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

1101. Add MS 52966 K

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'My son Diana', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 22 May 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 25 May 1857. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 461. Keywords: servants, military, working class characters, sport. ff. 18. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Theat...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 May 1857
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1 item

1102. Add MS 52966 L

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'The lost child, or, The bereaved wife and mother', in one act. Licence sent 25 May 1857 for performance at the City of London Theatre. ‘Licence copy for George W. Sims’ written on cover. Listed neither in Nicoll nor in the LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Songs included in MS. Keywords: death, mo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 May 1857
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1 item

1103. Add MS 52966 M

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'The husband of an hour', drama in two acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 26 May 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 30 May 1857. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 462. Keywords: French influence, servants, aristocracy, widows, inheritance, impersonation, duelling. ff. 44...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
26 May 1857
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1 item

1104. Add MS 52966 N

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'Red hand of Fountainbleau', drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 May 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Towers. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: French influence, crime, Paris, festiv...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 May 1857
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1 item

1105. Add MS 52966 O

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'The prince and the fairy', burlesque in one act. Licence sent 27 May 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS. Keywords: festival and celebration, fairies and other supernatural creatures, dance. ff. 13. Lon...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 May 1857
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1 item

1106. Add MS 52966 P

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'The son of night, or, Ben Liel', drama in three acts. Licence sent 27 May 1857 for performance at the Victoria the same day. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Towers. For other versions, see Add. 52962 T and 52965 K. Keywords: mountain settings, Naples, peasants, aristocracy, murder...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 May 1857
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1 item

1107. Add MS 52966 Q

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'George D'arville', drama in five parts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 2 June 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 3 June 1857. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Keywords: orphans, family relationships, crime, festival and celebration, illness. ff. 21. Dionysius Lardner Boucicault...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1857
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1 item

1108. Add MS 52966 R

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La traviata, or, The blighted one, opera in five acts. Printed. Licence sent 2 June 1857 for performance at the Surrey. For other versions, see Add. 52967 T, 52968 B, and 52968 D. Keywords: French influence, entertainment, fallen women, literature and literary reference, festival and celeb...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1857
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1 item

1109. Add MS 52966 S

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'Rosalie Mortimer, or, Fate and its victims', drama of real life in one act. Licence sent 6 June 1857 for performance at the Britannia the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: land and farming, festival and celebration, murder, children, family relationships, sport, educ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1857
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1 item

1110. Add MS 52966 T

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La rose de Saint-Flour, opérette in one act by Michel Carré (for the music by J. Offenbach). Printed (1856). French. Licence sent 11 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 11 June 1856. Title page signed J. Mitchell. P...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
11 Jun 1857
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1 item