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8941. Add MS 52979 O

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‘Cromwell, or, The conspiracy’, drama in three acts by F. L. Phillips. Licence sent 10 February 1859 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a biblical reference be omitted. Cover bound in unidentified French newspaper. Keywords: English Civil Wa...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1859
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1 item

8942. Add MS 52980 F

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‘The young mother’, drama in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at the Haymarket on 28 February 1859. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 39, no. 574. The Lacy’s version contains variations from the MS text and more detailed stage directions. Keywords: lodging hou...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
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1 item

8943. Add MS 52984 T

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‘The railroad of life, or, A parliamentary express’, drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 23 September 1859 for performance at the Effingham. Keywords: gipsies, family relationships, widows, servants, poverty, popular song, Portsmouth, trains and rail travel, ships as settings,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1859
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1 item

8944. Add MS 52989 A

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'The warrior's career, or, The emperor's decree', drama in two acts by R. Phillips. Licence sent 14 January 1860 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre. Keywords: horses, royalty, servants, Russian settings and characters, family relationships, exile, Circassians, soldiers, battle scenes, w...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1860
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1 item

8945. Add MS 52989 I

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'The destiny, or, The broken heart', drama in three acts. Licence sent 30 January 1860 for performance at the Victoria. Note of application for licence signed 'I. Cohen' for J. Johnson Towers, the theatre manager. Nicoll attributes authorship to E. Towers. Keywords: inheritance, class cont...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1860
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1 item

8946. Add MS 52989 T

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'First affections', comedietta in one act by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 9 February 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Extensive cuts and amendments made in ink. Published in Lacy's, vol. 52, no. 768. Keywords: music, artisans, deaf characters, dumb characters, servants, military, wid...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1860
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1 item

8947. Add MS 52991 Q

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'The history of a flag', historical drama in four acts by H. Young. Licence sent 4 April 1860 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre 9 April 1860. Names of W. W. Batty, proprietor and W. West, stage manager. Play is described as “an historical drama in four parts from the French by H. Youn...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1860
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1 item

8948. Add MS 52993 N

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'Fitz-Smythe of Fitz-Smythe Hall' (altered from 'Jollyboy of Jollyboy Hall'), farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 25 May 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Signed J. M. Morton (with address). Original title is crossed out in ink on opening page and throughout pl...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 May 1860
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1 item

8949. Add MS 52994 H

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'Romance and reality, or, Truth and fiction', drama in two acts, possibly by John Brougham. Licence sent 9 July 1860 for performance at the Grecian. Signed B. Conquest, manager. Actors' names listed next to dramatis personæ. According to Nicoll, this is a revised version of a play first per...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jul 1860
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1 item

8950. Add MS 52994 Q

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"The raiment and agonies" of that most amiable pair Raymond and Agnes, or, The crime stained bandit and the nun and the bleeding buzzum', burlesque in one act by F. Marchant. Licence sent 23 July 1860 for performance at the Britannia. The name of Samuel Lane, owner and proprietor of the thea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1860
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1 item