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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52933 A-HH

21. 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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1852
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1 item

22. Add MS 52933 N

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‘Kafra Karabush, Chief of the Eagle Tribe, or, A chieftain’s vengeance’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 August 1852 for performance at the Victoria 9 August. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: Native American characters, black characters, Mexican characte...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1852
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1 item

23. Add MS 52933 O

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‘The maid and the magpie’, operatic burlesque in one act. Licence sent 2 August 1852 for performance at the Victoria 9 August 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. The exact relationship of this text to the libretto of Rossini’s opera La gazza ladra, usually translat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

24. 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

25. Add MS 52933 Q

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‘Oscar the Dane, or, The mysterious man of Australia’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 August 1852 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 11 August 1852. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Extensive underlined stage directions. Keywords: Australia, German characters, Danish characters, E...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

26. Add MS 52933 R

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Casilda’, opera in four acts. Printed (circa 1852); possibly proof copy. Italian. Licence sent 6 August 1852 for performance at Her Majesty’s. Back of MS signed by a ‘Mr. Jennings’. There is one entry in LCO Day Book Add. 53703 covering both Add. 52933 R and 52933 S. Keywords: gypsies, ur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
6 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

27. Add MS 52933 S

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Casilda’, opera in four acts; the libretto by ‘M. Tenelli’ (i.e. J. H. Millenet) for the music written by Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Printed (circa 1852). Italian with English translation. Licence sent 6 August 1852 for performance at Her Majesty’s. Names of actors, costume and sc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
6 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

28. Add MS 52933 T

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‘The field of terror, or, The gnome lamp’ (‘The gnome’s lantern’ al. ‘Black spider’ al. The devil’s diggings’), romantic drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 August 1852 for performance at the Olympic 9 August 1852. Signed by W. Farren, manager. Extensive underlined stage directions and a numbe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

29. Add MS 52933 U

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‘The betting boy’s career, from the counting house to the hulks’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 11 August 1852 for performance at the Standard 25 July 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word ‘damn’ be omitted. Only one of the two acts of this play appears has be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

30. Add MS 52933 V

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‘The betting boy’s career, from the counting house to the hulks’, (‘Fifty to one against him’), drama in two acts. Licence sent 12 August 1852 for performance at the Pavilion 12 August 1852. Stage directions require that ‘plates’ be ‘struck.’ A ‘picture reference’ list for ‘numbers’ 1 - 5 ap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item