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11. Add MS 52947 Y

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'The Baltic fleet', drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 June 1854 for performance at the Standard. Signed by John Douglass. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: nautical interest, Russian empire, French imperialism, British Empire, imprisonment, Crimea. ff. 20. Anon, writer of plays: 'The Baltic...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1854
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1 item

12. Add MS 52947 A

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'Ben Bolt', drama in two acts. Licence sent 20 April 1854 for performance at the Standard. Signed by John Douglass, proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. For another version see Add. 52946 P. Keywords: peasants, food and dining, theatre, work...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1854
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1 item

13. Add MS 52947 U

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'Henri the witless, or, Life's cloud and sunshine', drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 June 1854 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 4 June 1854. Actor's names included with dramatis personae. Prompter's notes in pencil. Revisions throughout. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: festivals a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1854
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1 item

14. Add MS 52947 B

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'Richard the Third', a ‘burlesque operatic edition of Master Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy’ with additional notes by Malone, ‘arranged expressly’ for the Strand Theatre. Licence sent 21 April 1854 for performance at the Strand 17 April 1854. Request for licence written and signed by J. W. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1854
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1 item

15. Add MS 52947 M

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Romulus, comédie in one act by Alexandre Dumas the elder. Printed (Librarie théâtrale, 1854). French. Licence sent 18 May 1854 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre-Français 13 January 1854. Signed by Lafont. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulat...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1854
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1 item

16. Add MS 52947 H

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'Rich and poor, or, The uphill game of life', drama in three acts adapted from the French by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 2 May 1854 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 8 May 1854. Signed by R. O. Conquest. Keywords: servants, debt and its consequences, law and the legal profession, inheritan...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1854
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1 item

17. Add MS 52947 C

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'The overland journey to Constantinople as undertaken by Lord Bateman with interesting particulars of the fair Sophia', burlesque in two acts, by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 21 April 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 17 April 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1854
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1 item

18. Add MS 52947 L

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Une soirée à la Bastille, comédie in one act by A. Decourcelle. Printed (Paris; Magasin théâtral; choix des pièces nouvelles, 1854). French. Licence sent 18 May 1854 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre-Français 30 April 1854. Signed by Lafont. Publish...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
18 May 1854
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1 item

19. Add MS 52947 P

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'This horse will be sold to pay the expenses, if not claimed within 14 days', extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 29 May 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 5 June 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Mr. West, stage manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 record...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1854
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1 item

20. Add MS 52947 X

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'From village to court', a petit comedy in two acts by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 3 June 1854 for performance at the Princess’s 5 June 1854. Published in Lacy's, vol. 15, no. 214. Keywords: German influence, aristocracy, peasants, military, illness, nursing, letters. ff. 36. John Maddison ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1854
Extent:
1 item