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12231. Add MS 52959 AA

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‘The wild tribes of London’, drama in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 31 May 1856 for performance at City of London 31 May 1856. Cover signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: gambling, debt and its consequences, crime. ff. 20. Colin Henry Hazlewood, dramatist and low comedi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 May 1856
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1 item

12232. Add MS 52959 M

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‘Shelah from Cork, or, A spy in the Crimea’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 8 May 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Crimea, Irish characters, military, family relationships, crime, police. ff. 27. William ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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8 May 1856
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1 item

12233. Add MS 52960 S

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‘Life’s trials by sea and land, or, The child of the waves’, drama in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 22 July 1856 for performance at City of London 22 July 1856. Signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Songs included in MS. Keywords: American characters, businessmen, crime, travel, n...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1856
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1 item

12234. Add MS 52960 V

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‘The daughter of night, or, A poor girl’s fortune’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 31 July 1856 for performance at the Britannia 31 July 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Elaborate stage directions. Keywords: industrialization, Jews and Judaism, stagecraft, death, children...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1856
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1 item

12235. Add MS 52980 G

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‘If the cap fits’, farce in one act by N. H. Harrington and E. Yates. Licence sent 28 February 1859 for performance at the Princess's. Nicoll cites the date 13 June 1859. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 606. Keywords: military, Windsor, widows, servants, needlewomen, doctors, courtship, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1859
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1 item

12236. Add MS 52984 M

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‘The goose with the golden eggs’, farce in one act by A. Mayhew and H. S. Edwards. Licence sent 31 August 1859 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 654. Keywords: lawyers, clerks, courtship, women reading, food and eating, inheritance, family relationships, betti...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1859
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1 item

12237. Add MS 52992 A

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'The miller and his men', extravaganza in one act by F. Talfourd and H. J. Byron. Licence sent 5 April 1860 for performance at the Strand. Stage directions and cues underlined in red ink. Contains words to songs. Published in Lacy's, vol. 45, no. 670, where it is described as 'a burlesque m...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1860
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1 item

12238. Add MS 52995 I

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'Hit him he has no friends', farce in one act by E. Yates and N. H. Harrington. Licence sent 15 September 1860 for performance at the Strand. Cues underlined in red ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vol. 47, no. 704. Keywor...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1860
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1 item

12239. Add MS 53021 N

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'The trial of Tompkins', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 31 March 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. Name of B. Webster, the theatre manager, noted on script. Listed as 'The trials of Tompkins' in Nicoll. Published as The trials of Tompkins! in Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 859. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
31 Mar 1863
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1 item

12240. Add MS 53026 M

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'Nana Sahib; or, A story of Agmer', Indian drama in three acts by F. Fenton and W. R. Osman. Licence sent 27 October 1863 for performance at the Victoria. Title added in different hand after copyist. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 lists title as 'Nana Sahib; or, A story of Agmeres'. ff. 138. Fre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1863
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1 item