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036-002004679 Level [40] File

11. Add MS 52962 F

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‘Lucifer matches’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 29 September 1856. Request for licence signed B. Webster. Additional stage directions pencilled in throughout. Diagrams included. Keywords: the supernatural, education, American charac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 52962 E

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‘The eagle and child, or, A mother’s courage’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 10 October 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: land and farming, travel, peasants, illegitimacy, fallen women. ff. 26. Hoxton; Middlese...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 52962 X

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‘Jones, the avenger’, farce in one act by F. Talfourd. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Olympic 24 November 1856. Keywords: servants, science and technology, illness, orphans, letters, family relationships. ff. 20. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Olympic Theatre:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

14. Add MS 52962 Y

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‘The elves, or, The statue bride’, ballet extravaganza in two acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 18 November 1856. Request for licence signed B. Webster. Songs included in MS. Final scene written on a different type of paper to the rest of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

15. Add MS 52962 Z

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‘Frolics in France’, interlude in one act. Licence sent 19 November 1856 for performance at the Strand 19 November 1856. Cover has illegible signature, as the author, and ‘copyright of Edwin Bryer, Strand Theatre’. Keywords: servants, theatre, French influence, disguise. ff. 23. London. Se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 52962 L

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‘Dred, or, The great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by William E. Suter. Licence sent 1 November 1856 for performance at the Queen’s October 1856. Cover signed C. J. James. See also Add. 52961 N, 52961 P, 52962 G, 52962 H, and 52962 U. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57. Keywords: black charac...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 52962 H

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‘Dred, a tale of the dismal swamp, or, Poor Uncle Tiff’, drama in two acts. Licence listed on cover of play and in LCO Day Book Add. 53703 as sent 26 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia, but a note on the cover of the play states ‘suspended till further notice. K. 24 September 1856 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 52962 P

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‘Harlequin ogre, or, The invisible princess and the four charmed fish’, Eastern sketch taken from the Arabian Nights Entertainment by George H. Renaud ‘for J. B. Egan, lessee and manager, Royal Queen’s Theatre, Manchester’. Licence sent 13 November 1856 for performance at the Queen’s Theatre, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1856
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1 item

19. Add MS 52962 G

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‘Dred, a tale of the great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by __ (name illegible). Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 29 September 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS. Diagrams included. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

20. Add MS 52962 J

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‘Betsy’s found’, farce in one act by J. J. Conquest. Licence sent 1 November 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 3 November 1856. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. Large amount of detail about each character in dramatis personae. Some revisions to text. Keyw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item