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921. Add MS 52960 E

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‘Music hath charms’, farce in one act by David Fisher. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Princess 7 July 1856. Speaking cues and stage directions are underlined in red. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 63. Keywords: French influence, lodgers and boarding houses, dance. ff. 18. Davi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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27 Jun 1856
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922. Add MS 52960 F

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‘The custom of the country, or, Yankee help’, farce in one act by -- Walcott. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 30 June 1856. ‘Property of Mr. B. Williams’ written on cover. Actors’ names included in MS. John Proctor listed as ‘prompter’. Nicoll lists the play under ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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27 Jun 1856
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923. Add MS 52960 G

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‘The storm visitor, or, The avenging gift’, drama in two acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 June 1856. Keywords: natural phenomena, death, land and farming, debt and its consequences, dance, crime. ff. 33. William Travers, dramatist: Hox...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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27 Jun 1856
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924. Add MS 52960 H

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‘Mr. Hughes at home’, petite comedy in one act. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 2 July 1856. Request for licence signed J. B. Buckstone. Keywords: theatre, dance, bachelors, widows. ff. 15. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Theatre Royal, Hay...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1856
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925. Add MS 52960 I

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Rosamunda, tragedy in five acts, by Vittorio Alfieri. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. ‘Represented at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, by Madame Ristori and an Italian dramatic company, June 1856’: see al...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
27 Jun 1856
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1 item

926. Add MS 52960 J

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Esmerelda and the Hunchback of Notre Dame, a “grand melodramatic opera” in four acts: libretto by Charles Jeffreys based on the original Italian libretto by D. Bolognese for the music of the opera Ermelinda, by Vincenzo Battista. Printed (1856). This version and the original founded on the nov...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1856
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1 item

927. Add MS 52960 K

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‘Medea, or, The best of mothers with a brute of a husband’, burlesque in one act by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 12 July 1856 for performance at the Olympic 14 July 1856. Revisions in different coloured inks throughout the text. Signed Rob. B. Brough, 4 South Lambeth Place, Vauxhall on back co...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1856
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1 item

928. Add MS 52960 L

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‘Medea’, tragedy in one act by Thomas J. Williams. Licence sent 12 July 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 14 July 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Songs included in MS. Keywords: classical civilization, murder, children. ff. 17. Thomas John Williams, dramatist: London; Se...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
12 Jul 1856
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1 item

929. Add MS 52960 M

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‘The mistress of the hotel’, comedy in three acts by Carlo Goldoni. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 12 July 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. Signed Kemble, Esq., 94 Mount St, Grosvenor Square. With Add. 52960 B, C, D, I, and N, part of t...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
12 Jul 1856
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1 item

930. Add MS 52960 N

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Francesca da Rimini, tragedy in five acts, by Sylvio Pellico. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 16 July 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. With Add. 52960 B, C, D, I, and M, part of the season in which Madame Ristori and company appeared. K...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
16 Jul 1856
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1 item