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

61. Add MS 52930 Y

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Add MS 52930 Y
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‘The Corsican brothers’, ‘legendary drama in three acts dramatised from A. Dumas’s romance Les Frères Corses by E. Grangé and Xavier de Montépin. Translated and adapted to the English stage by Charles Webb. Printed from the acting copy with remarks [ … ] by D – G-.’ Printed (Cumberland’s Brit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

62. Add MS 52930 Z

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Add MS 52930 Z
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‘The Corsican brothers’, drama in three acts. Printed (Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 79). Licence sent 19 March 1852 for performance at the Marylebone. Scrap of a playbill that lists title and ‘stage manager copy’ bound in with text. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that exclamations s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

63. Add MS 52931 A

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Add MS 52931 A
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‘Wittikind and his brothers, or, The seven swan princes and the fair Melusine’ (‘The swan princes’), fairy tale in two acts, by ‘John Roakes’ (i.e. Tom Taylor). Licence sent 26 March 1852 for performance at the Princess’s 12 April 1852. Extensive revisions throughout text. Some notes about t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

64. Add MS 52931 A-BB

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Add MS 52931 A-BB
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Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 – 1866. March - April 1852.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
28 items

65. Add MS 52931 AA

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Add MS 52931 AA
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‘The lost husband’, drama in two acts, adapted from the French by Charles Reade. Licence sent 23 April 1852 for performance at the Strand 26 April 1852. Title page lists W. R. Copeland as lessee. Small number of revisions, usually in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 86. There were ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

66. Add MS 52931 B

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Add MS 52931 B
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‘Napoleon’, petite drama in one act. Licence sent 26 March 1852 for performance at the Marylebone 1 April 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that ‘Heaven’ should be substituted for ‘Lord.’ Keywords: French influence, French Imperialism, military, food and dining, disguise, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

67. Add MS 52931 BB

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Add MS 52931 BB
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Scope & Content:
Index. ff. 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
1 item

68. Add MS 52931 C

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Add MS 52931 C
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‘Bonaparte in Egypt’, military spectacle in two acts, adapted by Charles A. Somerset from the French five act spectacle. Licence sent 26 March 1852 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 12 April 1852. Title page reads ‘the property of W. Batty, Esq.’ Keywords: Muslims and Islam, Mid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

69. Add MS 52931 D

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Add MS 52931 D
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‘The three perils of man: wine, wit and woman’, ‘grand spectacular burlesque’ in one act by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 27 March 1852 for performance at the Surrey 29 March 1852. Title page lists Messrs. Shepherd and Cheswick. Stage directions underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Key...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item

70. Add MS 52931 E

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Add MS 52931 E
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‘The working man, or, The pearl and the diamond’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 29 March 1852 for performance at the City of London 29 March 1852. Title page lists Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: working women, Paris, French influence, drinking and drunkenness, working class cha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 item