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10851. Add MS 52947 AA

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'A moving tale', farce in one act by Mark Lemon. Licence sent 6 June 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 7 June 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 227. Keywords: servants, property, food and dining ff. 25. Mark Lemon, ed...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1854
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1 item

10852. Add MS 52964 Y

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'The yell of doom', drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 March 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 9 April 1857. This play includes a shipwreck, and a scene of a man saved after clinging to a rock. There is also an elaborately described ghost scene. Keywords: nautical interest, natura...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1857
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1 item

10853. Add MS 52983 G

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‘Irene, the Greek girl of Janina, or, The vow of the three avengers’, drama in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 21 June 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Signed Miss Eliza Clayton. Keywords: Greece, France, Venice, military, war, prisoners, prison, festivals, disguise, cross-dress...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1859
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1 item

10854. Add MS 52986 B

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‘A cure for the gout’, farce in one act by H. A. Major. Licence sent 20 October 1859 for performance at the Soho. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit all oaths. Keywords: letters, courting, servants, upper-classes, illness, engagement, medicine, cross-dressing, madness, i...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1859
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1 item

10855. Add MS 52991 R

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'A day in high life', farce in one act by George E. Shirley, music by J. A. V - (name illegible). Licence sent 4 April 1860 for performance at the Royal Marines Barrack Theatre, Chatham. Props listed on front cover. Contains words to songs. Includes a “Musical Extravaganza” for voice and o...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1860
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1 item

10856. Add MS 52992 H

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'A race for a widow', comedietta in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 18 April 1860 for performance at the Strand. Stage directions underlined in red ink. Published in Lacy's, vol. 46, no. 680. Keywords: clerks, inns, transport, rail travel, widows, Wales, London, cockneys, gipsies, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18 Apr 1860
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1 item

10857. Add MS 52993 R

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'The three lives', drama in two acts and a prologue by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 25 May 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, the theatre proprietor, noted on the cover. Adapted from the serialisation in Everybody's Journal. For another version, see Add. 52995 E. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1860
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1 item

10858. Add MS 52997 S

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'The lion slayer', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 21 November 1860 for performance at the Haymarket on 22 November. Signed Thomas Pugh, prompter. Cited in Nicoll and published in Lacy's, vol. 77, no. 1146, as The lion slayer, or, Out for a prowl. Keywords: hotels, family ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
21 Nov 1860
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1 item

10859. Add MS 53005 I

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'Peace and quiet', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 26 June 1861 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 764. ff. 13. Thomas John Williams, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1867: Ital, with some Eng trans.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
26 Jun 1861
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1 item

10860. Add MS 53013 O

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Add MS 53013 O
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The lady of the lake, burlesque by R. W. Taylor. Printed (s.n., 1862). Licence sent 17 April 1862 for performance at the New Royalty on 21 April 1862. Under the management of J. Calderwell’ on title page. ff. 18. Rev. Richard Whateley Taylor, writer of plays: Play by, submitted: 1862: Prin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1862
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1 item