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12311. Add MS 52967 P

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'Drat that comet', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 16 July 1857 for performance at the Strand 16 August 1857. “Leicester Buckingham, 13 Clements Lane” written on cover. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the phrases 'led like a lamb to the slaughter' and ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1857
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1 item

12312. Add MS 52967 T

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'La traviata, or The lost one', opera in five acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 27 June 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52966 R, 52968 B, and 52968 D. Keywords: aristocracy, French influence, p...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1857
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1 item

12313. Add MS 52969 D

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'The spirits of good and evil, or, Il Basco the Maresco', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 31 October 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Spanish influence, supernatural, murder, castles, aristocracy, pe...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1857
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1 item

12314. Add MS 52994 O

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'The volunteer ball', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand. Licence sent 16 July 1860 for performance at the Strand. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the word "Damn" be omitted. Part authored by Montagu Williams. Keywords: hotels, concealed identity, courtship, flirtation, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1860
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1 item

12315. Add MS 52941 S

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'The chevalier de St George!', a drama in two acts adapted by C. A. Somerset from the French of ‘Monsieur Mélesville’ (i.e. Baron A. H. J. Duveyrier) and Roger de Beauvoix. Licence sent 16 August 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 22 August 1853. Stage directions and speaking cues und...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1853
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1 item

12316. Add MS 52944 U

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'Harlequin King Ugly Mug, and my Lady Lee of old London Bridge', pantomime. Licence sent 19 December 1853 for performance at the Marylebone 26 December 1853. Signed by J. William Wallack. Songs included in MS. Keywords: supernatural, fairies and other supernatural creatures, family relations...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1853
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1 item

12317. Add MS 52952 D

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'Fashion and famine', drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 January 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 January 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: widows, spinsters, New York, lodgers and boarding houses, disguise, poverty, debt and its consequences, gambling, Maine, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1855
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1 item

12318. Add MS 52954 R

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Love's martyrdom, play in five acts by John Saunders. Printed (1854). Licence sent 4 June 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 6 June 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. There are handwritten revisions throughout, as well as those added on separat...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1855
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1 item

12319. Add MS 52966 Q

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'George D'arville', drama in five parts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 2 June 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 3 June 1857. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Keywords: orphans, family relationships, crime, festival and celebration, illness. ff. 21. Dionysius Lardner Boucicault...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1857
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1 item

12320. Add MS 52989 N

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'Dido', burlesque by F. C. Burnand. Licence sent 6 January 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Contains words for songs and detailed stage directions. Published in Lacy's, vol. 44, no. 655. Keywords: Roman mythology, classical civilization, literary references, cross-dressing, Carthage...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1860
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1 item