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21. Add MS 52963 CC

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‘Crinoline’, farce in one act by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 24 December 1856 for performance at the Olympic 18 December 1856. Cover signed Robert B. Brough. Revisions throughout text. Speaking cues and stage directions underlined in contrasting ink. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 425. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Dec 1856
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1 item

22. Add MS 52963 N

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‘Anne Boleyn, or, Harlequin King Harry and the miller of the river Dee’, comic pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 19 December 1856 for performance at the City of London 19 December 1856. Cover signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Revisions and annotations throughout. Keywords: Early Mo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Dec 1856
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1 item

23. Add MS 52963 T

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‘The magic mistletoe, or, Harlequin Humbug and the shams of London’, pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Strand 3 January 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that two lines be omitted. Keywords: literature and literary reference, doctors and medi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1856
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1 item

24. Add MS 52963 DD

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‘Don’t you wish you may get it? or, The three wishes’, farce in one act by Thomas Mowbray. Licence sent 27 December 1856 for performance at the Soho 27 December 1856. Request for licence signed Thomas Mowbray. Songs included in MS. Keywords: classical civilization, land and farming, the supe...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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27 Dec 1856
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1 item

25. Add MS 52963 X

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‘Conrad and Medora, or, Harlequin Little Fairy at bottom of the sea’, pantomime by William Brough, based on the ballet ‘Le corsaire’. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 26 December 1856. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 423, with the alternativ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1856
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1 item

26. Add MS 52963 AA

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‘Young and handsome’, a fairy extravaganza by J. R. Planché, from the fairy tale ‘Jeune et belle’, by Madame Murat. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Olympic 26 December 1856. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 421. Keywords: fairies and other superna...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1856
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1 item

27. Add MS 52963 U

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‘See saw Margery Daw, or, Harlequin Holiday and the island of ups and downs’, pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 26 December 1856. Cover signed E. L. Smith. Keywords: harlequinade, festival and celebration, dance, arist...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1856
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1 item

28. Add MS 52963 Y

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‘The fisherman and the genie, or, Harlequin Padmanaba and the enchanted fishes of the silver lake’, pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 19 December 1856 for performance at Sadlers Wells 26 December 1856. Two different types of paper used in MS. Songs included in MS. Keywords: black c...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1856
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1 item

29. Add MS 52963 E

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Wallace, tragedy in five acts by Robert Buchanan. Printed (1856). Licence sent 9 December 1856 for performance at the Princess’s Theatre, Glasgow. Listed as an amateur performance in Nicoll. Keywords: Scotland, English characters, British Empire, treason, politicians, revolution, castles, e...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1856
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1 item

30. Add MS 52963 D

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The Cagot; or, Heart for heart, play in five acts by Edmund Falconer. Printed (John Mitchell, 1856), where the author’s name is given as ‘Edmund O’Rourke’. Licence sent 9 December 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 6 December 1856. Note on title page: ‘This play was only sent in to be examin...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1856
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1 item