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971. Add MS 52962 E

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‘The eagle and child, or, A mother’s courage’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 10 October 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: land and farming, travel, peasants, illegitimacy, fallen women. ff. 26. Hoxton; Middlese...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1856
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1 item

972. Add MS 52962 F

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‘Lucifer matches’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 29 September 1856. Request for licence signed B. Webster. Additional stage directions pencilled in throughout. Diagrams included. Keywords: the supernatural, education, American charac...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1856
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1 item

973. Add MS 52962 G

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‘Dred, a tale of the great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by __ (name illegible). Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 29 September 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS. Diagrams included. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the s...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

974. Add MS 52962 H

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‘Dred, a tale of the dismal swamp, or, Poor Uncle Tiff’, drama in two acts. Licence listed on cover of play and in LCO Day Book Add. 53703 as sent 26 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia, but a note on the cover of the play states ‘suspended till further notice. K. 24 September 1856 ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1856
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1 item

975. Add MS 52962 I

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‘Belphegor’, extravaganza in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 September 1856 for performance at the Strand 29 September 1856. Letter from G. Smith bound into MS at back. For a version of this play by John Courtney, see Lacy’s, vol. 3, no. 39. Keywords: pubs and inns, children, m...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1856
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1 item

976. Add MS 52962 J

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‘Betsy’s found’, farce in one act by J. J. Conquest. Licence sent 1 November 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 3 November 1856. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. Large amount of detail about each character in dramatis personae. Some revisions to text. Keyw...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1856
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1 item

977. Add MS 52962 K

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‘The seamstress and the duchess, or, Pride, poverty and splendour’, drama in two acts by Henry Young. Licence sent 1 November 1856 for performance at the Victoria 1 November 1856. Keywords: aristocracy, working class characters, fallen women, pubs and inns, crime. ff. 50. Henry Young, write...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

978. Add MS 52962 L

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‘Dred, or, The great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by William E. Suter. Licence sent 1 November 1856 for performance at the Queen’s October 1856. Cover signed C. J. James. See also Add. 52961 N, 52961 P, 52962 G, 52962 H, and 52962 U. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57. Keywords: black charac...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1856
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1 item

979. Add MS 52962 M

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‘A border marriage’, comic drama in one act by W. J. Sorrell. Licence sent 3 November 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 3 November 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Actors’ names included alongside dramatis personae. ‘J.M. Langford and W. J. Jonell, 43 Denbigh Street, Belgra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

980. Add MS 52962 N

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‘Hyram Balthazar, or, The maniac Jew’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 November 1856 for performance at the Britannia 3 November 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Jews and Judaism, law and the legal profession, fashion, poverty. ff. 14. Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item