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10381. Add MS 52965 P

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Crimean relics, grand illustrated concert, in 'scena' and costume, poems and melodies by F. A. Wilson. Printed (1857). Licence sent 7 April 1857 for performance at the St. James’s 12 April 1857. Does not appear to be listed in Nicoll. Keywords: Crimea, literature and literary reference, Bri...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1857
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1 item

10382. Add MS 52965 T

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'The French in Algiers, or, Love and honor', grand equestrian and military spectacle in three acts. Licence sent 9 April 1857 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 13 April 1857. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager and W. West, stage manager. Revisions throughout the text...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1857
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1 item

10383. Add MS 52968 W

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'Pedrillo, or, A search for two fathers', drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Marylebone 16 November 1857. Cover of each act signed J. B. Johnstone. Acts appear to have been posted separately to the Lord Chamberlain’s Office by George Cla...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
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1 item

10384. Add MS 52968 X

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'Lime Tree Chateau', drama in three acts. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Marylebone the same day. Keywords: aristocracy, French influence, festival and celebration, poverty, Paris, dance, doctors and medicine, sport, entertainment, illness, murder. ff. 49. London; Secul...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
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1 item

10385. Add MS 52970 G

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'Sing a song of sixpence, or, The star of the west and the 24 blackbirds bake'd in a pie', pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Comic scenes included. Keywords: India, garrotting, crime, dance, h...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1857
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1 item

10386. Add MS 52983 B

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‘Payable on demand’, domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 6 June 1859 for performance at the Olympic. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that biblical references be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 614. Keywords: Frankfurt, Clapham, post-revolutionar...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1859
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1 item

10387. Add MS 52984 G

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‘One touch of nature’, drama in one act by B. N. Webster. Licence sent 5 August 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Nicoll cites an unverified Lacy’s edition. Keywords: servants, female actors, drama production, copyists, courtship, fathers. ff. 13. Benjamin Nottingham Webster, actor, th...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1859
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1 item

10388. Add MS 52984 P

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‘Love and fortune’, dramatic tableau in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 20 September 1859 for performance at the Princess’s on 24 September 1859. Inside cover signed Augustus Harris. Contains words for songs and some pencilled-in stage directions. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 62...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1859
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1 item

10389. Add MS 52985 B

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‘Virginius, or, The trials of a fond father’, burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 28 September 1859 for performance at the St. James’s on 1 October 1859. Copied in more than one hand. Contains words for songs. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 627. Keywords: classical ci...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1859
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1 item

10390. Add MS 52985 H

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‘Garibaldi’, a historical drama in four acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 10 October 1859 for performance at Astley’s. Contains detailed descriptions of stagecraft. Back cover to Act One contains reference to elephants written in ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a nu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1859
Extent:
1 item