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11. Add MS 52998 V

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'Ruy Blas', romantic play in four acts by John Colman. Licence sent 12 December 1860 for performance at the Adelphi, Sheffield. MS written in more than one hand. Penny red stamps and Bradford postmark on back cover. For other versions, see Add. 52995 W, 52998 V, 53000 A, and 53008 A. Keywo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1860
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1 item

12. Add MS 52998 F

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'Love and lucre' (altered from 'Daddy Skinflint'), drama in two acts from the French by Robert Soutar. Licence sent 23 November 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. Original title crossed out and amended in ink, as is reference to the Princess's Theatre. Cuts and amendments...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1860
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1 item

13. Add MS 52998 S

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'Gosling the great, or, Harlequin Prince Bluebell, or, Baa baa black sheep, Little Bo Peep and the fairy of Spring', pantomime by Miss E. Keating. Licence sent 10 December 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Penny black stamp and Birmingham postmark on back cover. ff. 18. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1860
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1 item

14. Add MS 52998 X

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'The prince and the ogre, or, Queen Grasshopper and the glow worms of glow worm glade', pantomime by F. Marchant. Licence sent 12 December 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, the theatre proprietor, noted on the cover. Pencil marks on front cover. Contains comic scen...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1860
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1 item

15. Add MS 52998 G

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'The young recruit', operetta in two acts by Mrs. Valentine Roberts (for the music by John Fulcher). Licence sent 23 November 1860 for performance at the Pavilion. Contains words to songs. Keywords: factory workers, music, stagecraft, singers, dance, operatic references, popular songs, patri...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1860
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1 item

16. Add MS 52998 I

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'Harlequin Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp', comic pantomime by J. H. Doyne. Licence sent 27 November 1860 for performance at the Queen's, Manchester. 'Taken from the Arabian nights' written on front cover. Penny red stamp and Manchester postmark on back cover. Contains words for songs. Key...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1860
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1 item

17. Add MS 52998 K

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'The thief-taker of Paris, or, Vidocq', drama with prologue and two acts by F. Marchant. Licence sent 3 December 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, the thetare proprietor, noted on the script. Based on the French chief of police, Eugène François Vidocq who published ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1860
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 52998 U

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'A regular scamp', farce in one act by Fernand Strauss. Licence sent 10 December 1860 for performance at the Soho. Cover identifies J. W. Beckett. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Keywords: business and finance, pets, courtship, artists, imprisonment, engagement, flirtation, drinking ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1860
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1 item

19. Add MS 52998 A

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'Destiny, or, The traitor's doom', drama in three acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 21 November 1860 for performance at the Grecian on 26 November. Front cover signed B. Conquest, "actual and responsible manager". Keywords: marital relationships, family relationships, letters, Early Mode...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1860
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1 item

20. Add MS 52998 P

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'An ugly customer', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 7 December 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. Published in Lacy's, vol. 49, no. 726. Keywords: dandies, art and artists, paintings, soldiers, engagements, courtship, tableaus. ff. 41. Thomas John Williams, writer of pla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
7 Dec 1860
Extent:
1 item