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41. Add MS 52930 M

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‘James the Sixth, or, The Gowrie plot’, tragedy in five acts by the Rev. James White. Licence sent 5 March 1852 for performance at Sadler’s Wells 6 March 1852. Paper of different sizes used for different acts. Keywords: military, Scottish characters, political revolution, English Civil War, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Mar 1852
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42. Add MS 52930 N

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‘Timoleon’, tragedy in five acts by R. W. Jameson. Licence sent 9 March 1852 for performance at the Adelphi, Edinburgh 9 March 1852. Title page states that play is the property of Robert Henry Wyndham, sent to Lord Chamberlain via Henry Butler, London theatrical agent. Text very elaborately ...
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Western Manuscripts
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9 Mar 1852
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43. Add MS 52930 O

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‘Good night, Monsieur Pantalon’, comic operetta in one act, adapted from the French by Charles A. Somerset. Licence sent 9 March 1852 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 15 March 1852. Signature of the Grecian’s proprietor appears on title page. A number of songs are included in the MS. Ni...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Mar 1852
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1 item

44. Add MS 52930 P

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‘The Corsicans, or, The brothers Salucarro’, drama in three acts by the Brothers Sala. Licence sent 9 March 1852 for performance at the Surrey 15 March 1852. Signed by Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Red underlining of stage directions and speaking cues throughout some of the text. For other...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Mar 1852
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45. Add MS 52930 Q

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‘The little captive king, or, A mother’s sorrows’ ('Louis, the little captive king'), drama in two acts by W.T. Townsend. Licence sent 10 March 1852 for performance at the Pavilion 15 March 1852. J. C. Morgan listed as prompter for ‘Mr. Thorne Lessee’ on last page. Keywords: French Revolutio...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1852
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1 item

46. Add MS 52930 R

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‘The Leghorn bonnet’, farce in one act. Licence sent 10 March 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, 10 March 1852. Title page instructs that the licence can be left for John Knowles of the Theatre Royal Manchester at 360 Oxford Street. Elaborate title page. For another vers...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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10 Mar 1852
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1 item

47. Add MS 52930 S

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‘The Corsican brothers, or, The scarlet letter’, drama in three acts by George Almar. Licence sent 11 March 1852 for performance at the Victoria 15 March 1852. Two different types of paper used and passages crossed out throughout. Page 2 contains space for a song to be inserted. For other v...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1852
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1 item

48. Add MS 52930 T

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‘The ragged school’, drama in one act by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 12 March 1852 for performance at the Strand 15 March 1852. According to Nicoll, published in Duncombe, but reference not verified. Keywords: poverty, education, orphans, cross dressing, street musicians, children. ff. 15...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1852
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1 item

49. Add MS 52930 U

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‘Annie Tyrell, or, The tempter and the tempted’, domestic drama in three acts by T. J. Serle. Licence sent 12 March 1852 for performance at the Surrey. Actors’ names pencilled in next to the dramatis personae. Many revisions throughout text which do not appear to have been made by the Examin...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1852
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50. Add MS 52930 V

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‘The Hebrew son, or, The child of Babylon’ (‘Joseph and his brethren’), drama in three acts. Licence sought 11 March 1852 for performance at the Olympic, but refused on 13 March. According to LCO Day Book Add. 53703, the refusal of a licence was because the play was ‘merely a dramatic account o...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1852
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1 item