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

501. Add MS 52946 Y

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'Give a dog an ill name', farce in one act by G. H. Lewes. No record of licence being issued. The title is given in Nicoll as ‘Give a dog a bad name’. MS is dated 12 April 1854 and states that it is intended for representation at the Lyceum 17 April 1854. Keywords: fashion, servants, animals...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1854
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1 item

502. Add MS 52946 Z

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'Ambition—competence and riches' ('Ambition, or poverty—competence and riches'), drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 April 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 17 April 1854. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. First title appears on title page, and the second on title page for act II a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1854
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1 item

503. Add MS 52947 A

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'Ben Bolt', drama in two acts. Licence sent 20 April 1854 for performance at the Standard. Signed by John Douglass, proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. For another version see Add. 52946 P. Keywords: peasants, food and dining, theatre, work...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1854
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1 item

504. Add MS 52947 AA

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'A moving tale', farce in one act by Mark Lemon. Licence sent 6 June 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 7 June 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 227. Keywords: servants, property, food and dining ff. 25. Mark Lemon, ed...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1854
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1 item

505. Add MS 52947 B

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'Richard the Third', a ‘burlesque operatic edition of Master Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy’ with additional notes by Malone, ‘arranged expressly’ for the Strand Theatre. Licence sent 21 April 1854 for performance at the Strand 17 April 1854. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1854
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1 item

506. Add MS 52947 BB

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'Athelstane, or, The black mailed warrior', drama in three acts. Licence sent 8 June 1854 for performance at the City of London 12 June 1854. Signed by Austin Lee. Keywords: medieval settings, military, aristocracy, Saxon characters, Danish characters, murder, treason, illness, castles, disg...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1854
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1 item

507. Add MS 52947 C

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'The overland journey to Constantinople as undertaken by Lord Bateman with interesting particulars of the fair Sophia', burlesque in two acts, by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 21 April 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 17 April 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1854
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1 item

508. Add MS 52947 CC

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La fille du régiment, opéra comique in two acts, dialogue by ‘MM. de Saint-Georges et Bayard’ (i.e., J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges and J. F. A. Bayard, for the music by G. Donizetti). Printed (1853). French. Licence sent 7 June 1854 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first perform...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
7 Jun 1854
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1 item

509. Add MS 52947 D

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'The war in Turkey, or, The struggle for liberty', grand naval and military spectacle in two acts. Licence sent 20 April 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 24 April 1854. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. The second act only is bound in this volume; see Add. 52946 KK for first act...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1854
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1 item

510. Add MS 52947 DD

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'Sunshine through the clouds', drama in one act by 'Slingsby Lawrence' (i.e. G. H. Lewes). Licence sent 10 June 1854 for performance at the Lyceum 15 June 1854. Revisions throughout. For a French version (La joie fair peur) see Add. 52947 K and for another English version (‘Hopes and fears’)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1854
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1 item