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10311. Add MS 52979 A

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‘The Borgia ring’, drama in two acts by A. R. Slous. Licence sent 5 January 1859 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Cover signed Benjamin Webster. Eighteenth century settings, Salisbury, wills, inheritance, orphans, family relationships, treason, Jacobites, balls, lower-class characters, b...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Jan 1859
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10312. Add MS 52979 K

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‘A dream and a reality, or, The jewel casket’, drama in three acts by Henry Shield. Licence sent 31 January 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. Contains numerous cuts and amendments in pencil and ink. Keywords: wards, courtship, servants, debt, Irish characters, dr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Jan 1859
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10313. Add MS 52979 T

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‘Man's evil spirit’, drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 24 February 1859 for performance at the Queens. Final page signed W. E. Suter. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit all oaths. Contains unusually detailed stage directions. Keywords: stagecraft, lawyers,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Feb 1859
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10314. Add MS 52980 O

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‘The world and the stage’, comedy in three acts by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 11 March 1859 to be performed 12 March 1859 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the words ‘Oh Lord’ and all other oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 97, n...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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11 Mar 1859
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1 item

10315. Add MS 52981 S

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‘Orphan of the mine’, drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 11 April 1859 for performance at the Queens. Signed W. E. Suter. Extensive stage directions underlined. Keywords: natural phenomena, exile, treason, royalty, Russia, Poland, duelling, inns, military, family relationships,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1859
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1 item

10316. Add MS 52982 N

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‘Archy Moore, or, The rat of the hold’, drama in three acts by H. Young. Licence sent 2 May 1859 for performance at the Victoria Theatre on 9 May 1859. Signed Isaac Cohen. Based on ‘The slave, or, Memoirs of Archy Moore’, first published by J. H. Eastburn, Boston, 1836. Keywords: Suriname,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 May 1859
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1 item

10317. Add MS 52982 R

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‘Under a cloud’, drama in two acts with prologue, by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 9 May 1859 for performance at the Effingham. MS in more than one hand. Actors’ names added in pencil to the list of dramatis personae. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a biblical reference...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 May 1859
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1 item

10318. Add MS 52982 V

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‘The talking fish’, sketch in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 25 May 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Alteration of the licensed farce ‘Catching a mermaid’, (Olympic, 20 October 1855). LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths and the exclamation ‘Oh, Lord’, be ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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25 May 1859
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1 item

10319. Add MS 52983 R

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‘Never judge by appearances’, a drawing room opera in one act by Henri Drayton, music composed by E. J. Loder. Licence sent 8 July 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Contains words to songs. Keywords: music, marital relationships, divorce, concealed identity, letters. ff. 24. Henri Dray...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1859
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1 item

10320. Add MS 52984 E

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‘Third class and first class, or, The career of a widow’s son’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 28 July 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Keywords railways, pedlars, celebrations, sailors, poison, class contrast, madness, sea settings, Japan, boats, disguise, volcanoes, gam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1859
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1 item