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10051. Add MS 52958 C

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‘The wheel of life’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 5 January 1865. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: food and dining, kidnapping, crime. ff. 26. Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia Theatre alias Britannia Saloon: 'The wheel of life',...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1856
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1 item

10052. Add MS 52964 J

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'The wreck of the Golden Mary', drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 February 1857 for performance at the City of London the same day. For other versions, see Add. 52964 D and 52964 G. Keywords: nautical interest, murder, children, stagecraft, gold prospecting, Australia. ff. 20. London; Sec...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1857
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1 item

10053. Add MS 52966 P

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'The son of night, or, Ben Liel', drama in three acts. Licence sent 27 May 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Towers. For other versions, see Add. 52962 T and 52965 K. Keywords: mountain settings, Naples, peasants, aristocracy, murder...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 May 1857
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1 item

10054. Add MS 52979 E

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‘The lord and the lout’, drama in three acts, by W. H. Pitt. Licence sent 17 January 1859 for performance at the Victoria on 24 January 1859. Cover signed J. J. Towers. Based on the novel, ‘Transmutation, or, The Lord and the Lout’, by ‘N. or M.’, i.e. Mrs Catherine G. F. Gore, 1854. Keywor...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1859
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1 item

10055. Add MS 52979 S

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‘Will o' the wisp, or, The morass of the murdered’, drama in two acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 18 February 1859 for performance at the Britannia . LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit the words ‘Though there he lay till the Judgement Day.’ See also Add. 52980 C. Ke...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1859
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1 item

10056. Add MS 52980 C

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‘Will o’ the wisp, or, The doomed of Dyneley Chase’, drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 25 February 1859 to be performed on 28 February 1859 at the Effingham Saloon. Cover signed Morris AbrahaMS See also Add. 52979 S. Keywords: legend, superstition, murder, poaching, burglar...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
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1 item

10057. Add MS 52981 J

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‘St. Giles’s Overreach, or, A new way old debts to pay’, burlesque in one act by G. W. Simms. Licence sent 24 March 1859 to be performed 31 March 1859 at the Victoria. Cover signed and text copied by Isaac Cohen. Listed as ‘Sir Giles Overreach’ in both Nicoll and LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Wo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1859
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1 item

10058. Add MS 52983 C

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‘The eve of St. John, or, The water spirit and the magic axe’, drama in two acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 9 June 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Keywords: German settings, Spanish influence, legends, superstition, dance, ballet, mothers, sons, spirits, festivals, nobility, wate...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1859
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1 item

10059. Add MS 52983 D

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‘Give me my wife’, farce in one act by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 9 June 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Signed W. E. Suter. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit all oaths. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 75, no. 1115. Keywords: spinsters, inheritance, marital relationshi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1859
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1 item

10060. Add MS 52985 I

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‘A husband to order’, farce in two acts by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 11 October 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Some amendments in ink. Adapted from the French play, ‘Un mariage sous l’Empire’. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 632. Keywords: French settings and character names, post...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1859
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1 item