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1051. Add MS 52964 V

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'A sheep in wolf's clothing', domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Olympic 19 February 1857. Revisions throughout the text. Published in Lacy's, vol. 37, no. 549. Keywords: the press, execution, treason, murder, Restoration England, Some...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

1052. Add MS 52964 W

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'Barney the Baron, or, The haunted chamber', farce in one act by 'Hains' (i.e. Samuel Lover). Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 16 February 1857. Request for licence signed Benjamin Webster. Revisions and at least one diagram included. Keywords: German influence, Iris...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

1053. Add MS 52964 X

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'Dred! or, The dismal swamp', drama in three acts. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Marylebone 16 February 1857. For other versions, see Add. 52961 N, 52961 P, 52962 G, 52962 H, 52962 L and 52962 U. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: slavery and abolitionism, American South, Am...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

1054. Add MS 52964 Y

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'The yell of doom', drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 March 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 9 April 1857. This play includes a shipwreck, and a scene of a man saved after clinging to a rock. There is also an elaborately described ghost scene. Keywords: nautical interest, natura...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

1055. Add MS 52964 Z

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'My friend from Leatherhead', farce in one act by N. H. Harrington and E. Yates. Licence sent 8 April 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 23 February 1857. Published in Lacy's, vol. 30, no. 437. Keywords: Pop Goes the Weasel, speculation, entertainment, working class characters. ff. 17. N. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

1056. Add MS 52965 A

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'In place and out of place, or, Acting mad', farce in one act. Licence sent 8 April 1857 for performance the same day at the Adelphi. Several of the first few pages are cut into a number of shreds. ‘Alex Fisher, Prompter. Adelphi. Washington D.C. John Rose, Prompter, National Theatre, New Yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1857
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1 item

1057. Add MS 52965 A-CC

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. February - April 1857 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Feb 1857-Apr 1857
Extent:
29 items

1058. Add MS 52965 AA

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'Quadroona, or, The man of crime', drama in two acts. Licence sent 28 April 1857 for performance at the Garrick the same day. For other versions, see Add. 52967 R. Keywords: nautical interest, military, poisoning, crime, kidnapping, children, orphans, aristocracy. ff. 12. Whitechapel; Midd...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

1059. Add MS 52965 B

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'The red man of Hammelberg, or, The price of life' ('The red man, or The headsman'), drama in two acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed J. J. Towers. Some revisions to text. Keywords: German influence, poli...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

1060. Add MS 52965 BB

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'Fearful tragedy in the Seven Dials', farce in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 30 April 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 4 May 1857. Request for licence signed Benjamin Webster. See Add. 52966 Z. Published in Lacy's, vol. 31, no. 452. Keywords: working class characters, drinking ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item