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10711. Add MS 52952 H

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'The double marriage', drama in five acts by Charles Reade. Licence sent 8 January 1855 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by Laura Seymour. 'Charles Read, Esqre., Garrick Club, King Street, Covent Garden' written inside front cover. 'J. Saunders, Copyist, 41 Church Road, Commercial...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1855
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1 item

10712. Add MS 52952 I

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'Alcestis', tragedy in three acts by Henry Spicer. Licence sent 8 January 1855 for performance at the St. James’s 15 January 1855. Signed by Laura Seymour. Keywords: classical civilization, Greece, Thessaly, death, mourning, the supernatural. ff. 36. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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8 Jan 1855
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1 item

10713. Add MS 52952 W

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'An additional act to “The Battle of the Alma”, illustrating the battles of Balaclava and Inkermann'. Licence sent 23 February 1855 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre, 26 February 1855. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and William West, stage manager. Stage directions and s...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1855
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1 item

10714. Add MS 52952 X

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'City friends, or, Mis-direction', farce in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 24 February 1855 for performance at the Strand 26 February 1855. Signed by J. W. Allcroft. Keywords: servants, letters, politicians, British Empire. ff. 15. Charles James Collins, writer of plays: London. Se...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Feb 1855
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1 item

10715. Add MS 52953 A

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'The secret agent', comedy in two acts by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 2 March 1855 for performance at the Haymarket 5 March 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Revisions throughout. Some revisions pasted in. Several different types of paper used. Published in La...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1855
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1 item

10716. Add MS 52953 I

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'The lost son, found, or, The nigger's new place', farce in one act by William Albain. Licence sent 14 March 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Lyme Regis 14 March 1855. 'Mr. Wm. Albain, 12 Grovesnor Terrace, Grovesnor Park, Camberwell' written on title pages. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1855
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1 item

10717. 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
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1855
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1 item

10718. Add MS 52954 M

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'The little demon', drama in one act. Licence sent 19 May 1855 for performance at the Strand 21 May 1855. Keywords: the supernatural, fairies and other the supernatural creatures, street musicians, sport, aristocracy. ff. 22. London. Secular Institutions; Theatres. Strand Theatre: 'The litt...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 May 1855
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1 item

10719. Add MS 52954 N

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'The ratcatcher's daughter', ‘written from the popular song of that name’ by James Elphinstone. Licence sent 23 May 1855 for performance at the Pavilion 23 May 1855. For another version see Add. 52955 X. Keywords: working class characters, poverty, London, servants, sport, military. ff. 64....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1855
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1 item

10720. Add MS 52955 W

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'Pandemonium, or, The students dream' [sic], drama in two acts by G. G. Branch. Licence sent 27 September 1855 for performance at the Albert and Garrick Royal Amphitheatre 27 September 1855. Author's address ‘2 Wheler St, Spitalfields’ listed on title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records th...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1855
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1 item