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11. Add MS 52975 S

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Nothing to nurse, original farce in one act by Charles M. Walcot. Printed (Lacy's edition, vol. 33, no. 485.) Licence sent 15 September 1858 for performance at the Strand. Letter written on title page and signed by C. Swanborough suggests the theatre may have been accused of performing the p...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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15 Sep 1858
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1 item

12. Add MS 52975 W

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'Paved with gold', drama in three acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 11 September 1858 for performance at the Victoria 20 September 1858. Request for licence written by Isaac Cohen and signed 'J. J. Towers'. The play is based on the novel Paved with gold, or, The romance and reality of th...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1858
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1 item

13. Add MS 52975 I

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'Catherine Howard', drama in two acts 'from the French of Alexandre Dumas', translated and adapted by John Coleman. Licence sent 16 July 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal Bolton. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a number of religious allusions be omitted. See also...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1858
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1 item

14. Add MS 52975 G

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Martha, comic opera in four acts (for the music by Flotow), the libretto edited by Manfredo Maggioni. Printed (Brettell, n.d.) Italian with facing English translation. Licence sent 5 July 1858 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera. The original German libretto was written for the first...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Italian
Date Range:
5 Jul 1858
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1 item

15. Add MS 52975 K

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'Briarly Farm', drama in two acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 7 August 1858 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 9 August 1858. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, manager. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the word 'God' be substituted with 'Heaven.' Keywords: murder, black...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1858
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1 item

16. Add MS 52975 U

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'The fatal secret, or, The branded race', drama in three acts by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 13 September 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Keywords: legend (Don Juan), early modern settings, aristocracy, black characters, Christians and Christianity, false marriage, murder, execution, fall...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1858
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1 item

17. Add MS 52975 A

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'Never too late to mend', drama in four acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 14 June 1858 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 14 June 1858. Cover signed Ro Conquest, actual and responsible manager. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. See Add. 52973 P...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1858
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1 item

18. Add MS 52975 Q

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'A twice told tale', original comedietta in one act by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 23 September 1858 for performance at the Olympic. Published in Lacy's, vol. 37, no. 553, where it is described as a farce. Keywords: impersonation, flirtation, marital relationships. ff. 16. John Pratt Wooler...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1858
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1 item

19. Add MS 52975 C

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Elizabeth, Queen of England, historical play in five acts by Paulo Giacometti, translated from Italian by Thomas Williams. Printed (R.S. Francis, 1858). Italian, with facing English translation. Licence sent 25 June 1858 for performance at the St. James's. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records th...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Italian
Date Range:
25 Jun 1858
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1 item

20. Add MS 52975 O

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'Kicks and half pence', farce in one act by W. Brough, 'under the management of Mr. E. Falconer'. Intended for production at the Lyceum Theatre Royal 2 September 1858. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53703. Contains handwritten revisions and cuts. Keywords: widows, bankers, debt and its conseque...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
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1 item