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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Britannia Theatre alias Britannia Saloon, Hoxton, Middlesex Level [40] File

1. Add MS 52933 Q

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‘Oscar the Dane, or, The mysterious man of Australia’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 August 1852 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 11 August 1852. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Extensive underlined stage directions. Keywords: Australia, German characters, Danish characters, E...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1852
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1 item

2. Add MS 52934 B

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‘Daft Dora, or, The sorrows of Susan the child of the wreck’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 September 1852 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 September 1852. Title page signed ‘Samuel Lane, Proprietor.’ Keywords: nautical drama, orphans, disabled characters, crime, kidnapping, pr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1852
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1 item

3. Add MS 52935 B

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‘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, mu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1852
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1 item

4. Add MS 52936 W

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'Callandrack Callebando, the giant Zugii, or Doctor Killorcureoh' (altered from 'Harlequin Bright Little Loaf' on title page), pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1852 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 December 1852. Songs included in MS. Keywords: science and technology, fairies an...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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21 Dec 1852
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1 item

5. 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
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English
Date Range:
30 May 1853
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1 item

6. Add MS 52942 U

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'Wrath's whirlwind, or, The neglected child, the vicious youth and the degraded man', in two acts. Licence requested for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 October 1853 but refused because the piece might 'lower the morals and excite the passions of the classes who frequent saloons’. Lette...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1853
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1 item

7. Add MS 52943 B

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'The devil in six, or, A lucifer match', drama in two acts. Licence sent 15 October 1853 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 24 October 1853. Signed by Samuel Lane. Songs included in MS. Keywords: aristocracy, servants, the supernatural, cross dressing, impersonation, disguise. ff. 24. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1853
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1 item

8. Add MS 52943 S

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'Louisa Meller, the musician's daughter', drama in two acts. Licence sent 12 November 1853 for performance at the Britannia 21 November 1853. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: divorce, aristocracy, adultery, musicians, murder, poisoning, suicide, politicians. ff. 30. Hoxton; Mid...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1853
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1 item

9. Add MS 52944 G

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'Punch and Judy, or, Harlequin and the dog Toby', pantomime. Licence sent 19 December 1853 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 26 December 1853. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Songs included in MS. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural creatures, domestic violence, Pop Goes the W...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1853
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1 item

10. Add MS 52952 D

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'Fashion and famine', drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 January 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 January 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: widows, spinsters, New York, lodgers and boarding houses, disguise, poverty, debt and its consequences, gambling, Maine, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1855
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1 item