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9181. Add MS 52985 K

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‘Rookwood’, drama in three acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 14 October 1859 for performance at the Grecian on 17 October 1859. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths and the exclamation 'O Lord! O God!' be omitted. Based on the novel ‘Rookwood, a romance’, by W. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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14 Oct 1859
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9182. Add MS 52986 L

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‘The dead heart’, drama in three acts and a prologue by Watts Phillips. Licence sent 7 November 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 82, no. 1226. Keywords: French revolution, sculptors, prison, clergy, execution, aristocracy, duelling, spies, tableaus. ff. 38. Wa...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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7 Nov 1859
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9183. Add MS 52987 D

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‘A base imposter' al. ‘A bass imposter’, comedietta in one act by Horace Wigan. Licence sent 23 November 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Contains various set designs, stage positions, cues, properties list and pencilled-in cast list. Keywords: music, servants, French character names, mu...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Nov 1859
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1 item

9184. Add MS 52988 B

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‘Punch and Judy’, pantomime by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 16 December 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. MS signed Morris Abrahams, proprietor. Contains comic scenes. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a line of text be omitted. Keywords: entertainment, singers, sh...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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16 Dec 1859
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1 item

9185. Add MS 52988 D

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‘Harlequin King Holliday, or, The fairies of the enchanted valley and the king that once killed a cat.’, pantomime by T. H. Higgie. Licence sent 16 December 1859 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a certain section of text be omitted. Contains...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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16 Dec 1859
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1 item

9186. Add MS 52988 W

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‘Butcher killed the ox, run away with the money box, or, Harlequin pit a pat pita pat baker’s man’, pantomime by T. (?) Townsend. Licence sent 26 December 1859 for performance at the Garrick. MS written in more than one hand. Signed Mr. L. Levy, lessee. Keywords: nursery-rhymes, butchers, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Dec 1859
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1 item

9187. Add MS 52989 D

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'Quicksands and whirlpools', drama in two acts by Robert Soutar. Licence sent 18 January 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton on 23 January 1860. Cover bears name of H. Nye Chart, lessee and manager. f. 13 written and signed by Robert Soutar. Keywords: aristocracy, family rel...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1860
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1 item

9188. Add MS 52989 E

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'Has anybody seen Mrs. Brown, or, Brown Jones and Robertson examined and selected', farce in one act by H. Legge. Licence sent 18 January 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton on 19 January 1860. Cover bears name of H. Nye Chart, lessee and manager. Nicoll appears to confuse th...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1860
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1 item

9189. Add MS 52989 K

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'Romance' (altered from 'Bold Dick Turpin'), operetta in one act, by J. P. Simpson (for the music by Henry Leslie). Licence sent 2 February 1860 for performance at the English Opera, Covent Garden that same day. Name of W. Harrison, the manager, note on the cover. Cuts made in ink. Contains...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Feb 1860
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1 item

9190. Add MS 52989 O

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'The forest keeper', drama in two acts by Henry Holl. Licence sent 7 February 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. MS written in more than one hand. Cover signed E. T. Smith, lessee and manager of the theatre. Published in Lacy's, vol. 44, no. 658. Keywords: forest settin...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1860
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1 item