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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Travers, William, writer of plays Level [40] File

1. Add MS 52960 G

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‘The storm visitor, or, The avenging gift’, drama in two acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 June 1856. Keywords: natural phenomena, death, land and farming, debt and its consequences, dance, crime. ff. 33. William Travers, dramatist: Hox...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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27 Jun 1856
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1 item

2. Add MS 52965 G

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'Spare the rod and spoil the child', drama in three acts by William Travers. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at City of London Theatre the same day. Cover signed "Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee" and "Mr. William Travers (the author)". Nicoll attributes the play to W. Fraser. Keyw...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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11 Apr 1857
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1 item

3. Add MS 52967 AA

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'The life of a beggar', drama in three acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 13 August 1857 for performance at City of London 14 August 1857. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: festival and celebration, servants, death, poverty, poisoning, inheritance, murder, crime, fallen wom...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Aug 1857
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1 item

4. Add MS 52971 B

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'Perils by land and wave', in two acts, by W. Travers. Licence sent 11 January 1858 for performance at the Surrey 11 January 1858. Cover signed 'Messrs. Bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick.' Keywords: land and farming, illness, doctors and medicine, orphans, debt and its consequences...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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11 Jan 1858
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1 item

5. Add MS 52971 L

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'The island of silver store, or, The pirates of the Caribbees', drama in two acts by William Travers. Licence sent 30 January 1858 for performance at the City of London. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. See Add. 52971 G, 52971 M, 52972 A and 52972 D. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywor...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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30 Jan 1858
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1 item

6. Add MS 52972 H

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'A poor girl's temptations, or, A voice from the streets', 'entire new' drama in three acts by William Travers. Licence sent (no date) for performance at the City of London February 1858. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Listed in Nicoll but not in the LCO Day Book Add. 53703. Key...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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Feb 1858
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1 item

7. Add MS 52975 L

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'Il travatore, or, A gipsey's vengeance' [sic], ('The troubador, or, The gipsy's vengeance', title at head of list of dramatis personae), drama in four acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 18 August 1858 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Cover signed Mr. William Travers. Not listed ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1858
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1 item

8. Add MS 52983 T

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‘Cartouche, or, The six escapes of a robber’, drama in three acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 11 July 1859 for performance at the City of London Theatre. See also Add. 52997 C. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 76, no. 1031. Considerable variation between the MS and Lacy’s versions. Keywords: Fre...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1859
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1 item

9. Add MS 52992 C

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'Dinorah, or, The demon's treasure', drama in four acts, probably by W. Travers. Licence sent 7 April 1860 for performance at the Standard. Described at the beginning of Act 1 as “a new romantic drama adapted from the opera”, and at the beginning of Acts 2, 3 and 4 as “a new romantic drama ad...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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7 Apr 1860
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1 item

10. Add MS 52993 D

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'The champion's belt, or, The ring and its moral', 'a drama of the times, written to discountenance the brutal practice of prize-fighting', in two acts, possibly by W. Travers. Licence sent 8 May 1860 for performance at the City of London Theatre. See Add. 52991 C, 52992 L and 52993 B. Base...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1860
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1 item

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