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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52940 A-T Level [40] File

1. Add MS 52940 A

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'The dream of the Irish emigrants, or, The Lady May', drama in two acts. Licence sent 13 May 1853 for performance at the Strand 16 May 1853. Request for licence written and signed by John Kemble. Unidentified signature appears on title page. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Ireland, pubs an...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1853
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1 item

2. Add MS 52940 B

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'The lawyers', comedy in three acts by 'Slingsby Lawrence' (i.e., George Henry Lewes). Licence sent 18 May 1853 for performance at the Lyceum 23 May 1853. Published in Lacy's, vol. 11, no. 154. Keywords: law and the legal profession, adultery, separation, domestic violence, family relationsh...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1853
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1 item

3. Add MS 52940 C

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'My husband's will', comedietta in one act by Mrs. Alfred Phillips. Licence sent 25 May 1853 for performance at the Olympic 30 May 1853. Signed by W. Farren, manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: widows, age and ageing, spinsters, prop...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1853
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1 item

4. Add MS 52940 D

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'Marcretti, or, The brigand's sacrifice' (altered from ‘Marco Spada’), romantic drama in three acts by John Kingdom, from the French by E. Scribe. Licence sent 25 May 1853 for performance 31 May 1853. Title page signed. For other versions see Add. 52938 S, 52938 Z and 52939 D. Published in ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1853
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1 item

5. Add MS 52940 E

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'The devil's three decker; or, The pirate's bride and the constancy of woman', drama in two acts. Licence sent 26 May 1853 for performance at the Victoria 30 May 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: nautical drama, letters, fallen women, suicide, cross-dre...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1853
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1 item

6. Add MS 52940 F

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'The soldier's wife', drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 May 1853 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 5 June 1853. Possible analogue by F. F. Cooper performed in 1854. Keywords: military, working class characters, crime, domestic violence, murder, doctors and medicine, execution. ff. 26...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1853
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1 item

7. Add MS 52940 G

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'St Marc—a husband's sacrifice', drama in five acts by John H. Wilkins. Licence sent 31 May 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 6 June 1853. Signed by E. L. Smith. Keywords: Italy, aristocracy, death, illness, military, divorce, dance, festival and celebration, adultery, pri...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1853
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52940 H

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'The spirit of the valley', ‘legendary ballet’ in one act by H. Markwell. Licence sent 31 May 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 6 June 1853. Signed by E. L. Smith. Songs included in MS. Keywords: aristocracy, the supernatural, dance, disabled characters, fairies and othe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1853
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1 item

9. Add MS 52940 I

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'The cruel kindness' ('The physician's daughter'), play in five acts by Catherine Crowe. Licence sent 1 June 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 6 June 1853. Request for licence written and signed by B. Buckstone. Revisions throughout. Title page and LCO Day Book Add. 53703...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1853
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1 item

10. Add MS 52940 J

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'Love and avarice', drama in two acts. Licence sent 1 June 1853 for performance at the Olympic 6 June 1853. Signed by W. Farren, manager. Keywords: food and dining, family relationships, crime. ff. 107. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Olympic Theatre: 'Love and avarice', drama in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1853
Extent:
1 item