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11. Add MS 52929 G

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‘The Hebrew tribe of Rome, or, The Greek hero and the Jewish maid’, (‘Cleomenes’), drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 January 1852 for performance at the Standard 2 February 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that biblical passages be omitted. Keywords: Jews and Judaism, R...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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21 Jan 1852
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1 item

12. Add MS 52929 K

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‘Pretty Poll of Paddington, or, The sailor’s logbook of life’, drama in three acts by Henry Coleman. Licence sent 31 January 1852 for performance at the Marylebone 9 February 1852. Author’s signature appears on title page. Revisions throughout. Only the first act of this play has been preserv...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Jan 1852
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1 item

13. Add MS 52929 P

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‘Tancred, or, The triumph of the Crusaders’, spectacle in two acts by John M. Kingdom. Licence sent 9 February 1852 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 1 March 1852. Elaborate stage directions for battle scenes including horses. Title page states ‘property of Dow. Batty.’ Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1852
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1 item

14. Add MS 52929 A

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‘My sister from India’, farce in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 31 December 1851 for performance at the Strand 1 January 1852. Includes performances of the songs ‘Youth in wrinkles’, and ‘Soldiers, comrades.’ The latter is noted in the text to be from the play Frederick of Prussia, a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Dec 1851
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1 item

15. Add MS 52929 DD

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‘The advocate and his daughter’, drama in two acts by Joseph Ebsworth. Licence sent 23 February 1852 for performance at the Royal Olympic 26 February 1852. Manager: W. Turner. Also performed at the Adelphi in Edinburgh in 1856. For the original French version of this play, by Marguerite Anc...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Feb 1852
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1 item

16. Add MS 52929 J

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‘The fall of the leaf’, drama in three acts. Authorship, management or both are attributable to Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Licence sent 31 January 1852 for performance at the City of London 31 January 1852. The date 1851 appears at the bottom of the title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1852
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1 item

17. Add MS 52929 M

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‘Her Royal Highness’, farce in one act. Licence sent 6 February 1852 for performance at the Bath and Bristol 6 February 1852. The last two foliated pages are part of the previous play in the volume, ‘The old school and the new’ Add. 52929 L. Keywords: Italy, discipline, aristocracy, educatio...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1852
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1 item

18. Add MS 52929 Q

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‘The Leghorn bonnet’, extravaganza in one act by John Oxenford. Licence sent 9 February 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 9 February 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Actors' names included in the dramatis personae. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipu...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1852
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1 item

19. Add MS 52929 V

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‘My husband’s widow, or, Too late for the train!’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 12 February 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 16 February 1852. Signed by the author. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Revisions t...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1852
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1 item

20. Add MS 52929 C

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‘A duel in the dark’, farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 12 January 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 14 January 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word ‘damn’ be omitted. P...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1852
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1 item