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1. Add MS 52929-53708

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Add MS 52929-53708
Title:
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Scope & Content:
For the complete run, see the separate finding aids available in the Students' Room of the Department of Manuscripts. 52929-53028 are now fully catalogued and descriptions can be found online. Descriptions of plays by George Bernard Shaw can also be found online.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
[1851-1899]
Extent:
11105 items

2. Add MS 52929 A

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Add MS 52929 A
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‘My sister from India’, farce in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 31 December 1851 for performance at the Strand 1 January 1852. Includes performances of the songs ‘Youth in wrinkles’, and ‘Soldiers, comrades.’ The latter is noted in the text to be from the play Frederick of Prussia, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1851
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52929 A-EE

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Add MS 52929 A-EE
Title:
Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 - 1866. January - February 1852 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jan 1852-Feb 1852
Extent:
31 items

4. Add MS 52929 AA

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‘The barrister’ (‘Home truths’), play in two acts by T. H. Reynoldson. Licence sent 17 February 1852 for performance at the Surrey 1 March 1852. Red ink used to highlight speaking cues and stage directions. For another version by G. M. Fenn and J. H. Darnley performed in 1887 see Add. 53375 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1852
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52929 B

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Add MS 52929 B
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‘An organic affection’ (‘An organic affection, or, An affection of the heart’), farce in one act by Mrs. Alfred Philips. Licence sent 9 January 1852 for performance at the Royal Olympic 12 January 1852. Signed by W. Farren. Includes performances of a number of songs, one of which contains th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1852
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52929 BB

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‘Printers’ squabbles’, farce in one act by William Donington. Licence sent 20 February 1852 for performance at the Soho Theatre 20 February 1852. ff. 15. William Donnington, dramatist: 'Printers' squabbles,' farce in one act: circa 1852. [William?] Dorrington, writer of plays: Play by, subm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1852
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52929 C

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Add MS 52929 C
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‘A duel in the dark’, farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 12 January 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 14 January 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word ‘damn’ be omitted. P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1852
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52929 CC

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Add MS 52929 CC
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Ruy Blas, drama in five acts by Victor Hugo. Licence sent 23 February 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Printed (1839). French. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that ‘ “Ruy blas” will be performed according to the corrected copy of the drama. J. W. Mitchell promise(s)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
23 Feb 1852
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52929 D

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Add MS 52929 D
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‘Extremes are bad’ (‘The juvenile party’), farce in one act. Licence sent 16 January 1852 for performance at the Strand 19 January 1852. Includes a brief performance of the song, ‘We won’t go home till morning.’ LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that biblical passages be omitte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1852
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52929 DD

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Add MS 52929 DD
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‘The advocate and his daughter’, drama in two acts by Joseph Ebsworth. Licence sent 23 February 1852 for performance at the Royal Olympic 26 February 1852. Manager: W. Turner. Also performed at the Adelphi in Edinburgh in 1856. For the original French version of this play, by Marguerite Anc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1852
Extent:
1 item