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11151. Add MS 52963 DD

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‘Don’t you wish you may get it? or, The three wishes’, farce in one act by Thomas Mowbray. Licence sent 27 December 1856 for performance at the Soho 27 December 1856. Request for licence signed Thomas Mowbray. Songs included in MS. Keywords: classical civilization, land and farming, the supe...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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27 Dec 1856
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1 item

11152. Add MS 52964 C

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'The enemy's notebook', drama in three acts by David Fisher. Licence sent 17 January 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Glasgow the same day. 'David Fisher (Princess' Theatre)' written on cover and title page. Diagrams and revisions added to text. Songs included in MS. Nicoll lists ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1857
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1 item

11153. Add MS 52964 L

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'The anti-garotte', farce in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 8 April 1857 for performance at the Strand 31 January 1857. Intended performance date listed on back cover is 2 February 1857. Performed in a revised version by J. C. Wilson at the Strand 2 February 1863 under the title 'My ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1857
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1 item

11154. Add MS 52964 P

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'The wrong baby,' farce in one act. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Intended performance date on title page is 9 February 1857. Keywords: children, bankers, Christians and Christianity. ff. 27. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Grecian S...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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11 Apr 1857
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1 item

11155. Add MS 52964 T

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'A wicked wife', comedy in one act by John Courtney. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 16 February 1857. Some revisions to text. Published in Lacy's, vol. 30, no. 445. Keywords: French influence, Revolutionary France, family relationships, revolution, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
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1 item

11156. Add MS 52967 D

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'L'orgue de Barbarie', opérette in one act. French. Licence sent 20 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover signed J. Mitchell. Does not appear to be listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: musicians, theatre, French influence, the press. ff. 18. London; Secular Institut...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
Date Range:
20 Jun 1857
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1 item

11157. Add MS 52967 R

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'Quadroona, or, The blot upon humanity', romantic drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 July 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52965 AA. Keywords: slavery and abolitionism, nautical interest, mixed race...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1857
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1 item

11158. Add MS 52969 E

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'A pair of pigeons', farce in one act by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 4 November 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 5 November 1857. ‘Copied at the Theatrical Copying Office, 25 Bow Street’ written on final page. Keywords: speculation, adultery, fashion, marital separation. ff. 19. Edwar...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1857
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1 item

11159. Add MS 52969 W

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'Harlequin Billy Taylor, or, Britannia rules the waves', pantomime by G. H. George. Licence sent 15 December 1857 for performance at the Effingham Saloon 26 December 1857. Includes comic scenes. Title pages of script and comic scenes signed ‘Manager, Mr. Morris Abrahams.’ Songs included in ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1857
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1 item

11160. Add MS 52971 S

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'A woman in my dust hole', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 9 February 1858 for performance at the Strand 9 February 1858. Cover signed 'Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn'. Keywords: art and artists, letters, theatre, fashion, supernatural, poisoning, French influence. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1858
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1 item