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391. Add MS 52943 M

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'Hamlet', burlesque in two acts. (Nicoll lists this as 'Hamlet, according to Act of Parliament'). Licence sent 3 November 1853 for performance at the Strand 8 November 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the wo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Nov 1853
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392. Add MS 52943 N

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'A pet of the public', farce in one act by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 3 November 1853 for performance at the Strand 7 November 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 180. Keywords: French influence, theatre...
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Western Manuscripts
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3 Nov 1853
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393. Add MS 52943 O

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'Pierre', a musical sketch by Henri Drayton. Licence sent 7 November 1853 for performance at the St. James’s 5 November 1853. Includes prose introduction titled 'Necessity is the parent of invention'. Songs included in MS. Keywords: illness, doctors and medicine, French influence, widows, m...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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7 Nov 1853
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394. Add MS 52943 P

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'The excursion', farce in one act. Licence sent 7 November 1853 for performance at the Strand 7 November 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. Allcroft. Keywords: seaside settings, Brighton, the press, theatre, lodgers and boarding houses, food and dining. ff. 31. London. Se...
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Western Manuscripts
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7 Nov 1853
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395. Add MS 52943 Q

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'The life and struggles of a working man', a domestic drama in three acts from the French novel by Émile Souvestre—A working man in Paris, adapted by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 7 November 1853 for performance at the Pavilion 12 November 1853. Signed by J. C. Morgan. Keywords: working class c...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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7 Nov 1853
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396. Add MS 52943 R

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'Violette la grande, or, The life of an actress', drama in three acts adapted from the French by William. E. Suter. Licence sent 9 November 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 14 November 1853. Keywords: theatre, French influence, working women, debt and its consequences, illness, Pari...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Nov 1853
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397. Add MS 52943 S

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'Louisa Meller, the musician's daughter', drama in two acts. Licence sent 12 November 1853 for performance at the Britannia 21 November 1853. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: divorce, aristocracy, adultery, musicians, murder, poisoning, suicide, politicians. ff. 30. Hoxton; Mid...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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12 Nov 1853
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398. Add MS 52943 T

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'The hope of the family' ('Borrowed plumes'), comedy in three acts by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 14 November 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 19 November 1853. Revisions throughout. Different types of paper with additional text inserted throughout. Published in Lacy's, vo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1853
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399. Add MS 52943 U

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'Love's alarms', opera in one act by J. B. Buckstone (music by E. F. Fitzwilliam). Licence sent 14 November 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 17 November 1853. Revisions, songs, stage directions and diagrams included. Keywords: aristocracy, military, bachelors, castles. f...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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14 Nov 1853
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400. Add MS 52943 V

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'Whitebait at Greenwich', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 14 November 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 14 November 1853. Actors' names included in dramatis personae. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Published in Lacy's, vol...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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14 Nov 1853
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1 item