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11411. Add MS 52968 U

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'Deadly reports', comedietta in one act by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 19 October 1857 for performance at the Olympic 26 October 1857. Cover signed ‘Lessees Messrs. Robson and W.S. Emden.’ Keywords: the supernatural, widows, ghosts, law and the legal profession, military. ff. 17. London; S...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Oct 1857
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11412. Add MS 52968 V

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'The drapery question, or, Who's for India', apropos sketch in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 28 October 1857. ‘Proprietor, Benjamin Webster’ written on title page. Includes some later additions to text. Includes songs. Keywords: fashio...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Oct 1857
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11413. Add MS 52969 M

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'King Richard of the Lion Heart', new and original burlesque extravaganza by ‘Nick Nemo’ (i.e., H. J. Byron). Licence sent 24 November 1857 for performance at the Strand. Revisions and prompter’s notes in pencil. Songs included in MS. A ‘Program of the Piece’ is included in the last few pag...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Nov 1857
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1 item

11414. Add MS 52970 N

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‘King Tea Pot the Great, or, Harlequin and the spirit queen, the fairy and the woodcutter’, pantomime by W .E. Suter. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Queen’s 21 December 1857. Comic scenes included. Cover signed C. J. James. Last page of pantomime script is signed W. E....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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21 Dec 1857
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11415. Add MS 52974 E

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Tit for tat, farce in one act by Captain Horton Rhys. Printed (T. H. Lacy, n.d.) Licence sent 20 May 1858 for performance at the Lyceum 24 May 1858. Keywords: servants, letters, working class characters. ff. 12. Captain Horton Rhys, called 'Morton Price', writer of plays: Plays by, submitt...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 May 1858
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1 item

11416. Add MS 52976 H

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'The maid and the magpie, or, The fatal spoon', burlesque in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 12 October 1858 for performance at the Strand. Words of songs included in text. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a passage about Baron Rothschild be omitted. Published in L...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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12 Oct 1858
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1 item

11417. Add MS 52981 L

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‘Francesca, or, A dream of Venice’, tragedy in five acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 28 March 1859 to be performed 31 March 1859 at the Lyceum. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a section of text be omitted and ‘Heaven’ be substituted for ‘God’. Extensive cuts crossed...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1859
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1 item

11418. Add MS 52985 J

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‘The fool’s revenge’, tragedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 12 October 1859 for performance at Sadlers Wells on 18 October 1859. Prompt copy written in more than one hand, containing various additional stage directions in ink and pencil. Influenced by ‘Le roi s’amuse’ by Victor H...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1859
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1 item

11419. Add MS 52986 H

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‘The master passion, or, The outlaws of the Adriatic’ (‘Outlaws of the Adriatic, or, The female spy and the chief of the ten’), drama in three acts, possibly by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 2 November 1859 for performance at the Princess’s. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 673. Adapted fro...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Nov 1859
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1 item

11420. Add MS 52986 M

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‘London pride, or, Living for appearances’, 'comedy in three acts by the late James Kenny afterwards revised by his son Chas. Lamb Kenny Esq.'. MS written in more than one hand. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: marital relationships, debt, Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859
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1 item