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1171. Add MS 52968 V

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'The drapery question, or, Who's for India', apropos sketch in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 28 October 1857. ‘Proprietor, Benjamin Webster’ written on title page. Includes some later additions to text. Includes songs. Keywords: fashio...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
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1 item

1172. Add MS 52968 W

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'Pedrillo, or, A search for two fathers', drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Marylebone 16 November 1857. Cover of each act signed J. B. Johnstone. Acts appear to have been posted separately to the Lord Chamberlain’s Office by George Cla...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
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1 item

1173. Add MS 52968 X

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'Lime Tree Chateau', drama in three acts. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Marylebone the same day. Keywords: aristocracy, French influence, festival and celebration, poverty, Paris, dance, doctors and medicine, sport, entertainment, illness, murder. ff. 49. London; Secul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

1174. Add MS 52968 Y

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Crispino e la comare, ‘libretto fantastico-giocoso’ in three acts. Printed. Italian. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the St James’s. Publisher's list at back. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a few phrases be omitted. First performed Cremona, 1855. Key...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

1175. Add MS 52968 Z

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Il ritorno di Columella, melodrama buffo in three acts. Printed. Italian. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the St James’s. Publisher's list at back. Keywords; Italian settings, doctors, servants, peasants, weddings, letters, Padua, familiy relationships, madhouses, madness, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

1176. Add MS 52969 A

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'Avarice' ('Father Hardbargain'), drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Surrey. Cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the line, 'It will keep him home at night' be omitted. Keywords...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

1177. Add MS 52969 A-X

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. October - December 1857 .
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Oct 1857-Dec 1857
Extent:
24 items

1178. Add MS 52969 B

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'The rose of Castille', opera in three acts by A. G. Harris and Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 16 October 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 29 October 1857. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Spanish influence, aristocracy, treason, peasants, imprisonment, festival and celebration. ff. 46. Ed...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1857
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1 item

1179. Add MS 52969 C

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'My wife and my umbrella', farce in one act by G. Conquest. Licence sent 29 October 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 30 October 1857. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Nicoll lists this play under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: speculation, musicians, letters. ff. 30. George ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

1180. Add MS 52969 D

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'The spirits of good and evil, or, Il Basco the Maresco', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 31 October 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Spanish influence, supernatural, murder, castles, aristocracy, pe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item