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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

101. Add MS 52932 I

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‘A critical position’, farce in one act. Licence sent 6 April 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester 10 May 1852. Signed by John Knowles. Title page instructs that ‘Licence may be left at 360 Oxford Street for Mr. Knowles’. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

102. Add MS 52932 J

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‘Eulalie and Vermilion, or, The charmed arrow’ ('The charmed lesson'), a ‘tragic-comic-melodramatic-historical-spectacular-fanciful-fairy-like-operatic and terpsichorean-burlesque-extravaganza’, in a prologue and two acts by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 8 May 1852 for performance at the Grecian ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1852
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1 item

103. Add MS 52932 K

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‘Sea and land’, drama in three acts by Mark Lemon. Licence sent 13 May 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 17 May 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions to text throughout. Large numbers pencilled in throughout. Keywords: disabled characters, nautical d...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1852
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1 item

104. Add MS 52932 L

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‘The language of flowers’, farce in one act by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 17 May 1852 for performance at the Royal Olympic 20 May 1852. Signed by W. Farren. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. A play titled ‘The bouquet, or, The language of flowers’, w...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1852
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1 item

105. Add MS 52932 M

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Egmont’, tragedy in five acts by J. W. Goethe. Printed (1849). German. Licence sent 21 May 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. Publisher’s advertising on inside of front cover. Bookseller’s label: Mitchell, Bookseller and Stationer, 33, Old Bond Street. LCO Da...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
21 May 1852
Extent:
1 item

106. Add MS 52932 N

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Le piano de Berthe, ‘comédie-vaudeville’ in one act by Théodore Barrière and Jules Lorin. Printed (1852). Licence sent 21 May 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Gymnase 20 March 1852. Songs included in MS. Publisher’s advertising on front ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
21 May 1852
Extent:
1 item

107. Add MS 52932 O

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‘The secret pass, or, The khan’s daughter’, melodrama in two acts by E. Fitzball. Licence sent 22 May 1852 for performance at the Surrey 31 May 1852. Mssrs. Shepherd and Creswick listed on title page. Copyist’s name and address listed on last page. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Muslims a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1852
Extent:
1 item

108. Add MS 52932 P

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Faust’, tragedy in five acts, by J. W. Goethe. Printed (1850). German. Licence sent 24 May 1852 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that several passages be omitted. Keywords: theatre, literature and literary reference...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
24 May 1852
Extent:
1 item

109. Add MS 52932 Q

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‘The vampire’, a ‘phantasm related in three dramas’ (‘The vampire’, ‘Raby Castle’, and ‘Raby Hall’), by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 25 May 1852 for performance at the Princess’s 14 June 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published as The Phanto...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1852
Extent:
1 item

110. Add MS 52932 R

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‘The triumph of the standard, or, Ben and Bob the British bull dogs’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 28 May 1852 for performance at the Standard 31 May 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word ‘damned’ be omitted. Keywords: nautical drama, English characters, Fren...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1852
Extent:
1 item