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

191. Add MS 52935 P

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‘The house on the bridge, or, The storm, the fire and the ball’, drama in three acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 22 October 1852 for performance at the Standard 1 November 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that oaths be omitted and the word ‘God’ substituted. Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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22 Oct 1852
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1 item

192. Add MS 52935 Q

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'Don Roderick, or, The outlaws of Braganza’, drama in three acts by ‘Hugo Vamp’ (i.e. J. R. O'Neill). Licence sent 22 October 1852 for performance at the Marylebone 25 October 1852. J. R. O'Neill listed as lessee and manager. Keywords: Portugal, festivals and celebration, crime, aristocracy,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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22 Oct 1852
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193. Add MS 52935 R

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'Uncle Tom's cabin, ‘operatic melodrama’ in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Incomplete. Licence sent 22 October 1852 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 25 October 1852. Actors' names listed on dramatis personae. Songs included in MS. Only the first act appears to have been preserved in thi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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22 Oct 1852
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1 item

194. Add MS 52935 S

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'Oberon; or, The charmed horn’, masque by Mr. Beckett. Partly printed. Licence sent 25 October 1852 for performance at the Standard 25 October 1852. 'Written expressly by Mr. Beckett for his company of living marionettes, Royal Standard Theatre, October 1852.' Signed by Thomas W. Beckett. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1852
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1 item

195. Add MS 52935 T

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'Civilization', a play in five acts by John H. Wilkins. Licence sent 25 October 1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 10 November 1852. Signed Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the expressions 'Lord' and 'O Lord' be omitted. Pub...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1852
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1 item

196. Add MS 52935 U

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'The rats of the Seine', drama in five acts. Licence sent 28 October 1852 for performance at the Queen's 1 November 1852. Title page signed by C. F. James. Revisions not the work of the Examiner of Plays appear throughout text. Keywords: Paris, French influence, nautical drama, poverty, mil...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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28 Oct 1852
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1 item

197. Add MS 52935 V

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'Fortunio and his horse comrade, or, Harlequin and the seven gifted men', comic pantomime. Licence sent 29 October 1852 for performance at Astley's. 'Expressly written for Mr Batty.' Keywords: fairies and other creatures, Commedia dell’Arte, cross dressing, poverty, animals, food and dining,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1852
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1 item

198. Add MS 52935 W

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'Martyn Langton' al. 'Nelly the rag-gatherer', drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 October 1852 for performance at the Victoria 19 October 1852. Signed by J. J. Johnson on back cover of first act. Signed by Eliza Vincent on last page. Keywords: poverty, military, London, fallen women, madnes...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1852
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1 item

199. Add MS 52935 X

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'The woman I adore’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 9 October 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 9 October 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions not the work of the Examiner of Plays appear throughout text. LCO Day Boo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Oct 1852
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1 item

200. Add MS 52935 Y

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'Mary Price, or, The memoirs of a servant girl’, drama in two acts by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 1 November 1852 for performance at the Bower Saloon 1 November 1852. 'Founded on the popular work by G. W. M. Reynolds.' For another version see Add. 52941 W. According to Nicoll, published in...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1852
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1 item