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036-002003869 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 52934 H

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‘The divorced’ (‘The advocate’s daughter’), drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 September 1852 for performance at the Surrey 21 September 1852 . Title page signed by Mssrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. This play was also performed at the Adelphi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 52934 M

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Index, with note signed by the Examiner of Plays, W. B. Donne, dated 16 February 1863, ‘This volume is so incorrectly put together that it must be taken to pieces and re-bound before it can be indexed.’ ff. 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1852-1863]
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52934 L

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‘The emigrant’s progress’ al. ‘The emigrant’s career’: drama in two acts. Licence sent 29 September 1852 for performance at City of London Theatre 2 October 1852. Title page signed Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Title appears as ‘The emigrant’s career’ appears on back cover along with manag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52934 J

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‘The cardinal’s daughter’, drama in three acts by W. Thompson Townsend. Licence sent 21 September 1852 for performance at the Pavilion 25 September 1852. Author’s name listed on title page. Addressed to J. P. Kemble, Examiner of Plays, at 38 Dean Street, Soho on back cover of first act. Key...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52934 A

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‘The Assyrian spy’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 September 1852 for performance at the Pavilion 8 September 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a phrase referring to scripture be substituted. Only act one has survived in this MS. Keywords: widows, working class c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52934 C

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‘Uncle Tom’s cabin, or, The negro slave’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 9 September 1852 for performance at the Standard 13 September 1852. Other versions include those written in 1852 by J. Courtney (Add. 52934 K); three versions by Edward Fitzball (Add. 52934 G, 52935 R, and 52936 Q); H. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52934 E

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‘A colour’d commotion’, an ‘Ethiopian extravaganza’ in one act, and ‘Honeymoon hints’, a musical interlude in one act, both by G. H. George. Licences sent 14 and 15 September 1852 for performances at the Strand 14 and 20 September 1852. Songs included in MS. Keywords (for ‘A colour’d commotio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1852
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52934 K

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‘Uncle Tom’s cabin’, drama in three acts by John Courtney. Licence sent 28 October 1852 for performance at the Surrey 1 November 1852. Title page signed Mssrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Other versions include those written in 1852 by Edward...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1852
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52934 G

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‘Uncle Tom’s cabin’, drama in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 17 September 1852 for performance at the Olympic 20 September 1852. Title page signed ‘W. Farren, Manager.’ Underlined stage directions and revisions not the work of the Examiner of Plays appear throughout the text. Dia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52934 B

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‘Daft Dora, or, The sorrows of Susan the child of the wreck’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 September 1852 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 September 1852. Title page signed ‘Samuel Lane, Proprietor.’ Keywords: nautical drama, orphans, disabled characters, crime, kidnapping, pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 item