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9921. Add MS 52991 M

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'Lurline, or, The Rhine and its Rhino', burlesque in one act. Licence sent 31 March 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Cover bears name of C. J. James. Contains words to songs. Nicoll attributes this version to Vincent Amcotts, but although a version by Amcotts does exist (published in ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Mar 1860
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9922. Add MS 52991 P

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'Lucretia Borgia, at home and all abroad', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 3 April 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Stage directions underlined in red ink. Published in Lacy's, vol. 45, no. 672 as Lucrezia Borgia! At home and all abroad. Keywords: Italian sett...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Apr 1860
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9923. Add MS 52991 U

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'The pilgrim of love', extravaganza ('an oriental fairy tale in rhyme') in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 5 April 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. MS signed by the author, f. 78. Additions, cuts, cues and stage directions in pencil and ink. Extra page added for Fi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Apr 1860
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1 item

9924. Add MS 52992 M

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'Our female American cousin', comedietta in two acts by C. Galen. Licence sent 26 April 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. Signed B. Webster. Keywords: aristocracy, American character names, emigration, family relationships, wills, inheritance, national contrasts, courtship, wards, engagem...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Apr 1860
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9925. Add MS 52992 Y

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Le pour et le contre, comedy in one act in prose by Octave Feuillet. Printed (Bibliotheque dramatique; nouvelle ed., 1856). French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the St James's. Set design in pencil inside front cover. First performed at the Gymnase-Dramatique, Paris, 24 Octo...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
Date Range:
10 May 1860
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1 item

9926. Add MS 52993 A

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Le demi-monde, comedy in five acts by Alexandre Dumas fils. Printed (Michel Levy Frères; 6ème éd., 1855). French. Licence refused 24 May 1860. First performed at the Gymnase-Dramatique, Paris, 20 March 1855. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703 or ...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
Date Range:
24 May 1860
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1 item

9927. Add MS 52993 J

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'It's an ill wind that blows nobody good', comedy in three acts by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 12 May 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. Cover of each act signed John Oxenford. List of actors' names next to dramatis personae on front and back cover. Cuts made in ink. Keywords: Stock Exchan...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1860
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1 item

9928. Add MS 52994 BB

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'Savage as a bear' (altered from 'A signal mistake'), farce in one act by Horace Wigan. Licence sent 31 August 1860 for performance at the Olympic. MS written in two different hands. Keywords: London, letters, stagecraft, marital relationships, eavesdropping, chemists. ff. 18. Horace Wigan...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1860
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1 item

9929. Add MS 52995 C

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'The pirate's love, or, The ocean birds of prey', drama in three acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 31 August 1860 for performance at the Grecian Saloon on 6 September. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Signed B. Conquest, manager. Contains words ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1860
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1 item

9930. Add MS 52996 L

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'Post boy', petite drama in two acts by 'H. T. Craven' (i.e. Henry Thornton). Licence sent 27 October 1860 for performance at the Strand. Decorative calligraphy on title page in black and red ink with small illustration in black ink of the post boy, signed H. Chater scripsit (see also Add. 52...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1860
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1 item