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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52986 O
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Scope & Content:: ‘Nursey Chickweed’, farce in one act by Thomas J. Williams. Licence sent 12 November 1859 for performance at the Princess’s. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 637. Keywords: millers, children, rustics, nurses, food, elopement, appearance, education, dance, cross-dressing, clerks, mistaken id...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 12 Nov 1859
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52987 G
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Scope & Content:: ‘Gossip’, comedy in two acts by A. G. Harris and T. J. Williams. Licence sent 23 November 1859 for performance at the Princess’s. Signed A. Harris. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 76, no. 1033. Keywords: West Indians, British Empire, marital relationships, eavesdropping, gossip, operatic referenc...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 23 Nov 1859
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52990 M
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Scope & Content:: 'Cruel to be kind', farce in one act by T. J. Williams and A. G. Harris. Licence sent 5 March 1860 for performance at the Princess's. MS written in more than one hand. Inside cover bears name of A. Harris. Published in Lacy's, vol. 46, no. 683. Keywords: suburbs, lawyers, spinsters, ageing...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 5 Mar 1860
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52992 H
Title:
Scope & Content:: 'A race for a widow', comedietta in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 18 April 1860 for performance at the Strand. Stage directions underlined in red ink. Published in Lacy's, vol. 46, no. 680. Keywords: clerks, inns, transport, rail travel, widows, Wales, London, cockneys, gipsies, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 18 Apr 1860
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52992 K
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Scope & Content:: Almina, opera in three acts by A. Lanzieres, music by Fabio Campana. Printed (Davison's Libretto Books) to be sold at the theatre. Italian, with English translation on facing page. Licence sent 25 April 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Printed by Advertisement for the ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 25 Apr 1860
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52997 S
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Scope & Content:: 'The lion slayer', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 21 November 1860 for performance at the Haymarket on 22 November. Signed Thomas Pugh, prompter. Cited in Nicoll and published in Lacy's, vol. 77, no. 1146, as The lion slayer, or, Out for a prowl. Keywords: hotels, family ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 21 Nov 1860
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52998 P
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Scope & Content:: 'An ugly customer', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 7 December 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. Published in Lacy's, vol. 49, no. 726. Keywords: dandies, art and artists, paintings, soldiers, engagements, courtship, tableaus. ff. 41. Thomas John Williams, writer of pla...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 7 Dec 1860
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 53001 G
Title:
Scope & Content:: The black domino, comic opera in three acts by Henry F. Chorley (for the music by D. Auber). Printed (Nassau Steam Press, for the theatre; n.d.). Licence sent 19 February 1861 for performance at Covent Garden. Based on Le domino noir, the libretto by A. E. Scribe, first produced at the Opéra...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Italian
Date Range:: 19 Feb 1861
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 53004 G
Title:
Scope & Content:: 'Truth and fiction', drama in two acts by T. J. Williams and A. G. Harris. Licence sent 17 May 1861 for performance at the Princess's on 18 May. Signed A. Harris, lessee. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Cuts, amendments and stage manager's cues in pencil and ink. Cues underl...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 17 May 1861
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 53004 Q
Title:
Scope & Content:: 'On and off!', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 31 May 1861 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 762. ff. 18. Thomas John Williams, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1867: Ital, with some Eng trans.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 31 May 1861
Extent:: 1 item

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