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12021. Add MS 52958 T

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‘The Arab of the desert and the faithful steed’, oriental spectacle in two acts by W. Cooke. Licence sent 14 February 1856 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 18 February 1856. Signed William Cooke and W. West. Keywords: Muslims and Islam, animals, family relationships, aristocrac...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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14 Feb 1856
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1 item

12022. Add MS 52959 O

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‘Mischievous Annie’, farce in one act by W. J. Florence. ‘With an original Dutch song and dance, “La fille du regiment”’. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 12 May 1856. Cover signed J. S. S. Tully. Some actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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8 May 1856
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1 item

12023. Add MS 52961 C

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‘Two precious scoundrels’, farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Strand 26 August 1856. Keywords: police, crime, prisons and prisoners, murder, businessmen. ff. 33. Leicester Silk Buckingham, dramatist; youngest son of J S Buckingham: Londo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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30 Aug 1856
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1 item

12024. Add MS 52961 F

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‘Like and unlike’, drama in two acts by -- Langford. Licence sent 4 September 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 10 April 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Keywords: French influence, working women, working class characters, Paris, theatre, dance. ff. 52. London; Secular Ins...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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4 Sep 1856
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1 item

12025. Add MS 52962 C

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The king’s muskateers, drama in three acts. Printed with written additions. Licence sent 18 October 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 16 October 1856. Request for licence signed Mr. Charles Dillon. Some corrections. Keywords: French influence, festival and celebration, dance, aristocracy, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1856
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1 item

12026. Add MS 52962 I

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‘Belphegor’, extravaganza in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 September 1856 for performance at the Strand 29 September 1856. Letter from G. Smith bound into MS at back. For a version of this play by John Courtney, see Lacy’s, vol. 3, no. 39. Keywords: pubs and inns, children, m...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1856
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1 item

12027. Add MS 52963 AA

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‘Young and handsome’, a fairy extravaganza by J. R. Planché, from the fairy tale ‘Jeune et belle’, by Madame Murat. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Olympic 26 December 1856. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 421. Keywords: fairies and other superna...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1856
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1 item

12028. Add MS 52963 U

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‘See saw Margery Daw, or, Harlequin Holiday and the island of ups and downs’, pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 26 December 1856. Cover signed E. L. Smith. Keywords: harlequinade, festival and celebration, dance, arist...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1856
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1 item

12029. Add MS 52963 Y

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‘The fisherman and the genie, or, Harlequin Padmanaba and the enchanted fishes of the silver lake’, pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 19 December 1856 for performance at Sadlers Wells 26 December 1856. Two different types of paper used in MS. Songs included in MS. Keywords: black c...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1856
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1 item

12030. Add MS 52965 Z

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'William Tell', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Strand 13 April 1857. Nicoll also lists the performance of a revised text at the Strand 27 June 1857. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a larg...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
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1 item