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12411. Add MS 52955 J

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Add MS 52955 J
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'Jack Sheppard', drama in three acts adapted by William Searle. Licence sent 15 August 1855 for performance at the City of London 16 August 1855. For another version see Add. 52954 DD. Several plays under this title were licensed throughout the century. Nicoll lists the play under ‘unknown ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1855
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1 item

12412. Add MS 52966 C

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Add MS 52966 C
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L'impresario, opera bouffe by Léon Battu and Ludovic Halévy (for the music by Mozart). Printed (1856). French. Licence sent 11 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 20 Mai 1856. Title page stamped ‘J. Mitchell’. Does not a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
11 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

12413. Add MS 52966 D

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Add MS 52966 D
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'Le violoneux', opera in one act (libretto by Eugène Mestépès and Emile Chevalet for the music by J. Offenbach.) French. Licence sent 11 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover and title page stamped ‘J. Mitchell’. Keywords: French influence, musicians, Christians and Christianit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
11 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

12414. Add MS 52964 U

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Add MS 52964 U
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'The marble bride, or, Nymphs of the forrest', magical drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon that month. Published in Lacy's, vol. 32, no. 479. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural creatures, German influence, rustics, spo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

12415. Add MS 52968 M

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Add MS 52968 M
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'A very serious affair', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 2 October 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 5 October 1857. Written in the hand of the copyist employed by Benjamin Webster and J. B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

12416. Add MS 52941 H

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Add MS 52941 H
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Benvenuto Cellini, lyric play in three acts (for the music by Hector Berlioz). Printed (Brettell, n.d.). Libretto (by L. de Wailly and A. Barbier) in Italian with English translation. Licence sent 25 June 1853 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Passages to be omitted...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
25 Jun 1853
Extent:
1 item

12417. Add MS 52960 J

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Add MS 52960 J
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Esmerelda and the Hunchback of Notre Dame, a “grand melodramatic opera” in four acts: libretto by Charles Jeffreys based on the original Italian libretto by D. Bolognese for the music of the opera Ermelinda, by Vincenzo Battista. Printed (1856). This version and the original founded on the nov...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item

12418. Add MS 52982 H

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Add MS 52982 H
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Monsieur Chapolard, ou, Le Lovelace dans un grand embarras, comedy-vaudeville in one act by 'MM. Duvert, Lauzanne et Paulin' (i.e., F. A. Duvert, A. T. de Lauzanne de Vauxroussel, and Paul Dupont). Printed. French. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. Publisher’s a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Apr 1859
Extent:
1 item

12419. Add MS 52962 Q

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Add MS 52962 Q
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‘Doing the hansom’, farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 12 November 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 3 November 1856. Request for licence signed Charles Dillon. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 28, no. 412. Keywords: doctors and medicine, travel, impersonation, musicians. ff. 30. Lo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

12420. Add MS 52966 K

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Add MS 52966 K
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'My son Diana', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 22 May 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 25 May 1857. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 461. Keywords: servants, military, working class characters, sport. ff. 18. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Theat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1857
Extent:
1 item