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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name City of London Theatre, London Level [40] File

1. Add MS 52929 H

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‘The Hebrew’ (‘The Hebrew’s sacrifice’), drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 February 1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 9 February 1852. Title page signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. A note in the LCO Day Book Add. 53703 explains that the original version of the play,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1852
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1 item

2. Add MS 52929 J

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‘The fall of the leaf’, drama in three acts. Authorship, management or both are attributable to Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Licence sent 31 January 1852 for performance at the City of London 31 January 1852. The date 1851 appears at the bottom of the title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1852
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1 item

3. Add MS 52931 E

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‘The working man, or, The pearl and the diamond’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 29 March 1852 for performance at the City of London 29 March 1852. Title page lists Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: working women, Paris, French influence, drinking and drunkenness, working class cha...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52931 P

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‘Minnigrey’, drama in four acts. Licence sent 15 April 1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 15 April 1852. Title page lists Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a number of phrases be omitted in representation of the text. Two oth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1852
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1 item

5. Add MS 52933 H

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‘The man with the red beard’ al. ‘Friends and their shadows’, drama in three acts by John H. Wilkins. Licence sent 13 July1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 19 July 1852. Obscured signature on title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitt...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1852
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1 item

6. Add MS 52933 P

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‘The betting boy’s career, from his home to the hulks’, ‘moral drama’ in two acts. Licence sent 3 August 1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 9 August 1852. ‘Taken from the plates’ appears on title page, perhaps written by an E. F. Saville who has signed the title page in pencil...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52934 L

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‘The emigrant’s progress’ al. ‘The emigrant’s career’: drama in two acts. Licence sent 29 September 1852 for performance at City of London Theatre 2 October 1852. Title page signed Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Title appears as ‘The emigrant’s career’ appears on back cover along with manag...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52937 A

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‘Uncle Tom’s cabin’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 3 January 1853 for performance at the City of London 3 January 1853. [italics]Signed[/italics] by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that certain omissions be made, and notes that the play lice...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1853
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1 item

9. Add MS 52938 Q

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'A night with Burns’, farce in one act. Licence sent 8 March 1853 for performance at the City of London the same day. Majority of script written in blue ink with stage directions in red and corrections in black. Signed by Mr. W. Serle. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that th...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1853
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1 item

10. Add MS 52939 CC

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'The will and the way’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 11 May 1853 for performance at the City of London. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. For other versions see Add. 52939 O, 52939 Q, 52939 AA, 52939 BB, 52939 DD, and 52942 H. Keywords: adultery, orphans, Indian characters, arist...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1853
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1 item