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11391. Add MS 52961 C

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‘Two precious scoundrels’, farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Strand 26 August 1856. Keywords: police, crime, prisons and prisoners, murder, businessmen. ff. 33. Leicester Silk Buckingham, dramatist; youngest son of J S Buckingham: Londo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

11392. Add MS 52961 F

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‘Like and unlike’, drama in two acts by -- Langford. Licence sent 4 September 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 10 April 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Keywords: French influence, working women, working class characters, Paris, theatre, dance. ff. 52. London; Secular Ins...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1856
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1 item

11393. Add MS 52962 C

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The king’s muskateers, drama in three acts. Printed with written additions. Licence sent 18 October 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 16 October 1856. Request for licence signed Mr. Charles Dillon. Some corrections. Keywords: French influence, festival and celebration, dance, aristocracy, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1856
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1 item

11394. Add MS 52962 I

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‘Belphegor’, extravaganza in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 September 1856 for performance at the Strand 29 September 1856. Letter from G. Smith bound into MS at back. For a version of this play by John Courtney, see Lacy’s, vol. 3, no. 39. Keywords: pubs and inns, children, m...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1856
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1 item

11395. Add MS 52963 AA

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‘Young and handsome’, a fairy extravaganza by J. R. Planché, from the fairy tale ‘Jeune et belle’, by Madame Murat. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Olympic 26 December 1856. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 421. Keywords: fairies and other superna...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1856
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1 item

11396. Add MS 52963 U

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‘See saw Margery Daw, or, Harlequin Holiday and the island of ups and downs’, pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 26 December 1856. Cover signed E. L. Smith. Keywords: harlequinade, festival and celebration, dance, arist...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1856
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1 item

11397. Add MS 52963 Y

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‘The fisherman and the genie, or, Harlequin Padmanaba and the enchanted fishes of the silver lake’, pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 19 December 1856 for performance at Sadlers Wells 26 December 1856. Two different types of paper used in MS. Songs included in MS. Keywords: black c...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1856
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1 item

11398. Add MS 52965 Z

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'William Tell', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Strand 13 April 1857. Nicoll also lists the performance of a revised text at the Strand 27 June 1857. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a larg...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
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1 item

11399. Add MS 52966 F

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Les Pantins de Violette, opérette-bouffe in one act by Léon Battu (for the music by A. Adam). Printed (1856). French. Licence sent 11 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 29 Avril 1856. Cover and title page stamped ‘J. Mi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
11 May 1857
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1 item

11400. Add MS 52966 H

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Ba-ta-clan, ‘chinoiserie musicale’ in one act by Ludovic Halévy (for the music by J. Offenbach). Printed (1856). French . Licence sent 14 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 29 December 1855. Title page signed J. Mitchell....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
14 May 1857
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1 item