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10741. Add MS 52966 P

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'The son of night, or, Ben Liel', drama in three acts. Licence sent 27 May 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Towers. For other versions, see Add. 52962 T and 52965 K. Keywords: mountain settings, Naples, peasants, aristocracy, murder...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 May 1857
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1 item

10742. Add MS 52979 E

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‘The lord and the lout’, drama in three acts, by W. H. Pitt. Licence sent 17 January 1859 for performance at the Victoria on 24 January 1859. Cover signed J. J. Towers. Based on the novel, ‘Transmutation, or, The Lord and the Lout’, by ‘N. or M.’, i.e. Mrs Catherine G. F. Gore, 1854. Keywor...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1859
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1 item

10743. Add MS 52979 S

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‘Will o' the wisp, or, The morass of the murdered’, drama in two acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 18 February 1859 for performance at the Britannia . LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit the words ‘Though there he lay till the Judgement Day.’ See also Add. 52980 C. Ke...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1859
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1 item

10744. Add MS 52980 C

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‘Will o’ the wisp, or, The doomed of Dyneley Chase’, drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 25 February 1859 to be performed on 28 February 1859 at the Effingham Saloon. Cover signed Morris AbrahaMS See also Add. 52979 S. Keywords: legend, superstition, murder, poaching, burglar...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
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1 item

10745. Add MS 52981 J

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‘St. Giles’s Overreach, or, A new way old debts to pay’, burlesque in one act by G. W. Simms. Licence sent 24 March 1859 to be performed 31 March 1859 at the Victoria. Cover signed and text copied by Isaac Cohen. Listed as ‘Sir Giles Overreach’ in both Nicoll and LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Wo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

10746. Add MS 52983 C

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‘The eve of St. John, or, The water spirit and the magic axe’, drama in two acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 9 June 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Keywords: German settings, Spanish influence, legends, superstition, dance, ballet, mothers, sons, spirits, festivals, nobility, wate...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1859
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1 item

10747. Add MS 52983 D

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‘Give me my wife’, farce in one act by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 9 June 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Signed W. E. Suter. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit all oaths. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 75, no. 1115. Keywords: spinsters, inheritance, marital relationshi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1859
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1 item

10748. Add MS 52985 I

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‘A husband to order’, farce in two acts by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 11 October 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Some amendments in ink. Adapted from the French play, ‘Un mariage sous l’Empire’. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 632. Keywords: French settings and character names, post...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1859
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1 item

10749. Add MS 52985 L

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‘What will he do with it?’, drama in three acts by F. L. Phillips. Licence sent 17 October 1859 for performance at the Surrey. Bound in newspaper. Based on the novel ‘What will he do with it’ by ‘Pisistratus Caxton’ (i.e., Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton), Leipzig, 1857 in four volumes, republished...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1859
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1 item

10750. Add MS 52986 F

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‘The patriot spy’, drama in three acts by F. L. Phillips. Licence sent 31 October 1859 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that 'Heaven' be substituted for 'God'. Keywords: Flanders, Brussels, Ghent, nobility, Spanish characters, Inquisition, balls,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1859
Extent:
1 item