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12151. Add MS 52948 O

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'The lamplighter', drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 June 1854 for performance at the Standard 30 June 1854. Signed by John Douglass. For another version see Add. 52948 C. Keywords: Boston, orphans, working class characters, poverty, domestic violence, education, illness, doctors and medic...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1854
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1 item

12152. Add MS 52953 S

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'The new (Hay-) market spring meeting', extravaganza in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 31 March 1855 for performance at the Haymarket 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 22, no. 317. Keywords: thea...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1855
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1 item

12153. Add MS 52953 X

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'King Queer and his daughters three', extravaganza burlesque in one act by J. Halford and C. J. Collins. Licence sent 4 April 1855 for performance at the Strand 9 April 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: literature and literary reference, family relationships, aristocracy, London, suicide...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1855
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1 item

12154. Add MS 52954 C

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'Still waters', drama in three acts by 'John Roakes' [i.e., Tom Taylor]. Licence sent 25 April 1855 for performance at the Olympic 14 May 1855. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 319, under the title ‘Still waters run deep’. Keywords: musicians, literature and literary reference, businessmen,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1855
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1 item

12155. Add MS 52955 U

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'Florence Montauban, or, The robbers of Normandy', a melodrama in two acts by Charles Maiden. Licence sent 20 September 1855 for performance at the Surrey 20 September 1855. Keywords: French influence, police, crime, travel, aristocracy, dance, Paris, letters. ff. 54. London; Secular Instit...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1855
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1 item

12156. Add MS 52956 Q

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'Jenny Foster, the sailor's child, or, The winter robin', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 19 October 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon, October 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 32. no. 467. Keywords: nautical inte...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1855
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1 item

12157. Add MS 52956 T

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'Soldiers at home and heroes abroad', drama in three acts by J. E. Carpenter. Licence sent 30 October 1855 for performance at the Surrey 5 November 1855. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths and 'Oh Lord' be omitted. Published in Cumberland’s, vol. 48, no. 395, unde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1855
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1 item

12158. Add MS 52957 A

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'An impudent puppy' ('The devil among the girls'), play in two acts by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 5 November 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 7 November 1855. Signed E.T. Smith. 'Leicester Buckingham' written on title page. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Ke...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1855
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1 item

12159. Add MS 52958 F

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‘The black gondola’, drama in one act by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 29 February 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 29 February 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: prisons and prisoners, aristocracy, Italian influence, Venice, treason. ff. 13. Colin Henry Hazlewood, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Feb 1856
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1 item

12160. Add MS 52960 G

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‘The storm visitor, or, The avenging gift’, drama in two acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 June 1856. Keywords: natural phenomena, death, land and farming, debt and its consequences, dance, crime. ff. 33. William Travers, dramatist: Hox...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1856
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1 item