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12481. Add MS 52965 J

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'A life's trial', drama in four acts by W. B. Bernard. Licence sent 8 April 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 19 March 1857. Intended performance date listed on cover is 19 March 1857. Revisions throughout the text. Published in Lacy's, vol. 30, no. 436. Keywords: speculat...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1857
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1 item

12482. Add MS 52965 U

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'The Spanish girl, or, The spy of Naples', drama in three acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 9 April 1857 performance at the City of London Theatre 13 April 1857. Keywords: Spanish influence, Naples, police, nautical interest, aristocracy, imprisonment, treason. ff. 20. George Dibdin Pitt, a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1857
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1 item

12483. Add MS 52966 B

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M'sieu Landry, operette in one act by Camille du Locle. Printed (1856). French. Licence sent 11 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 24 November 1856. Cover and title page stamped ‘J. Mitchell’. Keywords: French influ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
11 May 1857
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1 item

12484. Add MS 52966 U

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Le 66!, opéra-comique in one act by ‘MM. de Forges et Laurencin’ (i.e., P. A. A. Pittaud de Forges and P. A. Chapelle, for the music by J. Offenbach). Printed. French. Licence sent 11 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisie...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
11 Jun 1857
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1 item

12485. Add MS 52966 W

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'The Nubian captive, or, The royal slave', eastern drama in three acts written expressly for Mr. J. B. Brown by E. G. Burton. Licence sent 14 June 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Margate 15 June 1857. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in blue. Some additions to text in ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

12486. Add MS 52967 BB

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'The life of a weaver, his trials and his struggles, or, The web of destiny', in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 21 August 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 28 November 1859. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52967 Z. Keywords: poverty, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1857
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1 item

12487. Add MS 52967 P

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'Drat that comet', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 16 July 1857 for performance at the Strand 16 August 1857. “Leicester Buckingham, 13 Clements Lane” written on cover. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the phrases 'led like a lamb to the slaughter' and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item

12488. Add MS 52967 T

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'La traviata, or The lost one', opera in five acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 27 June 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52966 R, 52968 B, and 52968 D. Keywords: aristocracy, French influence, p...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1857
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1 item

12489. Add MS 52969 D

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'The spirits of good and evil, or, Il Basco the Maresco', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 31 October 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Spanish influence, supernatural, murder, castles, aristocracy, pe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

12490. Add MS 52992 Z

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La femme aux oeufs d'or, comedy-vaudeville in one act by 'MM. Dumanoir et Clairville' (i.e., P. F. Pinel and L. F. Nicolaie). Printed (Michel Levy Frères; Bibliothèque dramatique; théatre moderne, 1853). French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the St James's. First performed at ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
10 May 1860
Extent:
1 item