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2. Add MS 52987 B
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- ‘La sonnambula, or, The ghost vot haunts the mill’ (sic), burlesque opera in one act. Licence sent 16 November 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Contains words to songs. Based on the opera ‘La Somnambula’ by Vincenzo Bellini, with libretto by Felic...
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- Western Manuscripts
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- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Nov 1859
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- 1 item
3. Add MS 52987 K
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- ‘Gio, the armourer of Tyre’, drama in three acts by Joseph Proctor. Licence sent 28 November 1859 for performance at the Standard on 28 November 1859. Signed Mr John Douglass, lessee and manager. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: classical civilization, Phoenicia, Egypt, Greek mythology, roya...
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- Western Manuscripts
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- English
- Date Range:
- 28 Nov 1859
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- 1 item
4. Add MS 52987 S
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- ‘Harlequin needles and pins, or, The spirit of liberty and Asia, Africa and America’, pantomime by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 16 December 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Contains comic scenes. Keywords: nationality, popular song, royalty, sol...
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- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Dec 1859
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. Add MS 52987 A
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- ‘A false step, or, The castle and a cottage’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 17 November 1859 for performance at the Victoria on 21 November 1859. Cover signed J. J. Towers. MS written in more than one hand. Keywords: literary adaptations, aristocracy, rural setting, dancing, sailors, gam...
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- Western Manuscripts
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- English
- Date Range:
- 17 Nov 1859
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- 1 item
6. Add MS 52987 J
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- The other Mr. Brooks, drama in two acts. Printed (Canterbury; Chivers, n.d.) Licence sent 26 November 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Leicester. Signed John Townsend, manager. Keywords: festivals, letters, courtship, servants, military, artists, policemen, drunkenness, identity,...
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- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 26 Nov 1859
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. Add MS 52987 L
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- ‘Home truths’, play in three acts by T. H. Reynoldson. Licence sent 29 November 1859 for performance at the Princess’s. MS written in more than one hand. Later version published as Good for evil, or, A wife’s trial, in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 640; the text varies considerably from MS version. ...
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- Western Manuscripts
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- English
- Date Range:
- 29 Nov 1859
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- 1 item
8. Add MS 52987 M
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- ‘The key under the doormat’, farce in one act. Licence sent 30 November 1859 for performance at the Lyceum. Contains words for songs. Keywords: French settings and character names, bachelors, washerwomen, masquerades, marital relationships, adultery, disguise, letters, food, festivals, imper...
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- Western Manuscripts
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- English
- Date Range:
- 30 Nov 1859
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- 1 item
9. Add MS 52987 R
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- Damon and Pythias, burlesque in one act by Frederick W. Burton. Printed. Licence sent 14 December 1859 for performance at the Soho. First performed by the New Oxford Dramatic Club. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a line of text be omitted. Keywords: Greek mythology, b...
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- Western Manuscripts
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- English
- Date Range:
- 14 Dec 1859
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- 1 item
10. Add MS 52987 I
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- ‘Harlequin and Robin Redbreast, or, Prince Cock Sparrow’, pantomime by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 25 November 1859 for performance at the Queen’s, Manchester. Signed by the copyist J. H. Doyne (?), Manchester. Contains words for songs. Keywords: forest settings, animals, popular song, r...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 25 Nov 1859
- Extent:
- 1 item