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1. Add MS 52937 A

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‘Uncle Tom’s cabin’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 3 January 1853 for performance at the City of London 3 January 1853. [italics]Signed[/italics] by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that certain omissions be made, and notes that the play lice...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Jan 1853
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1 item

2. Add MS 52937 B

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‘Gold’, drama in five acts, by Charles Reade. Licence sent 5 January 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 10 January 1853. Plays of the same title were performed in 1851 and 1880. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 11, no. 152, and in Dick’s Standard Plays, no. 1053, in 1896. ff. 92...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Jan 1853
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1 item

3. Add MS 52937 C

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‘Lilian Gervais’ (altered from ‘Lilian Rene’ al. 'The pearl of Normandy'), drama in three acts by Morris Barnett. Licence sent 11 January 1853 for performance at the Olympic 17 January 1853. Signed by W. Farren, manager. Revisions throughout. Signed by Morris Barnett on back cover. Publishe...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1853
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1 item

4. Add MS 52937 D

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‘The sentinel’, opera in one act by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 7 January 1853 for performance at the Strand 10 January 1853. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that certain omissions be made, and includes the same note relating to the signature of Lord B...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1853
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1 item

5. Add MS 52937 E

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‘The rising of the tide’, ‘melodrame’ in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 14 January 1853 for performance at the Marylebone 24 January 1853. Keywords: nautical drama, age and ageing, law and legal profession, crime, suicide, family relationships, death, Cornwall, seaside settings, st...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1853
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1 item

6. Add MS 52937 F

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‘Old Christmas Eve, or, The halls of my fathers’ (‘The regicide, or, The days of Cromwell and the civil wars of England’), drama in two acts by H. Dodson. Licence sent 17 January 1853 for performance at the Victoria 17 January 1853. Title page states in W. B. Donne’s hand that title has been ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1853
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1 item

7. Add MS 52937 G

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‘The gold fields of Australia, or, Off to the diggings’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 January 1853 for performance at the Bower Saloon 24 January 1853. Request for licence written and signed by J. Biddles on back cover. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word ‘damn...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1853
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1 item

8. Add MS 52937 H

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Yorck (York), comédie-vaudeville in one act by Octave Feuillet and Paul Bocage. Printed (Paris: Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1852). French. Licence sent 25 January 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal 1 July 1852. S...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
25 Jan 1853
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1 item

9. Add MS 52937 I

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Un monsieur qui suit les femmes, comédie-vaudeville in two acts by Théodore Barrière and Adrien Decourcelle. Printed (Paris: Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1852). French. Licence sent 25 January 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre de...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
25 Jan 1853
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1 item

10. Add MS 52937 J

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Le bonhomme Jadis, comedy in one act by Henry Murger. Printed (Paris: Levy Frères, 1852). French. Licence sent 25 January 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by J. Mitchell. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that passages marked with asterisks should be omitted. K...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
25 Jan 1853
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1 item