Search

032-002003716 Language English

10251. Add MS 52999 Q

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52999 Q
Title:
Scope & Content:
Bluebeard, or, Harlequin and Freedom in her island home, pantomime by J. V. Bridgeman. Printed (n.pl., n.d.). Licence sent 24 December 1860 for performance at Covent Garden on 26 December 1860. Name of William Harrison, manager, noted on title-page. Book of words published for the theatre. H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1860
Extent:
1 item

10252. Add MS 53000 O

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53000 O
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The Cantab', farce in one act by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 7 February 1861 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 743. Also published in an earlier edition of plays by Robertson, An evenings entertainment. Consisting of an original comedy, burlesque, and farce,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1861
Extent:
1 item

10253. Add MS 53000 P

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53000 P
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The fairy', drama in one act by J. Baxter Langley. Licence sent 13 February 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Private address of J. B. Langley on front cover, 18, Nixon Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. ff. 44. John Baxter Langley, writer of plays: Play by, submitted: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1861
Extent:
1 item

10254. Add MS 53001 E

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53001 E
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Hidden light', drama in three acts and a prologue by George Conquest. Licence sent 18 February 1861 for performance at the Grecian. Signed B. Conquest, manager. ff. 56. George Augustus Conquest, acrobat, pantomimist, and dramatist: Plays by, submitted for licence: 1853-1867: Partly incompl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1861
Extent:
1 item

10255. Add MS 53001 I

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53001 I
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The savannah', drama in five acts by C. J. Mathews. Licence sent 28 February 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Signed E. T. Smith, lessee. MS written in more than one hand. Adapted from the French of 'Anicet-Bourgeois' (i.e., A. A. Bourgeois) and Ferdinand Duguè. For ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1861
Extent:
1 item

10256. Add MS 53002 J

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53002 J
Title:
Scope & Content:
'House on the bridge of Notre Dame', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 23 March 1861 for performance at the Marylebone. Signed J. H. Cave. Adapted from the French. For other versions, see Add. 53000 N, 53002 Q, and 52003 N. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 744. ff. 23. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1861
Extent:
1 item

10257. Add MS 53002 P

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53002 P
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Forget and forgive', drama in four acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 28 March 1861 for performance at the Grecian on 1 April. Signed B. Conquest, manager. ff. 40. George Augustus Conquest, acrobat, pantomimist, and dramatist: Plays by, submitted for licence: 1853-1867: Partly incomplete.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1861
Extent:
1 item

10258. Add MS 53003 H

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53003 H
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The enchanted forth, or, Corny O'Connor and the leprahauns', drama in two acts by James Forster O'Neill. Licence sent 11 April 1861 for performance at the Marylebone. Described as "a new and legendary drama founded on tales and superstitions of the Irish peasantry …" Cover signed J. F. O'Ne...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1861
Extent:
1 item

10259. Add MS 53005 D

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53005 D
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Blondin', farce in one act by George Conquest. Licence sent 18 June 1861 for performance at the Grecian on 24 June. Based on the first appearance of the acrobat and tightrope walker Blondin (real name Jean François Gravelé), at the Crystal Palace, London, in June 1861. For another version, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1861
Extent:
1 item

10260. Add MS 53006 N

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53006 N
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Riches and poverty, or, A daughter's sacrifice', drama in two acts by A. Faucquez. Licence sent 9 September 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, theatre proprietor, noted on the script. MS written in more than one hand. Keywords: Paris, poverty, milliners, working me...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1861
Extent:
1 item