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12031. Add MS 52967 A

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'The struggles of the poor, or, Love, poverty and wealth', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 16 June 1857 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Does not appear to be listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: p...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1857
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1 item

12032. Add MS 52968 K

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'The phantom brides', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 September 1857 for performance at the Strand 1 October 1857. Cover signed Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn. Keywords: poverty, theatre, German characters, family relationships, French characters, dance. ff. 53....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1857
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1 item

12033. Add MS 52968 Z

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Il ritorno di Columella, melodrama buffo in three acts. Printed. Italian. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the St James’s. Publisher's list at back. Keywords; Italian settings, doctors, servants, peasants, weddings, letters, Padua, familiy relationships, madhouses, madness, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Italian
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
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1 item

12034. Add MS 52969 S

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'Don Quixote, and the steed Rosinante, or, Harlequin Sancho Panza, by W. Cooke. Licence sent 13 December 1857 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 26 December 1857. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager, W. West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. Keywords: harlequinade,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1857
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1 item

12035. Add MS 52969 V

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'The sleeping beauty', pantomime by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 15 December 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 26 December 1857. Includes comic scenes. Keywords: harlequinade, children, fairies and other supernatural creatures, travel, military, Indian Mutiny, working clas...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1857
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1 item

12036. Add MS 52986 P

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‘The swan and Edgar, or, The fairy lake’, burlesque extravaganza in one act by H. S. Edwards and C. Kenney. Licence sent 12 November 1859 for performance at the St. James's. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a line of text be omitted. MS written in more than one hand. Con...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1859
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1 item

12037. Add MS 52995 B

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'The Colleen Bawn, or, The brides of Garry Owen', drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 31 August 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the word 'Heaven' be substituted for 'God'. Nicoll cites first production at Laura Keene'...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1860
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1 item

12038. Add MS 52999 G

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'The blue bird of paradise, or, King Charming and Prince Pigmy', pantomime by G. Conquest and H. Spry. Licence sent 19 December 1860 for performance at the Grecian. Includes comic scenes. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit the last scene comic business: "Now here is Napo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1860
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1 item

12039. Add MS 52999 Y

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Raymond in agonies, a bit of fun with Harlequin and the bleeding nun, pantomime by Thomas Mowbray. Printed. Printed by T. Gunn. Licence sent 26 December 1860 for performance at the Soho. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit two lines of text. See Add. 52994 D. ff. 10. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1860
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1 item

12040. Add MS 53002 G

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'I've beat all three', farce in one act by J. T. Douglass. Licence sent 22 March 1861 for performance at the Standard. ff. 19. John Thomas Douglass, called 'James Willing'; actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1861-1867: Partly incomplete.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1861
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1 item