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1. Add MS 52931 A-BB

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Add MS 52931 A-BB
Title:
Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 – 1866. March - April 1852.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
28 items

2. Add MS 52931 BB

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Add MS 52931 BB
Title:
Scope & Content:
Index. ff. 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52931 B

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Add MS 52931 B
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Scope & Content:
‘Napoleon’, petite drama in one act. Licence sent 26 March 1852 for performance at the Marylebone 1 April 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that ‘Heaven’ should be substituted for ‘Lord.’ Keywords: French influence, French Imperialism, military, food and dining, disguise, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52931 C

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Add MS 52931 C
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Scope & Content:
‘Bonaparte in Egypt’, military spectacle in two acts, adapted by Charles A. Somerset from the French five act spectacle. Licence sent 26 March 1852 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 12 April 1852. Title page reads ‘the property of W. Batty, Esq.’ Keywords: Muslims and Islam, Mid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52931 Y

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Add MS 52931 Y
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Scope & Content:
‘Minnigrey, the gypsy girl’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 April 1852 for performance at the Bower Saloon 21 April 1852. For other versions, see Add. 52931 P and 52931 Q. The LCO Day Book Add. 53703 does not record any stipulations about changes to this version; contrast the changes req...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52931 L

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Add MS 52931 L
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Scope & Content:
‘The Camberwell brothers, or, The mystic milk man’, a ‘biological prolusion’ in two acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 10 April 1852 for performance at the Olympic 12 April 1852. Signed by W. Farren. Text includes a number of songs where original lyrics are set to well-known music. Include...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52931 O

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Add MS 52931 O
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Scope & Content:
‘A village tale’ (‘Our country homes’), drama in three acts by Charles Reade. Licence sent 11 April 1852 for performance at the Strand 12 April 1852. Title page lists W. R. Copeland as lessee of the Strand Theatre. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52931 P

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Add MS 52931 P
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Scope & Content:
‘Minnigrey’, drama in four acts. Licence sent 15 April 1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 15 April 1852. Title page lists Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a number of phrases be omitted in representation of the text. Two oth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52931 AA

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Add MS 52931 AA
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Scope & Content:
‘The lost husband’, drama in two acts, adapted from the French by Charles Reade. Licence sent 23 April 1852 for performance at the Strand 26 April 1852. Title page lists W. R. Copeland as lessee. Small number of revisions, usually in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 86. There were ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52931 E

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Add MS 52931 E
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘The working man, or, The pearl and the diamond’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 29 March 1852 for performance at the City of London 29 March 1852. Title page lists Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: working women, Paris, French influence, drinking and drunkenness, working class cha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item