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9841. Add MS 52962 E

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‘The eagle and child, or, A mother’s courage’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 10 October 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: land and farming, travel, peasants, illegitimacy, fallen women. ff. 26. Hoxton; Middlese...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1856
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1 item

9842. Add MS 52963 J

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‘Ghost hunter, or, The body in the bosheen’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 13 December 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 December 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: ghosts, murder, supernatural, crime, Ireland. ff. 27. Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia Theatre ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1856
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1 item

9843. Add MS 52964 I

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'The released convict, or, It’s a long lane that has no turning', drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 February 1857 for performance at the City of London the same day. Keywords: prisons and prisoners, crime, disguise. ff. 22. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. City of London Theatre: 'T...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1857
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1 item

9844. Add MS 52967 Z

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'The scales of justice, or, Merit and interest', drama in two acts. Licence sent 14 August 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52967 BB. Keywords: working class characters, industrialization, science a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1857
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1 item

9845. Add MS 52971 B

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'Perils by land and wave', in two acts, by W. Travers. Licence sent 11 January 1858 for performance at the Surrey 11 January 1858. Cover signed 'Messrs. Bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick.' Keywords: land and farming, illness, doctors and medicine, orphans, debt and its consequences...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1858
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1 item

9846. Add MS 52971 E

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'A hard struggle', drama in one act by J. W. Marston. Licence sent 13 January 1858 for performance at the Lyceum, 1 February 1858. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Two different hands appear throughout the manuscript. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 48, no. 707. Keywords...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1858
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1 item

9847. Add MS 52974 B

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'Clean your boots', farce in one act by J. Bruton. Licence sent 8 May 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Final page bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick. Keywords: poverty, politicians, London, working class characters, science and technology. ff. 18. James Bruton, songwriter and d...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1858
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1 item

9848. Add MS 52976 M

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'The little savage', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 26 October 1858 for performance at the Strand. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 38, no. 557. Keywords: Family relationships, servants, courtship, le...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1858
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1 item

9849. Add MS 52977 R

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La part du diable, opera-comique in three acts; the words by E. Scribe for the music by D. Auber. Printed (C. Tresse; La France dramatique au dix-neuvième siècle: choix de pieces modernes, 1842). French. Licence sent 23 December 1858 for performance at the St. James's. Publisher's advertisi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
23 Dec 1858
Extent:
1 item

9850. Add MS 52979 H

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‘Jasper Roseblade, or, The dark deed in the woods', 'founded on the celebrated picture by A. Solomon Esqr. in the Royal Academy entitled "Waiting for the verdict" '.; drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 January 1859 for performance at the City of London. ‘License copy for Messrs. Johnson and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1859
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1 item