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12241. Add MS 53081 D

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Add MS 53081 D
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'Harlequin Tom, the piper's son who stole a pig and away he run, or, Goody Two Shoes - and her Ps and Qs', by G. H. George.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 11 December 1869 for performance at the Oriental. Mr Michael Abrahams noted as the manager of the theatre on folio 1. Comic scenes included separately on folios 27-34. The attribution of the play to G. H. George is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

34 folios.

12242. Add MS 53046 G

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Add MS 53046 G
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'The kidnapper, or, London at night', by F. Fenton and W. R. Osman.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and four acts. Licence sent 10 November 1865 for performance at the Victoria. The script is imperfect, lacking most of Act I. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) asks for a reference to the (late) prime minister Lord Palmerston be omitted. The attribution to Fenton and Osman is taken...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

145 folios.

12243. Add MS 53078 H

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Add MS 53078 H
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'Poor Ray the drummer boy', by C. Pitt and W. H. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 1 July 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:

35 folios.

12244. Add MS 52933 S

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Scope & Content:
Casilda’, opera in four acts; the libretto by ‘M. Tenelli’ (i.e. J. H. Millenet) for the music written by Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Printed (circa 1852). Italian with English translation. Licence sent 6 August 1852 for performance at Her Majesty’s. Names of actors, costume and sc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
6 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

12245. Add MS 52936 A

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Add MS 52936 A
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'Slave life, from Uncle Tom's Cabin', drama in three acts by 'John Roakes' (i.e Tom Taylor) and Mark Lemon. Licence sent 15 November 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 22 November 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Extensive revisions throughout. Diagram at t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1852
Extent:
1 item

12246. Add MS 52939 K

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'Uncle Crotchet’, a farce in one act by Mrs. Alfred Phillips. Licence sent 18 April 1853 for performance at the Olympic 18 April 1853. Signed by manager, W. Farren. Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 145. Keywords: American characters, black characters, slavery and abolition, domestic violen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1853
Extent:
1 item

12247. Add MS 52940 C

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Add MS 52940 C
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'My husband's will', comedietta in one act by Mrs. Alfred Phillips. Licence sent 25 May 1853 for performance at the Olympic 30 May 1853. Signed by W. Farren, manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: widows, age and ageing, spinsters, prop...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1853
Extent:
1 item

12248. Add MS 52946 M

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'Two loves and a life', drama in four acts by 'John Roakes' (i.e., Tom Taylor) and Charles Reade. Licence sent 16 March 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 20 March 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation thatthat the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1854
Extent:
1 item

12249. Add MS 52952 N

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Add MS 52952 N
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'Janet Pride', drama in five acts ('of which the 1st and 2nd are prologuial') by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 3 February 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 5 February 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Written on several different types...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1855
Extent:
1 item

12250. Add MS 52954 J

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Add MS 52954 J
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'Temptation', drama in three acts by Josh Redworth. Licence sent 16 May 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Birmingham 16 May 1855. Signed by M. H. Simpson. Listed by Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: discipline, pubs and inns, murder, the supernatural, crime. ff. 25. London...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1855
Extent:
1 item