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11381. Add MS 52954 CC

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Les droits d'homme, comédie in two acts by Jules de Prémaray. Printed (1855). French. Licence sent 7 July 1855 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Odéon 6 November 1854. Signed by J. Mitchell. Publisher's list on back cover. Keywords: politicians, widows...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
Date Range:
7 Jul 1855
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1 item

11382. Add MS 52954 Q

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'Only a halfpenny', farce in one act by John Oxenford. Licence sent 31 May 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 31 May 1855. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 22, no. 329. Keywords: festivals and celebration, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 May 1855
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1 item

11383. Add MS 52954 U

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'Helping hands', domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 9 June 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 20 June 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 325. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, musicians, illness, pove...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1855
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1 item

11384. Add MS 52954 Z

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'Buckstone's adventure with a Polish princess', original farce in one act by 'Slingsby Lawrence, Esq.' [i.e. G. H. Lewes]. Licence sent 29 June 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 4 July 1855. 'G. H. Lewes, 7 Clarence Row, East Sheen, Surrey' appears on title page. Some revis...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1855
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1 item

11385. Add MS 52955 I

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'The parish boy's progress', in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 7 August 1855 for performance at the City of London. No date of first performance given. Signed by the lessees, Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. For other versions see Add. 52955 H and 52956 J. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 an...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1855
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1 item

11386. Add MS 52955 V

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'The sanctuary' ('The sanctuary, or, England in 1450'), musical drama in two acts by J. E. Carpenter. Licence sent 20 September 1855 for performance at the Surrey 8 October 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: London, death, poverty, nautical interest, disguise, travel, stagecraft. ff. 37....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1855
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1 item

11387. Add MS 52957 X

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'The discreet princess, or, The three glass distaffs', extravaganza in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 22 December 1855 for performance at the Olympic 26 December 1855. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 24, no. 357. Keywords: aristocracy, fairies and other supernatural ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1855
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1 item

11388. Add MS 52958 O

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‘The boots at the Holly Tree Inn, or, The infant elopement to Gretna Green’, illustrative sketch in one act by Benjamin N. Webster. Licence sent 31 January 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 31 January 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1856
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1 item

11389. Add MS 52958 T

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‘The Arab of the desert and the faithful steed’, oriental spectacle in two acts by W. Cooke. Licence sent 14 February 1856 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 18 February 1856. Signed William Cooke and W. West. Keywords: Muslims and Islam, animals, family relationships, aristocrac...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1856
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1 item

11390. Add MS 52959 O

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‘Mischievous Annie’, farce in one act by W. J. Florence. ‘With an original Dutch song and dance, “La fille du regiment”’. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 12 May 1856. Cover signed J. S. S. Tully. Some actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1856
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1 item