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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Level [40] File

131. Add MS 52933 J

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‘The devil’s in it’, opera in two acts , with libretto by Alfred Bunn. Licence sent 15 July 1852 for performance at the Surrey 21 July 1852. Letter from the stage manager requesting licence is bound with MS. Text written in two different hands; one using red ink to underline stage directions...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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15 Jul 1852
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1 item

132. Add MS 52933 K

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‘Mrs. Johnson’, farce in one act by ‘Hugo Vamp’ (i.e. J. R. O’Neill). Licence sent 19 July 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 26 July 1852. Title page signed by Wm. Sheridan Smith, manager, and the author. ‘Hugo Vamp’ also appears but is slightly obscured. Includes diagra...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Jul 1852
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1 item

133. Add MS 52933 L

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‘Sink or swim’, a drama in two acts by Thomas Morton, Jr. Licence sent 27 July 1852 for performance at the Royal Olympic 2 August 1852. Signed by manager, W. Farren. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a few words be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vol. 7, no. 98. Keywords: ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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27 Jul 1852
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1 item

134. Add MS 52933 M

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‘The writing on the wall’, drama in three acts by J. M. Morton and Thomas Morton. Licence sent 29 July 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 2 August 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Extensive revisions in various hands not the work of the Exam...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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29 Jul 1852
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1 item

135. Add MS 52933 N

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‘Kafra Karabush, Chief of the Eagle Tribe, or, A chieftain’s vengeance’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 August 1852 for performance at the Victoria 9 August. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: Native American characters, black characters, Mexican characte...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1852
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1 item

136. Add MS 52933 O

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‘The maid and the magpie’, operatic burlesque in one act. Licence sent 2 August 1852 for performance at the Victoria 9 August 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. The exact relationship of this text to the libretto of Rossini’s opera La gazza ladra, usually translat...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1852
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1 item

137. 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
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1 item

138. 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
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1852
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1 item

139. Add MS 52933 R

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Casilda’, opera in four acts. Printed (circa 1852); possibly proof copy. Italian. Licence sent 6 August 1852 for performance at Her Majesty’s. Back of MS signed by a ‘Mr. Jennings’. There is one entry in LCO Day Book Add. 53703 covering both Add. 52933 R and 52933 S. Keywords: gypsies, ur...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
6 Aug 1852
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1 item

140. Add MS 52933 S

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Casilda’, opera in four acts; the libretto by ‘M. Tenelli’ (i.e. J. H. Millenet) for the music written by Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Printed (circa 1852). Italian with English translation. Licence sent 6 August 1852 for performance at Her Majesty’s. Names of actors, costume and sc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
6 Aug 1852
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1 item