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21. Add MS 52960 L

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‘Medea’, tragedy in one act by Thomas J. Williams. Licence sent 12 July 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 14 July 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Songs included in MS. Keywords: classical civilization, murder, children. ff. 17. Thomas John Williams, dramatist: London; Se...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
12 Jul 1856
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1 item

22. Add MS 52960 W

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Ireland as it is, drama in three acts by J. H. Amherst. Printed (n.d.). Licence sent 11 August 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 18 August 1856. Includes cast of characters, stage business, costumes, and relative positions on stage. Keywords: land and farming, Ireland, emigration, crime, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1856
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1 item

23. Add MS 52960 M

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‘The mistress of the hotel’, comedy in three acts by Carlo Goldoni. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 12 July 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. Signed Kemble, Esq., 94 Mount St, Grosvenor Square. With Add. 52960 B, C, D, I, and N, part of t...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
12 Jul 1856
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1 item

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Francesca da Rimini, tragedy in five acts, by Sylvio Pellico. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 16 July 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. With Add. 52960 B, C, D, I, and M, part of the season in which Madame Ristori and company appeared. K...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
16 Jul 1856
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1 item

25. Add MS 52960 I

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Rosamunda, tragedy in five acts, by Vittorio Alfieri. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. ‘Represented at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, by Madame Ristori and an Italian dramatic company, June 1856’: see al...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
27 Jun 1856
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1 item

26. Add MS 52960 T

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‘Our wife! or, The rose of Amiens’, drama in two acts by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 14 August 1856 for performance at the Princess’s 18 November 1856. Songs included in MS. Keywords: French influence, dance, fashion, aristocracy. ff. 34. Charles A. Somerset, dramatist: Birmingham; City of....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1856
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1 item

27. Add MS 52960 O

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‘Second love’, original comic drama in three acts by G. W. Simms and J. Bradshaw. Licence sent 22 July 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 23 July 1856. Request for licence signed by J. B. Buckstone. Written in Buckstone and Webster’s copyist’s hand. Signed G. W. Simms and ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1856
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1 item

28. Add MS 52960 P

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‘A grand baby show, this day; or, Simms in long clothes again’, original farce in one act by G. W. Simms and John Bradshaw. Licence sent 17 July 1856 for performance at the Queen’s 16 July 1856. Letter requesting licence signed “George William Simms, comedian” bound into MS. Incorrectly boun...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1856
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1 item

29. 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