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10611. Add MS 52991 M

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'Lurline, or, The Rhine and its Rhino', burlesque in one act. Licence sent 31 March 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Cover bears name of C. J. James. Contains words to songs. Nicoll attributes this version to Vincent Amcotts, but although a version by Amcotts does exist (published in ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Mar 1860
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1 item

10612. Add MS 52991 P

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'Lucretia Borgia, at home and all abroad', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 3 April 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Stage directions underlined in red ink. Published in Lacy's, vol. 45, no. 672 as Lucrezia Borgia! At home and all abroad. Keywords: Italian sett...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1860
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1 item

10613. Add MS 52991 U

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'The pilgrim of love', extravaganza ('an oriental fairy tale in rhyme') in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 5 April 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. MS signed by the author, f. 78. Additions, cuts, cues and stage directions in pencil and ink. Extra page added for Fi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1860
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1 item

10614. Add MS 52992 M

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'Our female American cousin', comedietta in two acts by C. Galen. Licence sent 26 April 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. Signed B. Webster. Keywords: aristocracy, American character names, emigration, family relationships, wills, inheritance, national contrasts, courtship, wards, engagem...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1860
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10615. Add MS 52993 J

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'It's an ill wind that blows nobody good', comedy in three acts by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 12 May 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. Cover of each act signed John Oxenford. List of actors' names next to dramatis personae on front and back cover. Cuts made in ink. Keywords: Stock Exchan...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 May 1860
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1 item

10616. Add MS 52994 BB

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'Savage as a bear' (altered from 'A signal mistake'), farce in one act by Horace Wigan. Licence sent 31 August 1860 for performance at the Olympic. MS written in two different hands. Keywords: London, letters, stagecraft, marital relationships, eavesdropping, chemists. ff. 18. Horace Wigan...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1860
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1 item

10617. Add MS 52995 C

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'The pirate's love, or, The ocean birds of prey', drama in three acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 31 August 1860 for performance at the Grecian Saloon on 6 September. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Signed B. Conquest, manager. Contains words ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1860
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1 item

10618. Add MS 52996 L

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'Post boy', petite drama in two acts by 'H. T. Craven' (i.e. Henry Thornton). Licence sent 27 October 1860 for performance at the Strand. Decorative calligraphy on title page in black and red ink with small illustration in black ink of the post boy, signed H. Chater scripsit (see also Add. 52...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1860
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1 item

10619. Add MS 52997 I

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'The Garibaldi excursionists', sketch in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 8 November 1860 for performance at the Princess's. MS. written in more than one hand. Published in Lacy's, vol. 48, no. 719. Keywords: authors, journalism, poetry, gardens, courtship, flirtation, soldiers, theatre...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1860
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1 item

10620. Add MS 52998 P

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'An ugly customer', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 7 December 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. Published in Lacy's, vol. 49, no. 726. Keywords: dandies, art and artists, paintings, soldiers, engagements, courtship, tableaus. ff. 41. Thomas John Williams, writer of pla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
7 Dec 1860
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1 item