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561. Add MS 52950 U

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'The sentinel of the Alma', farce in one act by Samuel Lover. Licence sent 16 November 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 18 November 1854. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Russian Empire, Crimea, nautical interest...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1854
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1 item

562. Add MS 52950 V

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'The railway belle', farce in one act by Mark Lemon. Licence sent 16 November 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 20 November 1854. Revisions throughout. Published in Lacy's, vol. 17, no. 247. Keywords: trains and rail travel, food and dining. ff. 47. Mark Lemon, editor of 'Punch': 'The r...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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16 Nov 1854
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1 item

563. Add MS 52950 W

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'The soldier's wife' ('The soldier's wife, or, The heights of Alma'), drama in two acts by F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 17 November 1854 for performance at the Strand the same day. Signed. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: Southampton, pubs a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1854
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1 item

564. Add MS 52950 X

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'The balance of comfort', farce in one act by W. B. Bernard. Licence sent 17 November 1854 for performance at 21 November 1854. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Actors' names listed alonside dramatis personae. Published in Lacy's, vol. 17, no. 241; see also another...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1854
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1 item

565. Add MS 52950 Y

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'A comical countess', farce in one act by William Brough. Licence sent 24 November 1854 for performance at the Lyceum 27 November 1854. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vol. 52, no. 769. Keywords: aristocracy, French influence, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Nov 1854
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1 item

566. Add MS 52950 Z

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'Pierre the foundling', drama in two acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 2 December 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 7 December 1854. Request for licence written in a hand that appears to be Benjamin Webster's. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the words 'Lord' and 'O...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Dec 1854
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1 item

567. Add MS 52951 A

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'The wife's journal' ('My wife's diary'), comedietta in one act by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 6 December 1854 for performance at the Olympic 18 December 1854. Published in Lacy's as My wife's diary, vol. 18, no 257. Keywords: food and dining, letters, flirtation, duelling, trains and rail...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1854
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1 item

568. Add MS 52951 A-DD

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. December 1854 .
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
Dec 1854
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30 items

569. Add MS 52951 AA

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'Eugénie, or, A sister's vow', drama in one act by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 8 January 1855 for performance at the Albert and Garrick Royal Amphitheatre. 'From L. Levy, Albert and Garrick Theatre, Leman Street, Whitechapel' written on title page. Nicoll lists this play as being performed...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1855
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1 item

570. Add MS 52951 B

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'Abou Hassan, or, The hunt after happiness', semi-original fairy tale in rhyme in one act by Francis Talfourd. Licence sent 8 December 1854 for performance at the St. James’s 26 December 1854. Signed by Laura Seymour. Signed by J. G. Saunders, copyist, 41 Church Road, Commercial Rd East, 185...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1854
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1 item