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12151. Add MS 52946 O

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'Faust and Margaret', drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 20 March 1854 for performance at the Princess’ 19 April 1854. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in blue. Revisions throughout. Corrections are pasted onto existing pages. Sketch on final page. According...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1854
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1 item

12152. Add MS 52948 N

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'The gentleman opposite', farce in one act. Licence sent 30 June 1854 for performance at the Lyceum 3 July 1854. Keywords: servants, education, widows, law and the legal profession, inheritance, letters. ff. 37. Anon, writer of plays: 'The gentleman opposite', farce in one act: 1854. Leic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1854
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1 item

12153. Add MS 52950 Z

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'Pierre the foundling', drama in two acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 2 December 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 7 December 1854. Request for licence written in a hand that appears to be Benjamin Webster's. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the words 'Lord' and 'O...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1854
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1 item

12154. Add MS 52951 AA

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'Eugénie, or, A sister's vow', drama in one act by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 8 January 1855 for performance at the Albert and Garrick Royal Amphitheatre. 'From L. Levy, Albert and Garrick Theatre, Leman Street, Whitechapel' written on title page. Nicoll lists this play as being performed...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1855
Extent:
1 item

12155. Add MS 52953 Y

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'The falling star, or, Poor Andrew of the Tyrol', “drama of interest” in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 13 April 1855 for performance at the City of London 13 April 1855. Signed by Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: French influence...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1855
Extent:
1 item

12156. Add MS 52954 CC

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Les droits d'homme, comédie in two acts by Jules de Prémaray. Printed (1855). French. Licence sent 7 July 1855 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Odéon 6 November 1854. Signed by J. Mitchell. Publisher's list on back cover. Keywords: politicians, widows...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
7 Jul 1855
Extent:
1 item

12157. Add MS 52954 Q

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'Only a halfpenny', farce in one act by John Oxenford. Licence sent 31 May 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 31 May 1855. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 22, no. 329. Keywords: festivals and celebration, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1855
Extent:
1 item

12158. Add MS 52954 U

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'Helping hands', domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 9 June 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 20 June 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 325. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, musicians, illness, pove...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1855
Extent:
1 item

12159. Add MS 52954 Z

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'Buckstone's adventure with a Polish princess', original farce in one act by 'Slingsby Lawrence, Esq.' [i.e. G. H. Lewes]. Licence sent 29 June 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 4 July 1855. 'G. H. Lewes, 7 Clarence Row, East Sheen, Surrey' appears on title page. Some revis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1855
Extent:
1 item

12160. Add MS 52955 I

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'The parish boy's progress', in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 7 August 1855 for performance at the City of London. No date of first performance given. Signed by the lessees, Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. For other versions see Add. 52955 H and 52956 J. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1855
Extent:
1 item