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9911. Add MS 53020 E

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'The shadow of wrong, or, Threat for threat', drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 19 February 1863 for performance at the Grecian. ff. 30. George Augustus Conquest, acrobat, pantomimist, and dramatist: Plays by, submitted for licence: 1853-1867: Partly incomplete.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1863
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1 item

9912. Add MS 53020 Q

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'Faith, hope and charity', an original drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 10 March 1863 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, the theatre proprietor, noted on the script. Bound with Add. 53020 P. LCO Day Book records date of licence as 9 March 1863. Almost ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1863
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1 item

9913. Add MS 53021 A

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'Aurora Floyd', prologue and drama in three acts by B. Webster, jun. Licence sent 13 March 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. For other versions, see Add. 53020 O, 53021 J, 53022 G, and 53022 H. The entry in the LCO Day Book Add. 52703 does not mention a prologue. Performance date cited a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1863
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1 item

9914. Add MS 53021 B

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'Taming the truant', comedy in three acts by Horace Wigan. Licence sent 16 March 1863 for performance at the Olympic. MS written in more than one hand. Cast list on title page. Nicoll lists play as an adaptation of Le papillon (sic) by Victorien Sardou. Sardou's 'La papillionne' was first...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1863
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1 item

9915. Add MS 53022 G

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'Aurora Floyd, or, The first and second marriage', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 14 April 1863 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, the theatre proprietor, noted on the script. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records date of licence as 15 April 1863. For other...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1863
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1 item

9916. Add MS 53022 P

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'Ben Child; or, The swallows' nest', drama in three acts and a prologue by Melinda Young (i.e. Mrs Henry Young). Licence sent 9 May 1863 for performance at the Marylebone. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records play as drama with four acts. Listed in Nicoll under Mrs Henry Young. ff. 35. Melinda ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 May 1863
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1 item

9917. Add MS 53022 Z

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'The bridal phantom, or, The secret of life', drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 21 May 1863 for performance at the Grecian. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the play as a drama in four acts. ff. 38. George Augustus Conquest, acrobat, pantomimist, and dramatist: Plays by, sub...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1863
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1 item

9918. Add MS 53023 A

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'Bow Bells, or, The Alderman's last wish', drama in three acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 27 May 1863 for performance at the City of London Theatre. ff. 35. John Beer Johnstone, actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 May 1863
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1 item

9919. Add MS 53023 L

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'The false Earl, or, The rover of the North Sea' (altered from 'The false Earl, or, The North Sea rover'), drama in two acts by F. Marchant. Licence sent 17 June 1863 for performance at the Pavilion. The word "North" overwritten on title page; original subtitle appears in full on manuscript. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1863
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1 item

9920. Add MS 53023 P

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'Where there's life there's hope', drama in two acts by John Brougham. Licence sent 30 June 1863 for performance at the Strand. Actors' names in ink next to dramatis personæ. Not listed in Nicoll. ff. 39. John Brougham, actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted for licence: 1860-1866: Partl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1863
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1 item