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

701. Add MS 52953 U

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'George Vernet, or, The life of a cabman', drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 9 April 1855. Signed with unidentifiable signature. Signed by Ro. Conquest, manager. The script is addressed to W. B. Donne, London Library, St. Ja...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Apr 1855
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702. Add MS 52953 V

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'The fairy tales of Mother Goose', fairy spectacle in one act. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Written in two different hands. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural c...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Apr 1855
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703. Add MS 52953 W

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'Temptation', drama in two acts by Frederick Neale. Licence sent 4 April 1855 for performance at the Pavilion 4 April 1855. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: land and farming, inheritance, illness, doctors and medicine, illegitimacy, crime, kidnapping, military, doctors and...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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4 Apr 1855
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704. Add MS 52953 X

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'King Queer and his daughters three', extravaganza burlesque in one act by J. Halford and C. J. Collins. Licence sent 4 April 1855 for performance at the Strand 9 April 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: literature and literary reference, family relationships, aristocracy, London, suicide...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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4 Apr 1855
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705. Add MS 52953 Y

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'The falling star, or, Poor Andrew of the Tyrol', “drama of interest” in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 13 April 1855 for performance at the City of London 13 April 1855. Signed by Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: French influence...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Apr 1855
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706. Add MS 52953 Z

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'The gipsy and the showman', a Devonshire tale by W. Rogers. Licence sent 21 April 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 21 April 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: drinking and drunkenness, illness, the supernatural, gypsies, theatre, age and aging, London, Devon, pri...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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21 Apr 1855
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707. Add MS 52954 A

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'Toddles and Fogg', farce in one act. Licence sent 23 April 1855 for performance at the Surrey 3 April 1855. Diagram included. Keywords: flirtation, travel, illness, science and technology, trains and rail travel. ff. 23. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Surrey Theatre: 'Toddles and...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Apr 1855
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1 item

708. Add MS 52954 AA

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Le village, scène provincial in one act by Octave Feullet. Printed (1855). French. Licence sent 3 July 1855 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Keywords: food and dining, travel, transport. ff. 26. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. St James' Theatre: Octave F...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
Date Range:
3 Jul 1855
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1 item

709. Add MS 52954 B

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'Food for gossip', comedy in three acts translated and adapted from the Italian ‘Oste e non oste’, ‘expressly for the present occasion’ by Alfred Elwes. Licence sent 23 April 1855 for performance at the Soho Theatre 23 April 1855. Playbill bound in with the script which lists ‘Miss Kelly's Th...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Apr 1855
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710. Add MS 52954 BB

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'How stout you're getting', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 3 July 1855 for performance at the Princess’s 16 July 1855. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 327. Keywords: science and technology, doctors and medicine, food and dining, London, poverty, transport, travel. ff. 21. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1855
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1 item