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

691. Add MS 52953 K

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'A cosy couple', drama in one act, by ‘Slingsby Lawrence’ (i.e. G. H. Lewes). Licence sent 14 March 1855 for performance at the Lyceum 14 March 1855. This script not listed in Nicoll. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 24, no. 355. Keywords: literature and literary reference, food and dining, travel...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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14 Mar 1855
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692. Add MS 52953 L

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The American in England, comedy in two acts by Edward Ranger. Printed (1855). Licence sent 14 March 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Manchester 14 March 1855. Author's address (11 St Mary Abbotts Terrace, Kensington) written on title page. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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14 Mar 1855
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693. Add MS 52953 M

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'The cricket on the hearth', drama in one act and three tableaux adapted from Dickens's Christmas tale by Joseph Halford. Licence sent 16 March 1855 for performance at the Strand 19 March 1855. Keywords: literature and literary reference, festivals and celebration, working class characters, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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16 Mar 1855
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694. Add MS 52953 N

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'Diana's chase, or, The runaway goddess and the enchanted daffodil', drama in two acts. Licence sent 23 March 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 23 March 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: classical civilization, sport, the supernatural, dance, seaside settings, fairies and othe...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Mar 1855
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695. Add MS 52953 O

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'Past midnight', farce in one act by G. Conquest. Licence sent 26 March 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 24 March 1855. Elaborate description of setting. Nicoll does not attribute this play to Conquest. Keywords: bachelors. ff. 23. George Augustus Conquest, acrobat, pantomimist,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Mar 1855
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696. Add MS 52953 P

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'The muleteer of Toledo', drama in two acts by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 29 March 1855 for performance at the Princess’s 9 April 1855. Written on several different types of paper. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. For another version, see Add. 529...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1855
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697. Add MS 52953 Q

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'The field against the favorite', domestic equestrian drama in two acts. Licence sent 29 March 1855 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre, 9 April 1855. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Wm. West, stage manager. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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29 Mar 1855
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698. Add MS 52953 R

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'The sexton's bird, or, The orphan peeress of Greymoor Abbey', drama in two acts. Licence sent 31 March 1855 for performance at City of London 31 March 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: dance, peasants, land and farming, aristocracy, doctors and medicine, crime, orphans, illness, impriso...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Mar 1855
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699. Add MS 52953 S

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'The new (Hay-) market spring meeting', extravaganza in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 31 March 1855 for performance at the Haymarket 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 22, no. 317. Keywords: thea...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Mar 1855
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700. Add MS 52953 T

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'Wealth and poverty! or, The trials of life', drama in three acts from the French by the author of 'The black huntsman' and 'Miser and spendthrift'. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Victoria 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Songs included...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Apr 1855
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1 item