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531. Add MS 52949 U

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'The corporal's daughter, or, The garnet ring', drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 October 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Songs included in MS. Keywords: pubs and inns, military, drinking and drunkenness, illness, working class characters, fashion, servants, aristo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1854
Extent:
1 item

532. Add MS 52949 V

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'The Spanish dancers, or, The jota Arroganese', terpsichorean burletta in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 12 October 1854 for performance at the St. James’s 16 October 1854. Signed by Laura Seymour. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 49, no. 736, under the title The Spanish dancers, or, F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1854
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1 item

533. Add MS 52949 W

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'The siege of Silistria', grand military spectacle in two acts. Licence sent 29 September 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 2 October 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee, and Willm. West, stage manager. For other versions, see Add. 52949 R. MS has been divided into two f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1854
Extent:
1 item

534. Add MS 52949 X

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'Videna, or, The mother's tragedy', drama in five acts by J. A. Heraud. Licence sent 17 October 1854 for performance at the Marylebone 23 October 1854. Signed by J. William Wallack, manager. Last two pages are handwritten. Keywords: working class characters, aristocracy, classical settings,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1854
Extent:
1 item

535. Add MS 52949 Y

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'Sebastapol from our own correspondent', drama in two acts by E. Stirling. Licence sent 17 October 1854 for performance at the Marylebone 21 October 1854. Signed by J. William Wallack, manager. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown author’. Keywords: British Empire, Russian Empire, French imperia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1854
Extent:
1 item

536. Add MS 52949 Z

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'The trustee', comedy in two acts. Licence sent 17 October 1854 for performance at the Olympic 24 October 1854. Written in a number of different hands with some revisions pasted in. Keywords: French influence, aristocracy, festival and celebration, family relationships. ff. 69. Anon, write...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1854
Extent:
1 item

537. Add MS 52950 A

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'A summer storm', drama in three acts by Thomas Parry. Licence sent 17 October 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 19 October 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. 'An original drama in three acts, 56 minutes' written on title page. Additional notes by prompter a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1854
Extent:
1 item

538. Add MS 52950 A-DD

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Add MS 52950 A-DD
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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. October - December 1854 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Oct 1854-Dec 1854
Extent:
30 items

539. Add MS 52950 AA

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'The battle of Inkerman', petite military drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 2 December 1854 for performance at the Pavilion 2 December 1854. Not listed under this author in Nicoll. Keywords: military, Crimea, Russian empire, British Empire, English characters, Irish characters, R...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1854
Extent:
1 item

540. Add MS 52950 B

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'An artist's wife', drama in two acts by Edward Ranger. Printed (1850). Licence sent 20 October 1854 for performance at the St. James’s the same day. Keywords: working class characters, literature and literary reference, art and artists, debt and its consequences, poverty, aristocracy, Frenc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1854
Extent:
1 item