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21. Add MS 52933 C

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‘A novel expedient’, farce in one act by B. N. Webster. Licence sent 25 June 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 26 June 1852. Request for licence unsigned, but apparently in the author’s hand, as is part of the text itself. Performed as ‘Book the third, chapter the first’, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1852
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1 item

22. Add MS 52933 F

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‘Our new lady’s maid’, comedietta in one act by H. C. Coape. Licence sent 8 July 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 14 July 1852. Signed by manager, Benjamin Webster. Signature on title page is crossed out. Actors’ initials appear next to dramatis personae. Revisions thro...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1852
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1 item

23. Add MS 52933 I

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‘Peter the Great’, drama in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 13 July 1852 for performance at Astley’s Amphitheatre. ‘The property of . . . W. Batty’ as well as signature of C. Le Clercq, the ‘stage manager’ appear on title page. A play of the same title by A. Cherry was performed in...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1852
Extent:
1 item

24. Add MS 52933 H

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‘The man with the red beard’ al. ‘Friends and their shadows’, drama in three acts by John H. Wilkins. Licence sent 13 July1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 19 July 1852. Obscured signature on title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1852
Extent:
1 item

25. Add MS 52933 G

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Faust’, libretto in three acts for the opera by Spohr. Printed (c1852). Italian with English translation, by Manfredo Maggioni; based on the original German libretto by J. C. Bernard. Licence sent 13 July 1852 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Names of orchestra lis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
13 Jul 1852
Extent:
1 item

26. Add MS 52933 P

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‘The betting boy’s career, from his home to the hulks’, ‘moral drama’ in two acts. Licence sent 3 August 1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 9 August 1852. ‘Taken from the plates’ appears on title page, perhaps written by an E. F. Saville who has signed the title page in pencil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

27. Add MS 52933 Z

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‘The charmed harp’, operetta in one act by John Courtney (music by M. Lutz). Licence sent 24 August 1852 for performance at the Surrey 30 August 1852. Donne’s signature and one other appear on title page. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Two pages...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

28. Add MS 52933 M

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‘The writing on the wall’, drama in three acts by J. M. Morton and Thomas Morton. Licence sent 29 July 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 2 August 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Extensive revisions in various hands not the work of the Exam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1852
Extent:
1 item

29. Add MS 52933 B

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‘The bag of gold’, drama in two acts by J. Hillyard. Licence sent 21 June 1852 for performance at the Olympic 25 June 1852. Signed by manager, W. Farren. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a number of words and short phrases be omitted. Keywords: working class characters, p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1852
Extent:
1 item

30. Add MS 52933 CC

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‘The master passion’, comedy in two acts by Mrs. Alfred Philips. Licence sent 31 August 1852 for performance at the Olympic 1 September 1852. Title page is signed by W. Farren, manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that duelling scene in first act be omitted and that a phr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item