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9091. Add MS 52942 K

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'The gambler's wife', drama in two acts by John Courtney. Licence sent 22 September 1853 for performance at the Surrey 3 October 1853. Noted to be from Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick on title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: gambling,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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22 Sep 1853
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9092. Add MS 52942 U

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'Wrath's whirlwind, or, The neglected child, the vicious youth and the degraded man', in two acts. Licence requested for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 October 1853 but refused because the piece might 'lower the morals and excite the passions of the classes who frequent saloons’. Lette...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Oct 1853
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9093. Add MS 52943 A

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'The Lancers, or, The gentleman's son', drama in three acts by Capt. Leicester Vernon. Licence sent 11 October 1853 for performance at the Princess’s 1 November 1853. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Almost certainly based on Un fils de famille, by J. F. A. Bayard and C....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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11 Oct 1853
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9094. Add MS 52943 O

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'Pierre', a musical sketch by Henri Drayton. Licence sent 7 November 1853 for performance at the St. James’s 5 November 1853. Includes prose introduction titled 'Necessity is the parent of invention'. Songs included in MS. Keywords: illness, doctors and medicine, French influence, widows, m...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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7 Nov 1853
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9095. Add MS 52943 Z

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'The sailor of France, or, The republicans of Brest', drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone, possibly in collaboration with J. Courtney. Licence sent 22 November 1853 for performance at the Surrey 28 November 1853. Published in Lacy's, vol. 17, no. 244. Keywords: age and ageing, French Revolu...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1853
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1 item

9096. Add MS 52944 B

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'A bachelor of arts', drama in two acts by Pelham Hardwicke. Licence sent 24 November 1853 for performance at the Lyceum 29 November 1853. Actors' names appear alongside dramatis personae. Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 177. Keywords: education, age and ageing, family relationships, impe...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Nov 1853
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1 item

9097. Add MS 52944 L

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'Paula Lazaro, or, The ladrone's daughter', melodrama in three acts by Mark Lemon. Licence sent 17 December 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 9 January 1854. Signed by E. L. Smith. Songs included and blank sheets for songs to be inserted later in MS. Diagrams included. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1853
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1 item

9098. Add MS 52944 Q

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'The begging letter', melodrama in three acts by Mark Lemon. Licence sent 28 December 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 31 December 1853. Signed by E. L. Smith. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths and the word 'Lord' be omitted. Keywords: arist...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1853
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1 item

9099. Add MS 52945 CC

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'Charity's love', drama in three acts by John Wilkins. Licence sent 28 February 1854 for performance at the City of London 6 March 1854. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: inheritance, military, Spanish influence, murder, English characters. ff. 49. John Henry Wilkins, wri...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1854
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9100. Add MS 52945 T

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'Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc', lecture in two parts by Albert Richard Smith, with illustrative views painted by or under the direction of William Beverley. Printed, with MS additions. There is no mention of this text in the LCO Day Book Add. 53073 or in Nicoll, and no record of any...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854
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1 item