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10421. Add MS 52932 K

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‘Sea and land’, drama in three acts by Mark Lemon. Licence sent 13 May 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 17 May 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions to text throughout. Large numbers pencilled in throughout. Keywords: disabled characters, nautical d...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 May 1852
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1 item

10422. Add MS 52935 X

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'The woman I adore’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 9 October 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 9 October 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions not the work of the Examiner of Plays appear throughout text. LCO Day Boo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1852
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1 item

10423. Add MS 52941 W

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'Mary Price, or, The memoirs of a servant maid', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 26 August 1853 for performance at the City of London 26 August 1853. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. For another version see Add. 52935 Y. This version published in Lacy’s,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1853
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1 item

10424. Add MS 52942 H

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'The second will and the way', drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 13 September 1853 for performance at the Pavilion. Title page reads 'The dark shall be right and the wrong shall be made right'. Written in two different hands. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1853
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1 item

10425. Add MS 52942 J

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'St. James and St Giles', drama in three acts by John H. Wilkins. Licence sent 19 September 1853 for performance at the City of London 3 October 1853. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'damned' be omitted. Keywords: debt ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1853
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1 item

10426. Add MS 52945 Q

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'A good run for it', farce in one act by J. V. Bridgeman. Licence sent 11 February 1854 for performance at Sadlers Wells 13 February 1854. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the word 'damn' be omitted as well as one other phrase. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 14, no. 198. Keyw...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1854
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1 item

10427. Add MS 52945 W

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'Gin versus water', drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 21 February 1854 for performance at the Pavilion the same day. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown author’. For other versions, see Add. 52945 C and 52945 W. Keywords: drinking and drunkenness, poverty, working class characters,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1854
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1 item

10428. Add MS 52946 CC

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'A tale of the Spanish Wars, or, The horse of the wreck', grand nautical equestrian spectacle in two acts by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 10 April 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 17 April 1854. Signed by lessee and manager, William Cooke and William West, stage manager. Songs...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1854
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1 item

10429. Add MS 52948 G

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'The Lowther Arcade, or, Waiting for an omnibus on a rainy day', farce in one act by C. W. S. Brooks. Licence sent 24 June 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 28 June 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 15, no. 21...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1854
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1 item

10430. Add MS 52948 H

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'As like as two peas', farce in one act by Hubert Lille. Licence sent 24 June 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 30 June 1854. Signed 'with Mr. Buckstone's compliments'. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the word 'damn' be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1854
Extent:
1 item