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61. Add MS 52948 Y

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'The knight and the water lily, or, Love among the mermaids', a melodramatic ballet d'action in one act. Licence sent 27 July 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 31 July 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Wm. West, stage manager. First two pages bound toge...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1854
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1 item

62. Add MS 52948 Z

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'The bravo Ix', ‘original extravaganic farcical histrionic’ dramatic sketch in one act. Licence sent 28 July 1854 for performance at the Bower Saloon the same day. Signed by John Courtney and Thomas Henry, manager. Keywords: theatre, literature and literary reference, aristocracy, family rel...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1854
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1 item

63. Add MS 52949 B

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'Faust and Marguerite, or, The demon tempter', melodrama in three acts. Licence sent 11 August 1854 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that two passages be censored for religious content. Keywords: science and...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
11 Aug 1854
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1 item

64. Add MS 52949 C

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'The siege of Troy, or, The miss-judgement of Paris', grand classical equestrian burlesque in two acts. Licence sent 21 August 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 28 August 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager and Wm. West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. L...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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21 Aug 1854
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1 item

65. Add MS 52949 D

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Il Conte Ory, lyric comedy in two acts (for the music by Rossini). Printed. Italian with English translation by Manfredo Maggioni; a version of the original French libretto by A. E. Scribe and C. G. Delestre-Poirson. Licence sent 25 August 1854 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Cov...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
25 Aug 1854
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1 item

66. Add MS 52949 F

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'Hard times, but wait a little longer', drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 September 1854 for performance at the Pavilion the same day. For other versions, see Add. MS 52949 A. Keywords: industrialisation, literature and literary reference, theatre, philanthropy, orphans, poverty, drinking an...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1854
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1 item

67. Add MS 52949 G

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'The tasting order', farce in one act. Licence sent 4 September 1854 for performance at the Strand the same day. Signed by F. W. Allcroft. Keywords: food and dining, servants, working class characters, debt and its consequences, crime. ff. 22. Anon, writer of plays: 'The tasting order', fa...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1854
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1 item

68. Add MS 52949 H

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'Leading strings, or, Two ways to bring up a son', comedy in three acts. Licence sent 5 September 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket the same day. Revisions throughout. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted and that the word 'God' be subs...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1854
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1 item

69. Add MS 52949 I

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'Queen of the vintage, or, The courier prince', narrative of the Rhine, in one act. Licence sent 6 September 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 9 September 1854. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: German influence, aristocracy, orphans, peasants, family relationships, dan...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1854
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1 item

70. Add MS 52949 J

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'The new wags of Windsor', farce in one act. Licence sent 11 September 1854 for performance at the Strand 18 September 1854. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'Lord' be substituted with 'Heaven'. Keywords: military, fashion, orphans, family relationships, flirtati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1854
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1 item