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10291. Add MS 53028 A

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Add MS 53028 A
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'Hickory dickory dock, or, The mouse that run (sic) up the clock', pantomime by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 11 December 1863 for performance at the Britannia. Includes comic scenes. Name of Samuel Lane, the theatre proprietor, noted on the script. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the title...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1863
Extent:
1 item

10292. Add MS 53028 Y

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'Harlequin Old King Cole, or, Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross and the frog that would a-wooing go', pantomime by M. Dutnall. Licence sent 24 December 1863 for performance at the Surrey. Names of Messrs. Shepherd and Anderson, lessees, noted on script. Includes numbered comic scenes. ff. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1863
Extent:
1 item

10293. Add MS 53064 D

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Add MS 53064 D
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Comic scenes from 'Little Bo Peep who lost her sheep, or, Harlequin Jack and the ogre of the Brazen Castle', by F. MacCabe.
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Separate comic scenes for Add MS 53064 C, presumably covered by the licence sent for the pantomime of which they form a part. For performance at the Marylebone.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1867
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Comic scenes (folios 28-42) from Add MS 53064 C

10294. Add MS 52938 Q

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Add MS 52938 Q
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'A night with Burns’, farce in one act. Licence sent 8 March 1853 for performance at the City of London the same day. Majority of script written in blue ink with stage directions in red and corrections in black. Signed by Mr. W. Serle. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 item

10295. Add MS 52941 G

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Add MS 52941 G
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'The media, or, Table moving', a comedietta in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 23 June 1853 for performance at the Pavilion 25 June 1853. Signed by J. C. Morgan, prompter. For analogues see Add. 52940 R and 52941 D. Keywords: spiritualism, the supernatural, ghosts, science and technolo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1853
Extent:
1 item

10296. Add MS 52941 O

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'Zitella, or, The guerrilla boy and the spectre sister', romantic drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 20 July 1853 for performance at the City of London 20 July 1853. Keywords: the supernatural, ghosts, impersonation, military, English characters, the Pyrenees, Spain, cross dressing...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1853
Extent:
1 item

10297. Add MS 52942 P

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Add MS 52942 P
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'Our French ladies maid', comic drama in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 6 October 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 13 October 1853. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Revisions throughout. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Keywords: French...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 item

10298. Add MS 52943 D

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Add MS 52943 D
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'A husband on trial', farce in one act by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 22 October 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 24 October 1853. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Keywords: working women, widows, working class characters, murder. ff. 28. William E. Suter, dram...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 item

10299. Add MS 52945 X

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Add MS 52945 X
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'A brother's revenge! or, The rose of Ireland, and the fairies of O'Donahue's lakes. A tale of the time of the good people', drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 February 1854 for performance at the Victoria 27 February 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1854
Extent:
1 item

10300. Add MS 52946 JJ

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Add MS 52946 JJ
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'Castles in the air', drama in three acts by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 20 April 1854 for performance at the City of London 24 April 1854. Signed by Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Written in a number of different hands. Keywords: Spanish influence, Valencia, Almeria, nautical interest, s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1854
Extent:
1 item