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11571. Add MS 52956 N

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'Beeswing in port', farce in one act adapted from the French by J. H. Reynoldson. Licence sent 16 October 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 16 October 1855. Signed by E. T. Smith and C. J. Mathews, Lou House, Fulham. Listed by Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: an...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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16 Oct 1855
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1 item

11572. Add MS 52956 R

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'Hamilton of Bothwell Haugh', a tragic play in five acts by Angelo R. Slous. Licence sent 22 October 1855 for performance at Sadlers Wells 24 October 1855. Keywords: Scotland, Christians and Christianity, aristocracy, treason, revolution, legitimacy, family relationships. ff. 149. Angelo Ro...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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22 Oct 1855
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1 item

11573. Add MS 52957 L

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'Harlequin and the maid and the magpie; or The fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the enchanter', pantomime by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 17 December 1855 for performance at the Princess’s 26 December 1855. Keywords: animals, fairies and other supernatural creatures, working class characters, du...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17 Dec 1855
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1 item

11574. Add MS 52957 N

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'Harlequin sun and moon and the seven sisters, or, The Zodiac in an uproar', pantomime by George Conquest. Licence sent 17 December 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 17 December 1855. Signed by Ro. Conquest, proprietor and responsible manager. Diagram included. Songs included in MS...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17 Dec 1855
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11575. Add MS 52959 DD

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‘Going to see the fireworks’, farce in one act by Colbert Harding. Licence sent 11 June 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 11 June 1856. Signed C. Cardinil, 9 Stanhope Street, Glo’ster Gate, Regent’s Park in same hand as MS. Actor’s names listed alongside dramatis personae. Keywords:...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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11 Jun 1856
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1 item

11576. Add MS 52962 G

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‘Dred, a tale of the great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by __ (name illegible). Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 29 September 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS. Diagrams included. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the s...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Sep 1856
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1 item

11577. Add MS 52963 N

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‘Anne Boleyn, or, Harlequin King Harry and the miller of the river Dee’, comic pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 19 December 1856 for performance at the City of London 19 December 1856. Cover signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Revisions and annotations throughout. Keywords: Early Mo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Dec 1856
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1 item

11578. Add MS 52964 S

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'A life's ransom', drama in five acts. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 16 February 1857. Cover signed by the lessee, Charles Dillon. Revisions to text added on different types of paper. Published in Lacy's, vol. 54, no. 804, where it is attributed to Westland Marston...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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1 Mar 1857
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1 item

11579. Add MS 52965 L

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'Daddy Hardacre', drama in two acts by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Olympic 26 March 1857. Revisions throughout the text. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that 'O God' be altered to 'O Heaven'. Keywords: land and farming, law and the legal ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
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1 item

11580. Add MS 52965 Y

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'The forty thieves', burlesque in two acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 15 April 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 10 April 1857. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Arabs, fairies and other supernatural creatures, crime, Bagdad, debt and its consequences, ghosts, supernatural, work...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1857
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1 item