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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52930 A-BB Level [40] File

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‘The last of the fairies’ (‘Alice Brooke’, ‘The fairy of the castle’), drama in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 28 February 1852 for performance at the Royal Olympic 4 March 1852. Signed by manager, W. Farren. Names of actors pencilled in on dramatis personae. Revisions throughout....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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28 Feb 1852
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‘The Siccilian bride’ [sic], opera in four acts: libretto by Alfred Bunn ‘after St. Georges’, i.e., J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges (the music by Michael Balfe.) Licence sent 1 March 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 6 March 1852. Signed by J. W. Norton. Another name is li...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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1 Mar 1852
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1 item

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‘My lover the captain’, farce in one act by J. Edward Thompson. Licence sent 5 March 1852 for performance at the Strand 8 March 1852. Keywords: suburbs, doctors and medicine, science and technology, servants, military, nautical drama, Egypt, disguise, children, cross-dressing, poverty ff. 14. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Mar 1852
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1 item

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‘White magic’, comic opera in two acts by H. F. Chorley. Licence sent 5 March 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 8 March 1852. Manager: Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the words ‘gospel true’ be omitted. Keywords: French influence, di...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1852
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1 item

15. Add MS 52930 M

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‘James the Sixth, or, The Gowrie plot’, tragedy in five acts by the Rev. James White. Licence sent 5 March 1852 for performance at Sadler’s Wells 6 March 1852. Paper of different sizes used for different acts. Keywords: military, Scottish characters, political revolution, English Civil War, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1852
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1 item

16. Add MS 52930 N

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‘Timoleon’, tragedy in five acts by R. W. Jameson. Licence sent 9 March 1852 for performance at the Adelphi, Edinburgh 9 March 1852. Title page states that play is the property of Robert Henry Wyndham, sent to Lord Chamberlain via Henry Butler, London theatrical agent. Text very elaborately ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1852
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1 item

17. Add MS 52930 O

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‘Good night, Monsieur Pantalon’, comic operetta in one act, adapted from the French by Charles A. Somerset. Licence sent 9 March 1852 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 15 March 1852. Signature of the Grecian’s proprietor appears on title page. A number of songs are included in the MS. Ni...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1852
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1 item

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‘The Corsicans, or, The brothers Salucarro’, drama in three acts by the Brothers Sala. Licence sent 9 March 1852 for performance at the Surrey 15 March 1852. Signed by Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Red underlining of stage directions and speaking cues throughout some of the text. For other...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1852
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1 item

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‘The little captive king, or, A mother’s sorrows’ ('Louis, the little captive king'), drama in two acts by W.T. Townsend. Licence sent 10 March 1852 for performance at the Pavilion 15 March 1852. J. C. Morgan listed as prompter for ‘Mr. Thorne Lessee’ on last page. Keywords: French Revolutio...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1852
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1 item

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‘The Leghorn bonnet’, farce in one act. Licence sent 10 March 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, 10 March 1852. Title page instructs that the licence can be left for John Knowles of the Theatre Royal Manchester at 360 Oxford Street. Elaborate title page. For another vers...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1852
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1 item