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8951. Add MS 52994 R

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'Observation and flirtation', comedietta in one act by Horace Wigan. Licence sent 25 July 1860 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy's, vol. 47, no. 698. Keywords: flirtation, hotels, doctors, balls, ageing, appearance, widows, Yorkshire, marital relationships, literary references...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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25 Jul 1860
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8952. Add MS 52995 S

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Romance and reality (altered from Romance and reality, or, The young Virginian), comedy in five acts by John Brougham. Printed (Samuel French, n.d.) Licence sent 3 October 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Cues and cuts marked in ink. Possibly a revised version of Add. 5...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Oct 1860
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1 item

8953. Add MS 52995 V

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'Harlequin and the willow pattern plate, or, The four quarters of the globe out on the spree', pantomime sketch by J. Verner. Licence sent 5 October 1860 for performance at the Queen's. Back cover signed J. Verner with address. Contains words for songs. Keywords: Asia, music, popular songs,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Oct 1860
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1 item

8954. Add MS 52996 B

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'The dying gift, or, The tramps adventure' (The tramp's adventure, or, True to the last), drama in two acts by F. L. Phillips. Licence sent 13 October 1860 for performance at the Surrey. Cited in Nicoll and published in Lacy's, vol. 105, as The tramp's adventure, or, True to the last. Keywor...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Oct 1860
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8955. Add MS 52997 C

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'Cartouche!', drama in five acts adapted from the French by Férnand Strauss. Licence sent 1 November 1860 for performance at the Soho. Decorative calligraphy on title page in black ink with small illustration of tragic and comic muses, a torch, a lyre, Punch and a musical instrument. Cuts an...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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1 Nov 1860
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1 item

8956. 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
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English
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10 Dec 1860
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1 item

8957. 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
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English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1860
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1 item

8958. Add MS 52999 D

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'The enchanted horn, or, Harlequin Fire King and the fairy of the frozen dell', pantomime by E. Towers. Licence sent 17 December 1860 for performance at the Victoria on 24 December. Note of application for licence signed Isaac Cohen for J. Johnson Towers, the theatre manager. MS written in m...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17 Dec 1860
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8959. Add MS 52999 H

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'Tom Thumb the piper's son, or, Harlequin, the magic whistle and the fairy that lives in a grotto', (altered from 'Tom Tom the piper's son, or, Harlequin Grimgobblem and the magic pig') pantomime by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 19 December 1860 for performance at the Effingham on 26 December. In...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Dec 1860
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1 item

8960. Add MS 53001 M

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'The little duchess', drama in two acts by Thompson Townsend. Licence sent 11 March 1861 for performance at Theatre Royal, Hanley. Signed Thompson Townsend. ff. 50. William Thompson Townsend, dramatist: Drama: 1853-1866.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1861
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1 item