483. Add MS 52948 A

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'The courier of Lyons' ('The Lyons mail' al. 'The courier of Lyons, or, The attack upon the mail'), romantic drama in three acts by Charles Reade, translated and adapted from the play by L. I. E. Lemoine-Moreau, E. de Girardin, and A. C. Lartigue. Licence sent 15 June 1854 for performance at t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1854
Extent:
1 item

484. Add MS 52948 A-DD

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. June - August 1854 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1854-Aug 1854
Extent:
30 items

485. Add MS 52948 AA

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'Living too fast, or, A twelvemonth's honeymoon', farce in one act by Adolphus C. Troughton. Licence sent 31 July 1854 for performance at the Princess’ 9 October 1854. Published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 234. Keywords: adultery, property, politicians, family relationships, debt and its consequ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1854
Extent:
1 item

486. Add MS 52948 BB

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'The prophet' ('The prophet king'), grand opera in four acts; English transl. of the original French libretto by A. E. Scribe (as Le prophète) for the music by Meyerbeer. Licence sent 31 July 1854 for performance at the Surrey 7 August 1854. This text was used for the first revival of the ope...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1854
Extent:
1 item

487. Add MS 52948 C

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'The lamplighter, or, The blind girl's protegée', drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 June 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 26 June 1854. For another version see Add. 52948 O. Keywords: poverty, working class characters, orphans, natural phenomena, family relationships, death, cri...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1854
Extent:
1 item

488. Add MS 52948 CC

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'Gabrielle the Girondist', drama in three acts by E. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 9 August 1854 for performance at the City of London 14 August 1854. Signed by Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: Paris, French influence, French revolution, execut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1854
Extent:
1 item

489. Add MS 52948 D

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'The silver devil!’, a ‘spry lt'l drama' in one act. Licence sent 20 June 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 15 May 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Wm West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1854
Extent:
1 item

490. Add MS 52948 DD

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Add MS 52948 DD
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Index ff. 1. Chamberlain; Lord: Index 52948: 1854.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854
Extent:
1 item