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9051. Add MS 52975 U

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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
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1858
Extent:
1 item

9052. Add MS 52976 O

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'The fugitives, or, A tale of India', drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 28 October 1858 for performance at the Grecian Theatre 1 November 1858. Title page signed Ro. Conquest. See also Add. 52978L. Keywords: British Empire, Indian Mutiny, Hindus and Hinduism, India, Christian...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1858
Extent:
1 item

9053. Add MS 52988 H

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‘Jack and the beanstalk’ ('Jack and the Beanstalk, or, Harlequin Leap-Year and the merry pranks of the “good little people” '), pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 20 December 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Contains comic scenes written 'and invented by H. Bolen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 item

9054. Add MS 53010 W

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Un père prodigue, comedy in five acts by Alexandre Dumas fils. Printed (Libraire théatrale, 1859). French. Date of licence not listed, almost certainly intended for performance at the St James’s in December 1861. First performed at the Gymnase-Dramatique, Paris, 30 November 1859. Publisher...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

9055. Add MS 53018 S

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'Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia', burlesque by W. Brough. Licence sent 22 December 1862 for performance at the Haymarket. MS written in more than one hand. Numerous cues in pencil. Appears to be unfinished. Scene six appended. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 843. ff. 55. William Brough...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item

9056. Add MS 53018 Y

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'Riquet with the tuft, or, Harlequin Mother Shipton', pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. No details of date of licence for performance at the Princess’s. MS written in more than one hand. Music cues added in ink, cues in pencil. Includes comic scenes. ff. 59. Edward Litt Leman Blanchard, called 'F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

9057. Add MS 53028 F

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'Harlequin Friar Bacon and Grim John of Gaunt, or, The enchanted lance of Robin Goodfellow', pantomime by 'F. Frost' (i.e. E. L. Blanchard). Licence sent 19 December 1863 for performance at Astley's. MS written in more than one hand. Name of E. T. Smith, lessee, noted on the script. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1863
Extent:
1 item

9058. Add MS 53031 G

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'Kate Kearney, or, The spirit of Killarney', by W. Travers.
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Drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 April 1864 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager on folio 2, together with the date of intended performance - 4 April 1864.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1864
Extent:
32 folios.

9059. Add MS 53038 P

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'King Pumpkin, or, Harlequin King Richard ye Lion Heart', by M. Dutnall.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1864 for performance at the Surrey. Comic scenes included separately in folios 38-47. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to M. Dutnall under the title'Harlequin King Pumpkin'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
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47 folios.

9060. Add MS 53041 Q

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Add MS 53041 Q
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'A fashionable fallacy, or, The peasant's wife', by R. S. Samuel.
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Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 24 April 1865 for performance at the Standard. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
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81 folios.