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1081. Add MS 52965 V

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'An Englishman's house is his castle', farce in once act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Princess’s, 11 May 1857. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Published in Lacy's, vol. 31, no. 456. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, servants, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
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1 item

1082. Add MS 52965 W

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'The way of the world', comedy in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 15 April 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Revisions made to text and different types of paper used. Keywords: art and artists, speculation, tra...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1857
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1 item

1083. Add MS 52965 X

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'Two can play at that game', comedietta in one act by Walter Gordon. Licence sent 15 April 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Plymouth the same day. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Keywords: art and artists, letters. ff. 32. William Aylmer Gowing, called 'Walte...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1857
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1 item

1084. Add MS 52965 Y

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'The forty thieves', burlesque in two acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 15 April 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 10 April 1857. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Arabs, fairies and other supernatural creatures, crime, Bagdad, debt and its consequences, ghosts, supernatural, work...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1857
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1 item

1085. Add MS 52965 Z

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'William Tell', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Strand 13 April 1857. Nicoll also lists the performance of a revised text at the Strand 27 June 1857. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a larg...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
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1 item

1086. Add MS 52966 A

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'A steel hand, and his nine thieves, or, The fairy pool of the giant mountain', original legendary drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 May 1857 for performance at the Britannia 11 May 1857. Keywords: mountain settings, castles, aristocracy, Early Modern settings, German influence, drinking and ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1857
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1 item

1087. Add MS 52966 A-DD

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. April - June 1857 .
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Apr 1857-Jun 1857
Extent:
30 items

1088. Add MS 52966 AA

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Camma, tragedy in three acts by Joseph Montanelli, translated into English by T. Williams. Printed (1857). Italian with English translation on facing pages. Licence sent 16 June 1857 for performance at the Lyceum. Keywords: Italian influence, classical civilization, supernatural, Turkey, fe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
16 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

1089. Add MS 52966 B

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M'sieu Landry, operette in one act by Camille du Locle. Printed (1856). French. Licence sent 11 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 24 November 1856. Cover and title page stamped ‘J. Mitchell’. Keywords: French influ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
11 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

1090. Add MS 52966 BB

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'Le roi boit', opérette-bouffe in one act. French. Licence sent 16 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Back page signed J. Mitchell. Keywords: French influence, literature and literary reference, doctors and medicine, science and technology, family relationships. ff. 20. London;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
16 Jun 1857
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1 item