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9611. Add MS 52949 S

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'The lion of England and the eagle of France! or, The heroes of the East', drama in three acts. Licence sent 5 October 1854 for performance at the Victoria 30 September 1854. Title page notes that the ‘third and last act will bear the title of "The battle of the Alma! or, The fall of Sebastop...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1854
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1 item

9612. Add MS 52950 C

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'The bond of love', drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 October 1854 for performance at the Surrey the same day. Written in a number of different hands and on different papers. Songs included in MS. Keywords: pubs and inns, nautical interest, military, Russian empire, British Empire, French ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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21 Oct 1854
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1 item

9613. Add MS 52955 C

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'Wife or no wife', play in five acts. License sent 16 July 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 23 July 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: aristocracy, French influence, elopement. ff. 46. London; Secular Instituti...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1855
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1 item

9614. Add MS 52961 H

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‘Down at Ramsgate, or, What I think I say!’, farce in one act. Licence sent 6 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 8 September 1856. Request for licence signed Joseph Johnson Towers. Keywords: seaside settings, theatre, lodgers and boarding houses. ff. 12. London; Secular Institu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1856
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1 item

9615. Add MS 52966 O

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'The prince and the fairy', burlesque in one act. Licence sent 27 May 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS. Keywords: festival and celebration, fairies and other supernatural creatures, dance. ff. 13. Lon...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 May 1857
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1 item

9616. Add MS 52966 S

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'Rosalie Mortimer, or, Fate and its victims', drama of real life in one act. Licence sent 6 June 1857 for performance at the Britannia the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: land and farming, festival and celebration, murder, children, family relationships, sport, educ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1857
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1 item

9617. Add MS 52979 A

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‘The Borgia ring’, drama in two acts by A. R. Slous. Licence sent 5 January 1859 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Cover signed Benjamin Webster. Eighteenth century settings, Salisbury, wills, inheritance, orphans, family relationships, treason, Jacobites, balls, lower-class characters, b...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1859
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1 item

9618. Add MS 52979 K

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‘A dream and a reality, or, The jewel casket’, drama in three acts by Henry Shield. Licence sent 31 January 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. Contains numerous cuts and amendments in pencil and ink. Keywords: wards, courtship, servants, debt, Irish characters, dr...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1859
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1 item

9619. Add MS 52979 T

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‘Man's evil spirit’, drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 24 February 1859 for performance at the Queens. Final page signed W. E. Suter. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit all oaths. Contains unusually detailed stage directions. Keywords: stagecraft, lawyers,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1859
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1 item

9620. Add MS 52980 O

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‘The world and the stage’, comedy in three acts by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 11 March 1859 to be performed 12 March 1859 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the words ‘Oh Lord’ and all other oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 97, n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1859
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1 item