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2. Add MS 52935 A-GG
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- Add MS 52935 A-GG
- Title:
- Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 - 1866. October - November 1852 .
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Oct 1852-Nov 1852
- Extent:
- 33 items
3. Add MS 52935 AA
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- Add MS 52935 AA
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- Scope & Content:
- 'Paul, or, The fortunate slave’, dramatic sketch in one act. Licence sent 4 November 1852 for performance at the Strand 8 November 1852. Songs included in mss. Keywords: black characters, American characters, slavery and abolitionism, fashion, stagecraft, natural phenomena. ff. 13. London. Secular I...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 4 Nov 1852
- Extent:
- 1 item
4. Add MS 52935 B
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- Add MS 52935 B
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- Scope & Content:
- ‘Valerie Duclos, or, The poisoners of Bordieux’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 September 1852 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 4 October 1852. ‘Samuel Lane, Proprietor’ listed on title page. Keywords: disguise, impersonation, French influence, France, working class characters, murder, pr...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 30 Sep 1852
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. Add MS 52935 O
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- Add MS 52935 O
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- Scope & Content:
- ‘Quatre Bras’, drama in three acts by Charles Rice. Licence sent 18 October 1852 for performance at the Grecian Saloon. Different handwritings and papers used throughout. Keywords: family relationships, French influence, France, stagecraft, gypsies, orphans, doctors and medicine, Bohemians, natural ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 18 Oct 1852
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. Add MS 52935 V
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- Add MS 52935 V
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- Scope & Content:
- 'Fortunio and his horse comrade, or, Harlequin and the seven gifted men', comic pantomime. Licence sent 29 October 1852 for performance at Astley's. 'Expressly written for Mr Batty.' Keywords: fairies and other creatures, Commedia dell’Arte, cross dressing, poverty, animals, food and dining, drinkin...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 29 Oct 1852
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. Add MS 52935 E
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- Add MS 52935 E
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- Scope & Content:
- Seeing’s believing, comedy in two acts by Edward Ranger. Licence sent 6 October 1852 for performance at the Marylebone. Printed (circa 1852). LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. French song included in MS. Keywords: military, eavesdropping, age and ageing, fash...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 6 Oct 1852
- Extent:
- 1 item
8. Add MS 52935 H
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- Add MS 52935 H
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- ‘Off to the diggings’, drama in two acts by John Courtney. Licence sent 9 October 1852 for performance at the Surrey 18 October 1852. Addressed to Examiner of Plays by Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Songs included in MS. Keywords: gambling, emigration, elopement, Irish characters, immigration, food ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 9 Oct 1852
- Extent:
- 1 item
9. Add MS 52935 W
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- Add MS 52935 W
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- Scope & Content:
- 'Martyn Langton' al. 'Nelly the rag-gatherer', drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 October 1852 for performance at the Victoria 19 October 1852. Signed by J. J. Johnson on back cover of first act. Signed by Eliza Vincent on last page. Keywords: poverty, military, London, fallen women, madness, crime,...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 19 Oct 1852
- Extent:
- 1 item
10. Add MS 52935 D
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- Add MS 52935 D
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- ‘Wanted. 1,000 spirited young milliners for the gold diggings’, farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 2 October 1852 for performance at the Olympic 2 October 1852. ‘Willm Farren, Manager’ appears on title page. Revisions not the work of the Examiner of Plays appear throughout text. Published...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2 Oct 1852
- Extent:
- 1 item