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1131. Add MS 52967 J

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'First and second floor', farce in one act. Licence sent 26 June 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 29 June 1857. Actors’ names included alongside dramatis personae. Keywords: servants, travel, working women, fashion, flirtation. ff. 30. London; Secular Institutions. Theat...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Jun 1857
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1 item

1132. Add MS 52967 K

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'Victims', original comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 5 July 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 8 July 1857. Each act appears to have been posted separately. Actors’ names included alongside dramatis personae. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 32, no. 475. Keywords: ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Jul 1857
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1 item

1133. Add MS 52967 L

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'Fairy circle', or, Con O'Carrolius dream', drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 July 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 6 July 1857. Revisions and additions to stage directions written in a different hand. At least one diagram included. Prompter’s marginal notes included. Keywords: fairies ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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7 Jul 1857
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1 item

1134. Add MS 52967 M

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Fra Diovolo, comic opera in three acts (the music by Auber), the libretto edited and translated by Manfredo Maggioni. Printed. Italian with facing English translation. Licence sent 12 July 1857 for performance at the Lyceum. Previously performed at the Royal Italian Opera. Publisher's list...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Italian
Date Range:
12 Jul 1857
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1 item

1135. Add MS 52967 N

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'Macbeth', burlesque in one act by H. Spry. Licence sent 28 May 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Revisions throughout the text. Stage directions, which mention the use of traps among other things, added in a different hand. Nicoll lists the play under ‘unknown author...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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28 May 1857
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1 item

1136. Add MS 52967 O

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Macbeth, tragedy in four acts. adapted expressly for Madame Ristori, and her Italian dramatic company. Italian translation by Giulio Carcano. Printed (1857). Italian with facing English translation. Publisher's advertising at back. Listed neother in the LCO Day Book Add. 53073 nor in Nicoll. Key...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1857
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1 item

1137. Add MS 52967 P

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'Drat that comet', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 16 July 1857 for performance at the Strand 16 August 1857. “Leicester Buckingham, 13 Clements Lane” written on cover. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the phrases 'led like a lamb to the slaughter' and ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1857
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1 item

1138. Add MS 52967 Q

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'Theodore of Ritzberg, or, The dumb boy of Vienna', drama of interest in two acts. Licence sent 17 July 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: aristocracy, Austria, disabled characters, crime, mourning, murder. ff. 24. Hox...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1857
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1 item

1139. Add MS 52967 R

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'Quadroona, or, The blot upon humanity', romantic drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 July 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52965 AA. Keywords: slavery and abolitionism, nautical interest, mixed race...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1857
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1 item

1140. Add MS 52967 S

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'A case of conscience', farce in one act. Licence sent 18 July 1857 for performance at the Princess’s 16 November 1857. Speaking cues and stage directions underlined in red. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, mur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1857
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1 item