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

981. Add MS 52962 O

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‘A family failing’, farce in one act by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 3 November 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 17 November 1856. Request for licence signed by J.B. Buckstone. Title page signed John Oxenford with address. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 29, no. 424. Keywords: law...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Nov 1856
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982. Add MS 52962 P

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‘Harlequin ogre, or, The invisible princess and the four charmed fish’, Eastern sketch taken from the Arabian Nights Entertainment by George H. Renaud ‘for J. B. Egan, lessee and manager, Royal Queen’s Theatre, Manchester’. Licence sent 13 November 1856 for performance at the Queen’s Theatre, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Nov 1856
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1 item

983. Add MS 52962 Q

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‘Doing the hansom’, farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 12 November 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 3 November 1856. Request for licence signed Charles Dillon. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 28, no. 412. Keywords: doctors and medicine, travel, impersonation, musicians. ff. 30. Lo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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12 Nov 1856
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1 item

984. Add MS 52962 R

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‘Little Dorrit’, drama in two acts by F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 12 November 1856 for performance at the Strand 10 November 1856. Keywords: literature and literary reference, French influence, prisons and prisoners, poverty, family relationships, debt and its consequences, murder. ff. 32. F...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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12 Nov 1856
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985. Add MS 52962 S

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Fabian, or, The misalliance, drama in four acts. Printed, with MS additions. Licence sent 13 November 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 14 November 1856. Request for licence signed C. Dillon. Handwritten section replaces the first six pages of the printed text. A number of passages have b...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Nov 1856
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1 item

986. Add MS 52962 T

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‘The son of the night’, drama in four acts. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Sunderland Theatre. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: Early Modern settings, children, Christians and Christianity, nautical interest, Spain, France, French influence, military, aristocracy, impris...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1856
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1 item

987. Add MS 52962 U

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‘Dred, a tale of the dismal swamp’, equestrian drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 15 November 1856. Cover signed W. Cooke, lessee and manager, and W. West, stage manager. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Not l...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1856
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1 item

988. Add MS 52962 V

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‘The red brigade, or, Vice and its consequence, a tale of the ragged school’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Victoria 18 November 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulat...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1856
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1 item

989. Add MS 52962 W

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‘Juanita the devoted, or, The midnight journey’, comedy in two acts. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Britannia 18 November 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Spain, flirtation, aristocracy, treason. ff. 26. Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia Theatre alias B...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1856
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1 item

990. Add MS 52962 X

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‘Jones, the avenger’, farce in one act by F. Talfourd. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Olympic 24 November 1856. Keywords: servants, science and technology, illness, orphans, letters, family relationships. ff. 20. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Olympic Theatre:...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1856
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1 item