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

261. Add MS 52938 I

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Il ne faut jurer de rien, comédie in three acts by Alfred de Musset. Printed (Paris: Charpentier, 1849). French. Licence sent 22 February 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre Français 22 June 1848. Signed by J. Mitchell. Keywords: French influ...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
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22 Feb 1853
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1 item

262. Add MS 52938 J

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'An unfortunate propensity' ('A brilliant affair'), farce in one act. Licence sent 25 February 1853 for performance at the Princess’s 26 February 1853. Includes letter signed by John W. Cole to W. B. Donne (the Examiner) requesting change of title from 'A brilliant affair' to 'An unfortunate ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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25 Feb 1853
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263. Add MS 52938 K

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'Amakosa, or Scene of Kaffir warfare’, a grand equestrian spectacle in three acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 26 February 1853 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 28 March 1853. Signed by William Cook, Wm. West and W. B. Donne. Keywords: South Africa, animals, black character...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Feb 1853
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1 item

264. Add MS 52938 L

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'Mont Blanc, or, The ice fiend of the Alps’, a supernatural melodrama by A. V. Campbell. Licence sent 26 February 1853 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 16 May 1853. Title page includes paragraph explaining the subject. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book records the stipulation that '...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Feb 1853
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1 item

265. Add MS 52938 M

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Une petite fille de la Grand Armée, comédie-vaudeville in two acts by Theodore Barrière and V. Perrot. Printed (Paris: Beck, 1852). French. Licence sent 26 February 1853 for performance at the Théâtre du Gymnase 8 May 1852. Signed by J. Mitchell. Keywords: French influence, military, serva...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
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26 Feb 1853
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1 item

266. Add MS 52938 N

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Livre III, chapitre Ier, comédie in one act by Eugène Pierron and Adolphe Laferrière. Printed (Paris: La France dramatique au dix-neuvième siècle: choix de pièces modernes, 1852). French. Licence sent 22 February 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Od...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
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22 Feb 1853
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1 item

267. Add MS 52938 O

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'The school for kings’, drama in three acts by Charles A. Somerset. Licence sent 2 March 1853 for performance at Theatre Royal Drury Lane 7 March 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'God' be omitted. Keywords: medieval settings, festivals and celebration, food...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Mar 1853
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1 item

268. Add MS 52938 P

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'Turkish lovers’, an Eastern spectacular romance in three acts by Captain W. H. Armstrong. Licence sent 3 March 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 7 March 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the words 'God' and 'Oh Lord' be omitted. Includes list of s...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Mar 1853
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1 item

269. 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
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English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1853
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1 item

270. Add MS 52938 R

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'Leaves from the life! And lays from the lyre! Of William Shakespeare!' a historical, musical and illustrative lecture’. Licence sent 9 March 1853 for performance at Sadlers Wells. Written in different hands and on different types of paper. Keywords: literature and literary reference, dance,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1853
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1 item