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11501. Add MS 52955 B

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'Rich in love, but poor in pocket', a farce in one act by George Conquest. Licence sent 13 July 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 16 July 1855. Signed by Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. Keywords: dance, festival and celebration, gambling, flirtation, food and dining. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1855
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1 item

11502. Add MS 52958 Z

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‘A prince for an hour’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 8 March 1856 for performance at the Princess’s 24 March 1856. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 25, no. 373. Keywords: Italy, Italian influence, aristocracy, French imperiali...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1856
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1 item

11503. Add MS 52965 O

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'The belle and the boor', a comedietta in one act. Licence sent 2 April 1857 for performance at the St. James’s 23 March 1857. Keywords: Restoration England, sport, natural phenomena, aristocracy, land and farming. ff. 11. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. St James' Theatre: 'The bell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2 Apr 1857
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1 item

11504. Add MS 52968 N

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Dreams of delusion, drama in one act by J. P. Simpson, adapted from the French drama Elle est folle. Licence sent 7 October 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Plymouth the same day. Cover signed Lady Athnison. Publisher's advertising on front and back covers. Keywords: aristocracy, s...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1857
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1 item

11505. Add MS 52989 H

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'The seventh hour, or, The price of life', drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 January 1860 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Names of John Johnson and Nelson Lee as theatre lessees and managers noted on cover page. In Nicoll, authorship is attributed to B. Hughes and A. Faucquez...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1860
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1 item

11506. Add MS 53001 G

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The black domino, comic opera in three acts by Henry F. Chorley (for the music by D. Auber). Printed (Nassau Steam Press, for the theatre; n.d.). Licence sent 19 February 1861 for performance at Covent Garden. Based on Le domino noir, the libretto by A. E. Scribe, first produced at the Opéra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
19 Feb 1861
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1 item

11507. Add MS 53004 O

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'The spirit of death, or, Twelve o'clock and the midnight angel', drama in six acts by J. T. Douglass. Licence sent 24 May 1861 for performance at the Standard. Cuts and amendments written in ink, stage directions added on loose leaves of paper. For other versions, see Add.53004 I, 53004 F, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1861
Extent:
1 item

11508. Add MS 53005 M

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'My Lord and my Lady, or, "It might have been worse" ', comedy in five acts by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 8 July 1861 for performance at the Haymarket. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Cuts in ink and red pencil, stage cues in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 766. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1861
Extent:
1 item

11509. Add MS 53009 D

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'All in the dark', farce in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 20 November 1861 for performance at the New Royalty. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records place of performance as the Soho . Previously performed as 'All in the dark, or, The banks of the Elbe', 1822. Adapted from the French of V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1861
Extent:
1 item

11510. Add MS 52931 I

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‘Oh Gemini, or, The brothers of course’, burlesque in one act by G. Abbott à Beckett and Mark Lemon. Licence sent 8 April 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 12 April 1852. Signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a speech criticizing ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item