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

141. Add MS 52933 T

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‘The field of terror, or, The gnome lamp’ (‘The gnome’s lantern’ al. ‘Black spider’ al. The devil’s diggings’), romantic drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 August 1852 for performance at the Olympic 9 August 1852. Signed by W. Farren, manager. Extensive underlined stage directions and a numbe...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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7 Aug 1852
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1 item

142. Add MS 52933 U

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‘The betting boy’s career, from the counting house to the hulks’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 11 August 1852 for performance at the Standard 25 July 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word ‘damn’ be omitted. Only one of the two acts of this play appears has be...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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11 Aug 1852
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1 item

143. Add MS 52933 V

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‘The betting boy’s career, from the counting house to the hulks’, (‘Fifty to one against him’), drama in two acts. Licence sent 12 August 1852 for performance at the Pavilion 12 August 1852. Stage directions require that ‘plates’ be ‘struck.’ A ‘picture reference’ list for ‘numbers’ 1 - 5 ap...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1852
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1 item

144. Add MS 52933 W

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Pietro il Grande’, lyric play in three acts: translated by Manfredo Maggioni from the original English libretto by Desmond Ryan (for the music by L. G. Jullien). Printed (1852). Italian, with English translation. Licence sent 13 August 1852 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Italian
Date Range:
13 Aug 1852
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1 item

145. Add MS 52933 X

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‘Anne Blake’, drama in five acts by J. W. Marston. Printed (C. Marshall, 1852). Licence sent 23 August 1852 for performance at the Princess’s 28 October 1852. Text written in two different hands. Published in Lacy's, vol. 49. Keywords: Wales, Welsh characters, servants, orphans, aristocrac...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1852
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1 item

146. Add MS 52933 Y

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‘Stella, or, Rouble and company’, comedy in one act. Licence sent 23 August 1852 for performance at the Princess’s 24 August 1852. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Nicoll incorrectly lists additional title as ‘Bauble and company.’ Plays of the same title were performed ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1852
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1 item

147. Add MS 52933 Z

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‘The charmed harp’, operetta in one act by John Courtney (music by M. Lutz). Licence sent 24 August 1852 for performance at the Surrey 30 August 1852. Donne’s signature and one other appear on title page. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Two pages...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1852
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1 item

148. Add MS 52934 A

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‘The Assyrian spy’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 September 1852 for performance at the Pavilion 8 September 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a phrase referring to scripture be substituted. Only act one has survived in this MS. Keywords: widows, working class c...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1852
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1 item

149. 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
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1852
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1 item

150. Add MS 52934 C

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‘Uncle Tom’s cabin, or, The negro slave’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 9 September 1852 for performance at the Standard 13 September 1852. Other versions include those written in 1852 by J. Courtney (Add. 52934 K); three versions by Edward Fitzball (Add. 52934 G, 52935 R, and 52936 Q); H. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1852
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1 item