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

131. Add MS 52933 FF

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‘Mont St. Michel, or, The fairy of the sands’, drama in two acts by W. B. Bernard. Licence sent 6 September 1852 for performance at the Princess’s. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Keywords: British Empire, French influence, military, Normandy, sea...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1852
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1 item

132. Add MS 52933 G

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Faust’, libretto in three acts for the opera by Spohr. Printed (c1852). Italian with English translation, by Manfredo Maggioni; based on the original German libretto by J. C. Bernard. Licence sent 13 July 1852 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Names of orchestra lis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
13 Jul 1852
Extent:
1 item

133. Add MS 52933 GG

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‘Caspar Duverdi’ al. ‘Caspar Duverdi, the terror of Spain, or, The traitor, the Jew and the gypsy’, romantic melodrama in three acts. Licence sent 8 September 1852 for performance at the Pavillion. Text written in two different hands. Keywords: gypsies, education, Spanish characters, Spain, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1852
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1 item

134. Add MS 52933 H

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‘The man with the red beard’ al. ‘Friends and their shadows’, drama in three acts by John H. Wilkins. Licence sent 13 July1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 19 July 1852. Obscured signature on title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitt...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1852
Extent:
1 item

135. Add MS 52933 HH

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Index. ff. 2.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852
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1 item

136. Add MS 52933 I

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‘Peter the Great’, drama in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 13 July 1852 for performance at Astley’s Amphitheatre. ‘The property of . . . W. Batty’ as well as signature of C. Le Clercq, the ‘stage manager’ appear on title page. A play of the same title by A. Cherry was performed in...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1852
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1 item

137. Add MS 52933 J

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‘The devil’s in it’, opera in two acts , with libretto by Alfred Bunn. Licence sent 15 July 1852 for performance at the Surrey 21 July 1852. Letter from the stage manager requesting licence is bound with MS. Text written in two different hands; one using red ink to underline stage directions...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1852
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1 item

138. Add MS 52933 K

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‘Mrs. Johnson’, farce in one act by ‘Hugo Vamp’ (i.e. J. R. O’Neill). Licence sent 19 July 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 26 July 1852. Title page signed by Wm. Sheridan Smith, manager, and the author. ‘Hugo Vamp’ also appears but is slightly obscured. Includes diagra...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1852
Extent:
1 item

139. Add MS 52933 L

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‘Sink or swim’, a drama in two acts by Thomas Morton, Jr. Licence sent 27 July 1852 for performance at the Royal Olympic 2 August 1852. Signed by manager, W. Farren. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a few words be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vol. 7, no. 98. Keywords: ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1852
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1 item

140. Add MS 52933 M

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‘The writing on the wall’, drama in three acts by J. M. Morton and Thomas Morton. Licence sent 29 July 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 2 August 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Extensive revisions in various hands not the work of the Exam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1852
Extent:
1 item