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12001. Add MS 52933 Z

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‘The charmed harp’, operetta in one act by John Courtney (music by M. Lutz). Licence sent 24 August 1852 for performance at the Surrey 30 August 1852. Donne’s signature and one other appear on title page. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Two pages...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Aug 1852
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1 item

12002. Add MS 52936 G

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'The loose fish', comedietta in one act, by 'Hugo Vamp' (i.e. J. R. O'Neill). Licence sent 2 December 1852 for performance at the Marylebone Theatre. The theatre manager Smith has signed second page. Revisions not the work of the Examiner of Plays throughout the text. Plot summary appears on...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1852
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1 item

12003. Add MS 52936 U

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'Harlequin and the world of flowers, or, The fairy of the rose and the sprite of the silver star', 'grand comic pantomime' by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 20 December 1852 for performance at the Surrey 27 December 1852. Simultaneously licenced with, and almost certainly intended to include, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1852
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1 item

12004. Add MS 52937 D

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‘The sentinel’, opera in one act by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 7 January 1853 for performance at the Strand 10 January 1853. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that certain omissions be made, and includes the same note relating to the signature of Lord B...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1853
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1 item

12005. Add MS 52940 R

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'Rappings and table movings', farce in one act by Howard M. Paul. Licence sent 14 June 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 16 June 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Published in Lacy's, vol. 11, no. 156. Keywords: the supernatural, ghosts, spi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1853
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1 item

12006. Add MS 52941 J

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'Three cheers for charity, or, A night’s wonders!', petit drama in one act, written for, and presented to, the Spitalfields Benevolent Society under the patronage of the Knights of Trafalgar, by Andrew Campbell. Licence sent 2 July 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 6 July 1853. Signe...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1853
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1 item

12007. Add MS 52941 R

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'What! No cab?!!', a ‘striking sketch’ in one act by Capt. H. R. Addison. Licence sent 5 August 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 8 August 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Keywords: literature and literary reference, elopement, working class characters, dis...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1853
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1 item

12008. Add MS 52945 B

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‘Eustache', drama in three acts by John Courtney. Licence sent 9 January 1854 for performance at the Surrey. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy's, vol. 15, no. 224, as Eustache Baudin. Keywords: land and farming, French influence, military, food and dining, orphans, servants, fashion, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1854
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1 item

12009. Add MS 52946 O

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'Faust and Margaret', drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 20 March 1854 for performance at the Princess’ 19 April 1854. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in blue. Revisions throughout. Corrections are pasted onto existing pages. Sketch on final page. According...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1854
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1 item

12010. Add MS 52948 N

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'The gentleman opposite', farce in one act. Licence sent 30 June 1854 for performance at the Lyceum 3 July 1854. Keywords: servants, education, widows, law and the legal profession, inheritance, letters. ff. 37. Anon, writer of plays: 'The gentleman opposite', farce in one act: 1854. Leic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1854
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1 item