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1. Add MS 52997 A-U

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. October - November 1860 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Oct 1860-Nov 1860
Extent:
21 items

2. Add MS 52997 U

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Scope & Content:
Index. ff. 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52997 Q

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'The billet-doux' ('The adventures of a love letter'), comedy in three acts, possibly by Charles Matthews. Licence sent 17 November 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Attributed to Charles Mathews and printed as The adventures of a love letter in Lacy's vol. 50, no. 749. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52997 P

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'The prairie flower', petite drama in one act. Licence sent 16 November 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Set design in ink, f. 2. Contains unusually detailed stage directions. Keywords: native Americans, mountain settings, emigrants, French characters...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52997 J

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'The guilty mother, or, one false step', drama in two acts Licence sent 8 November 1860 for performance at the City of London. Signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: business and finance, speculation, marital relationships, letters, gossip, gambling, bankruptcy, tableau, festivals a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52997 L

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'Adrienne de Baussé' ('Adrienne, or, The secret of a life'), drama in three acts by Henry T. Leslie. Licence sent 9 November 1860 for performance at the Lyceum. MS written in more than one hand. Entitled, 'Adrienne, or, the secret of a life' in Nicoll, LCO Day Book Add. 52703 and Lacy's, vol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52997 R

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'That horrid Biggins', farce in one act by F. Allen. Licence sent 21 November 1860 for performance at the Soho. Cuts marked in ink. Description of costumes. Keywords: courtship, family relationships, salesmen, inheritance, disguise, concealed identity, literature and literary reference, pol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52997 C

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'Cartouche!', drama in five acts adapted from the French by Férnand Strauss. Licence sent 1 November 1860 for performance at the Soho. Decorative calligraphy on title page in black ink with small illustration of tragic and comic muses, a torch, a lyre, Punch and a musical instrument. Cuts an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52997 O

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'Gideon's ghost', farce in one act by A. B. Bierce. Licence sent 15 November 1860 for performance at the Standard. Inscribed A. B. Bierce, American comedian. Keywords: pubs and inns, Americans, inheritance, flirtation, imprisonment, forgery, disguise, assault, wills, pictures. ff. 12. A. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1860
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52997 B

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'The woman in white', drama in three acts; unattributed , but possibly by J. M. Ware. Licence sent 30 October 1860 for performance at the Surrey. Based on the novel by Wilkie Collins, 1860. For other versions, see Add. 52000 C and 53006 D. Keywords: artists, engagements, family relationship...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1860
Extent:
1 item