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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Simpson, John Palgrave, dramatist and novelist Level [40] File

1. Add MS 52930 F

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‘A matrimonial prospectus’, farce in one act by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 27 February 1852 for performance at the Strand 4 March 1852. Published as Matrimonial prospectuses in Lacy's, vol. 6, no. 81. Keywords: the press, bachelors, lodgers and boarding houses, servants, debt and its conseq...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1852
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1 item

2. Add MS 52938 S

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'Marco Spada’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 15 March 1853 for performance at the Princess’s 28 March 1853. Written in different hands. For other versions see Add. 52938 Z, 52939 D and 52940 D. Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 138. Keywords: castles, Rome, Italian influence, aristocra...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1853
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1 item

3. Add MS 52945 O

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'Ranelagh', comic drama in two acts by J. P. Simpson and Cecil Wray. Licence sent 4 February 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 9 February 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 13, no. 192. Keywords: elopement, family re...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1854
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1 item

4. Add MS 52946 U

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'Dalrymple v. Tubbs', farce in one act. Licence sent 28 March 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 3 April 1854. Signed by stage manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths, 'which occur very frequently in the MS' be omitted. Keywords: law and the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Mar 1854
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1 item

5. Add MS 52947 F

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'Heads or tails', comedietta in one act, by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 28 April 1854 for performance at the Olympic. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 15, no. 221. Keywords: law and the legal profession, spinsters, family relationships, inheritance, gambling, bachelors. ff. 56. Anon, writer of pl...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1854
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1 item

6. Add MS 52950 D

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'Schamyl, the warrior prophet', drama in three acts by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 28 October 1854 for performance at the Princess’ 6 November 1854. Revisions pasted in. Written on different papers. See Add. 52949 P. Keywords: Christians and Christianity, Muslims and Islam, military, Russi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1854
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1 item

7. Add MS 52960 O

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‘Second love’, original comic drama in three acts by G. W. Simms and J. Bradshaw. Licence sent 22 July 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 23 July 1856. Request for licence signed by J. B. Buckstone. Written in Buckstone and Webster’s copyist’s hand. Signed G. W. Simms and ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1856
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1 item

8. Add MS 52964 Q

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The black book, romantic drama in three acts, altered and adapted from the French by G. C. Bentinck and J. P. Simpson. Printed (1856). Licence sent 7 April 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 2 February 1857. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Listed in Nico...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1857
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1 item

9. Add MS 52965 L

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'Daddy Hardacre', drama in two acts by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Olympic 26 March 1857. Revisions throughout the text. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that 'O God' be altered to 'O Heaven'. Keywords: land and farming, law and the legal ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
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1 item

10. Add MS 52966 G

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'A case for relection', comedietta in one act by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 14 May 1857 for performance at Plymouth 15 May 1857. Cover signed J. Palgrave Simpson, 9 Alfred Place Hall, Thurloe Square, Brompton. Keywords: servants, literature and literary reference, letters, art and artists. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1857
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1 item