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11. Add MS 52931 Q

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‘Minnigrey’, drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 12 April 1852 for performance at the Standard 12 April 1852. For another version, see Add. 52931 P and 52931 Y. The LCO Day Book Add. 53703 does not record any stipulations about changes to this version; contrast the changes req...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1852
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1 item

12. Add MS 52931 H

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‘The blue baron, or, The mine fiend and the lake fay’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 6 April 1852 for performance at the Victoria 12 April 1852. MS includes letter from Eliza Vincent requesting the licence. Only listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53703 under the title‘The mine fiend and the...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1852
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1 item

13. Add MS 52931 Z

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‘Mind your own business, or, The man of tact’, drama in three acts by Mark Lemon. Licence sent 22 April 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 24 April 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the wo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1852
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1 item

14. Add MS 52931 A

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‘Wittikind and his brothers, or, The seven swan princes and the fair Melusine’ (‘The swan princes’), fairy tale in two acts, by ‘John Roakes’ (i.e. Tom Taylor). Licence sent 26 March 1852 for performance at the Princess’s 12 April 1852. Extensive revisions throughout text. Some notes about t...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1852
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1 item

15. Add MS 52931 N

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‘Mephistopheles, or, An ambassador from below’, an extravaganza in one act by R. B. Brough and H. S. Edwards. Licence sent 10 April 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 12 April 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 do...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1852
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1 item

16. Add MS 52931 D

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‘The three perils of man: wine, wit and woman’, ‘grand spectacular burlesque’ in one act by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 27 March 1852 for performance at the Surrey 29 March 1852. Title page lists Messrs. Shepherd and Cheswick. Stage directions underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Key...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1852
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1 item

17. Add MS 52931 R

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‘Transferring a license’, a farce in one act by Lewis I. Jenkins and Thomas W. Hughes. Licence sent 12 April 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, 12 April 1852. Keywords: working class characters, stagecraft, family relationships. ff. 8. Thomas W. Hughes, writer of plays: L...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1852
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1 item

18. Add MS 52931 U

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I martiri’ (‘The martyrs’), lyric tragedy in four acts; libretto for the opera by Donizetti. Printed. Italian, with English translation, by Manfredo Maggioni. Licence sent 14 April 1852 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Donizetti originally composed the opera in Ita...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
14 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

19. Add MS 52931 I

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‘Oh Gemini, or, The brothers of course’, burlesque in one act by G. Abbott à Beckett and Mark Lemon. Licence sent 8 April 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 12 April 1852. Signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a speech criticizing ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1852
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1 item

20. Add MS 52931 S

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‘A chain of events’, drama in eight acts by ‘Slingsby Lawrence’ (i.e. G. H. Lewes) and C. J. Matthews. Licence sent 11 April 1852 for performance at the Lyceum 12 April 1852. The whole of Act II is devoted to scenic effect with no dialogue at all. Songs included with MS. For another version...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item