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11121. Add MS 52986 J

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‘The rival fountains, or, The spring of life and the spring of death’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 3 November 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Set design in pen on f. 21. Covers to acts one and two bound in newspaper. Keywords: l...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1859
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1 item

11122. Add MS 52986 N

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‘The fallen star’, drama in two acts by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 9 November 1859 for performance at the City of London. Back page signed Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: balls, nobility, artists, lower-class characters, convicts, letters, female villains, animals, family relationship...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1859
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1 item

11123. Add MS 52989 C

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'My name is Norval', tragic ballet in one act by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 16 January 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Actors' names listed next to dramatis personæ. Keywords: theatre, drama production, dance, actors, shopkeepers, music, literary references, festivals, tableaus. ff....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1860
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1 item

11124. Add MS 52991 B

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'The Abbé Vaudreuil and the court of Louis 15th, or, 1860 to 1754', drama in one act by H. R. Addison. Licence sent 15 March 1860 for performance at the Lyceum. Described on cover as “a most original sketch”. Keywords: French influence and settings, post-revolutionary France, aristocracy, Pa...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1860
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1 item

11125. Add MS 52992 B

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'A change of system', petite comedy in one act by Howard Paul. Licence sent 5 April 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Published in Lacy's, vol. 45, no. 669. Keywords: aristocracy, inheritance, weddings, courtship, tenants, widows, widowers, Chancery, lawyers, literary references, Ital...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1860
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1 item

11126. Add MS 52995 Q

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Robin Hood, opera in three acts by John Oxenford, music by G. A. Macfarren. Printed (Samuel French, n.d.) Licence sent 2 October 1860 for performance at Her Majesty's Theatre. "Dialogue – Mkd 4(i.e. marked)", written on front cover. For another version, see Add. 52995 P. Contains words for...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1860
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1 item

11127. Add MS 52998 H

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'A smack for a smack', interlude in one act by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 26 November 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Partly French. Described as a "dramatic picture copied from a German original". Detailed stage directions. Contains words for songs. Last page signed. Keywords:...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1860
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1 item

11128. Add MS 52998 L

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Eclipsing the son, farce in one act by W. W. Hartopp. Printed (T. H. Lacy, n.d.). Licence sent 3 December 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. Emendations and cuts in pencil. Published in Lacy's, vol. 54, no. 797. Keywords: letters, bachelors, flirtation, courtship, literatu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1860
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1 item

11129. Add MS 52998 T

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'Wanted a wife and child', farce in one act by J. E. Soden. Licence sent 10 December 1860 for performance at the Soho. Dramatis personæ signed J. E. Soden, with address. Cuts marked in ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the line, " simply this: I wish you to allow me ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1860
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1 item

11130. Add MS 53005 H

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'Andre the miner – the son of toil, or, Power and principle', drama in three acts by A. Faucquez. Licence sent 26 June 1861 for performance at the Victoria on 29 June. Note of application for licence on cover signed 'Isaac Cohen' for Joseph Johnson Towers, the theatre manager. ff. 45. Adolp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1861
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1 item