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11. Add MS 52969 J

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'A husband's vengeance, or, The children of the castle' ('A husband's vengeance, or, The knight of Wharley'), play in three acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 21 November 1857 for performance at Marylebone 28 November 1857. Keywords: castles, drinking and drunkenness, supernatural, aristoc...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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21 Nov 1857
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1 item

12. Add MS 52969 M

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'King Richard of the Lion Heart', new and original burlesque extravaganza by ‘Nick Nemo’ (i.e., H. J. Byron). Licence sent 24 November 1857 for performance at the Strand. Revisions and prompter’s notes in pencil. Songs included in MS. A ‘Program of the Piece’ is included in the last few pag...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Nov 1857
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1 item

13. Add MS 52969 E

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'A pair of pigeons', farce in one act by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 4 November 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 5 November 1857. ‘Copied at the Theatrical Copying Office, 25 Bow Street’ written on final page. Keywords: speculation, adultery, fashion, marital separation. ff. 19. Edwar...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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4 Nov 1857
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1 item

14. Add MS 52969 W

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'Harlequin Billy Taylor, or, Britannia rules the waves', pantomime by G. H. George. Licence sent 15 December 1857 for performance at the Effingham Saloon 26 December 1857. Includes comic scenes. Title pages of script and comic scenes signed ‘Manager, Mr. Morris Abrahams.’ Songs included in ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1857
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15. Add MS 52969 C

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'My wife and my umbrella', farce in one act by G. Conquest. Licence sent 29 October 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 30 October 1857. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Nicoll lists this play under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: speculation, musicians, letters. ff. 30. George ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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29 Oct 1857
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1 item

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'Don Quixote, and the steed Rosinante, or, Harlequin Sancho Panza, by W. Cooke. Licence sent 13 December 1857 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 26 December 1857. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager, W. West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. Keywords: harlequinade,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1857
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1 item

17. Add MS 52969 V

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'The sleeping beauty', pantomime by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 15 December 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 26 December 1857. Includes comic scenes. Keywords: harlequinade, children, fairies and other supernatural creatures, travel, military, Indian Mutiny, working clas...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1857
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1 item

18. Add MS 52969 I

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‘Take care of Dowb—’, a farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 2 November 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 23 November 1857. Revisions throughout the text. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 34, no. 498. Keywords: flirtation, letters, gardens, abandonment, travel, adultery...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1857
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1 item

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'Eight hours by the seaside, or, A day in Brighton', farce in one act by William Sawyer. Licence sent 28 November 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Brighton 18 November 1857. Cover signed H. N. Chart. Keywords: seaside settings, sport, trains and rail travel, stagecraft. ff. 14. Wi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1857
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1 item

20. Add MS 52969 H

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Il birrajo di Preston, melodramma giocoso in three acts. Italian. Printed. Licence sent 14 November 1857 for performance at the St James’s. Publisher's advertising at back. ff. 26. Francesco Guidi, writer of plays: London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. St James' Theatre: Count Luigi Ric...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
14 Nov 1857
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1 item