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8961. Add MS 53002 H

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'Edith the captive, or, The heir of Maningdale Manor', drama in three acts by E. Towers. Licence sent 22 March 1861 for performance at the Victoria on 1 April 1861. Place name in alternative title as rendered in Nicoll, but the MS rendering on the title pages could equally be 'Warringdale'. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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22 Mar 1861
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8962. Add MS 53002 M

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'The bride of Garryowen, or, The colleen bawn', drama in two acts by Henry Young. Licence sent 27 March 1861 for performance at Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton on 1 April 1861. "Licenced to Mr John Hopper Delafield". Henry Young described as "author of Monteleoni, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Archy More,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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27 Mar 1861
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1 item

8963. Add MS 53003 D

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'The island home', drama in four acts by Charles Calvert. Licence sent 30 March 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. Signed John Knowles, proprietor. Adapted from the French play 'La dame de St. Tropez'. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths and t...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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30 Mar 1861
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1 item

8964. Add MS 53003 F

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'The Pacha of Paradise Place, Pimlico!, or, Turkish life in London', farcical extravaganza in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 6 April 1861 for performance at the St. James's. Cuts and amendments in ink. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 755. ff. 40. John Maddison Morton, dramatist: P...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1861
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1 item

8965. Add MS 53004 I

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'The midnight angel', drama in three acts by L. Phillips. Licence sent 18 May 1861 for performance at the Surrey. Cues underlined in red ink. For other versions, see Add. 53004 F, 53004 O, and 53011 O. ff. 105. L. Phillips, writer of plays: Play by, submitted: 1861.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 May 1861
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1 item

8966. Add MS 53007 T

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'The gipsy girl of Granada', romantic drama in four acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 15 October 1861 for performance at the Standard. ff. 33. William Travers, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1861
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1 item

8967. Add MS 53008 G

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'Medea', tragedy in three acts by Matilda Heron. Licence sent 28 October 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Cover signed Miss Avonia Jones, Melbourne, Australia. Bound in two parts, see note on cover: "N.B. This is a sketch manuscript which the accompanying part fills up...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1861
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1 item

8968. Add MS 53008 K

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'Mary Barton', drama in three acts by Thompson Townsend. Licence sent 31 October 1861 for performance at the Grecian. Signed B. E. Conquest, manager. Nicoll cites an alternative title, 'Mary Barton, or, The weaver's distress'. Based on the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, a tale of ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1861
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1 item

8969. Add MS 53008 Q

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'Doing for the best', domestic drama in two acts by M. R. Lacy. Licence sent 12 November 1861 for performance at Sadlers Wells. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 812. ff. 34. Michael Rophino Lacy, musician: Plays by, submitted: 1861-1862.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1861
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1 item

8970. Add MS 53009 G

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'The Puritan's daughter', opera in three acts by J. V. Bridgeman (for the music by M. W. Balfe). Licence sent 23 November 1861 for performance at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden on 27 November 1861 (although Loewenberg records the first performance as 30 November. Cover signed William ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1861
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1 item