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51. Add MS 52930 W

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‘Love’s device, or, Where there’s a will there’s a way’, interlude in one act. Licence sent 17 March 1852 for performance at the Surrey. Red underlining of stage directions and speaking cues throughout some of the text. Title page signed by Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Songs included in M...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

52. Add MS 52930 X

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‘The bottle imp, or, Spirits in bond’, burlesque in one act by W. P. Hale and Francis Talfourd. Licence sent 17 March 1852 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 12 April 1852. Songs included in MS. Manager’s signature appears on last page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation tha...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

53. Add MS 52930 Y

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‘The Corsican brothers’, ‘legendary drama in three acts dramatised from A. Dumas’s romance Les Frères Corses by E. Grangé and Xavier de Montépin. Translated and adapted to the English stage by Charles Webb. Printed from the acting copy with remarks [ … ] by D – G-.’ Printed (Cumberland’s Brit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

54. Add MS 52930 Z

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‘The Corsican brothers’, drama in three acts. Printed (Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 79). Licence sent 19 March 1852 for performance at the Marylebone. Scrap of a playbill that lists title and ‘stage manager copy’ bound in with text. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that exclamations s...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

55. Add MS 52931 A

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‘Wittikind and his brothers, or, The seven swan princes and the fair Melusine’ (‘The swan princes’), fairy tale in two acts, by ‘John Roakes’ (i.e. Tom Taylor). Licence sent 26 March 1852 for performance at the Princess’s 12 April 1852. Extensive revisions throughout text. Some notes about t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

56. Add MS 52931 A-BB

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Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 – 1866. March - April 1852.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
28 items

57. Add MS 52931 AA

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‘The lost husband’, drama in two acts, adapted from the French by Charles Reade. Licence sent 23 April 1852 for performance at the Strand 26 April 1852. Title page lists W. R. Copeland as lessee. Small number of revisions, usually in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 86. There were ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

58. Add MS 52931 B

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‘Napoleon’, petite drama in one act. Licence sent 26 March 1852 for performance at the Marylebone 1 April 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that ‘Heaven’ should be substituted for ‘Lord.’ Keywords: French influence, French Imperialism, military, food and dining, disguise, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

59. Add MS 52931 BB

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Index. ff. 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
1 item

60. Add MS 52931 C

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‘Bonaparte in Egypt’, military spectacle in two acts, adapted by Charles A. Somerset from the French five act spectacle. Licence sent 26 March 1852 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 12 April 1852. Title page reads ‘the property of W. Batty, Esq.’ Keywords: Muslims and Islam, Mid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item