Search

036-002004627 Level [40] File

11. Add MS 52960 K

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52960 K
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Medea, or, The best of mothers with a brute of a husband’, burlesque in one act by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 12 July 1856 for performance at the Olympic 14 July 1856. Revisions in different coloured inks throughout the text. Signed Rob. B. Brough, 4 South Lambeth Place, Vauxhall on back co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 52960 E

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52960 E
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Music hath charms’, farce in one act by David Fisher. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Princess 7 July 1856. Speaking cues and stage directions are underlined in red. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 63. Keywords: French influence, lodgers and boarding houses, dance. ff. 18. Davi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 52960 Z

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52960 Z
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘First love and false hearts, or, Sunbeams and shadows’, drama in two acts by C. Hazelwood. Licence sent 14 August 1856 for performance at City of London 14 August 1856. Cover signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: family relationships, discipline, land and farming, drinking and dr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

14. Add MS 52960 X

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52960 X
Title:
Scope & Content:
Irish Assurance, farce in two acts by Mrs. B. Williams. Printed (n.d.) Licence sent 11 August 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 11 August 1856. “Written expressly for Mr. Barney Williams. To which are added, a description of the costume, cast of characters, entrances and exits, relative po...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

15. Add MS 52960 G

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52960 G
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘The storm visitor, or, The avenging gift’, drama in two acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 June 1856. Keywords: natural phenomena, death, land and farming, debt and its consequences, dance, crime. ff. 33. William Travers, dramatist: Hox...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 52960 Y

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52960 Y
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Our gal!! or, The Connecticut stratagem’, farce in one act by G. D. Johnson. Licence sent 31 July 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 26 July 1856. Letter requesting licence signed B. Webster bound in with MS. Actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae. Part of printed playbill and i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 52960 S

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52960 S
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Life’s trials by sea and land, or, The child of the waves’, drama in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 22 July 1856 for performance at City of London 22 July 1856. Signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Songs included in MS. Keywords: American characters, businessmen, crime, travel, n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 52960 V

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52960 V
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘The daughter of night, or, A poor girl’s fortune’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 31 July 1856 for performance at the Britannia 31 July 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Elaborate stage directions. Keywords: industrialization, Jews and Judaism, stagecraft, death, children...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item

19. Add MS 52960 BB

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52960 BB
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Auld Robin Gray, or, The hand and the heart’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 22 August 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 22 August 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Letter signed by G. Smith bound in with MS. Two different forms of paper used. See ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item

20. Add MS 52960 F

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52960 F
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘The custom of the country, or, Yankee help’, farce in one act by -- Walcott. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 30 June 1856. ‘Property of Mr. B. Williams’ written on cover. Actors’ names included in MS. John Proctor listed as ‘prompter’. Nicoll lists the play under ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item