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1. Add MS 52948 BB

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'The prophet' ('The prophet king'), grand opera in four acts; English transl. of the original French libretto by A. E. Scribe (as Le prophète) for the music by Meyerbeer. Licence sent 31 July 1854 for performance at the Surrey 7 August 1854. This text was used for the first revival of the ope...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1854
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1 item

2. Add MS 52948 C

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'The lamplighter, or, The blind girl's protegée', drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 June 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 26 June 1854. For another version see Add. 52948 O. Keywords: poverty, working class characters, orphans, natural phenomena, family relationships, death, cri...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1854
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1 item

3. Add MS 52948 D

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'The silver devil!’, a ‘spry lt'l drama' in one act. Licence sent 20 June 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 15 May 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Wm West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1854
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1 item

4. Add MS 52948 E

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'The bridal ring, or, The mulatto murderer', drama in two acts. Licence sent 20 June 1854 for performance at the City of London 24 June 1854. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: Martinique, natural phenomena, slavery and abolitionism, l...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1854
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1 item

5. Add MS 52948 M

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'A night in a churchyard! or, The hag of the hollow!', drama in three acts. Licence sent 28 June 1854 for performance at the Victoria 3 July 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: castles, sport, animals, disability, the supernatural, age and ageing, pubs and...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1854
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1 item

6. 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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1854
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1 item

7. Add MS 52948 O

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'The lamplighter', drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 June 1854 for performance at the Standard 30 June 1854. Signed by John Douglass. For another version see Add. 52948 C. Keywords: Boston, orphans, working class characters, poverty, domestic violence, education, illness, doctors and medic...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1854
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52948 P

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'The courier of Lyons, or, The fatal resemblance', drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 July 1854 for performance at the Britannia 10 July 1854. For other versions see Add. 52948 A, 52948 S, and 52951 T. Keywords: food and dining, dandies, drinking and drunkenness, crime. ff. 34. Anon, write...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1854
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1 item

9. Add MS 52948 Q

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'Perfect confidence', drama in one act. Licence sent 3 July 1854 for performance at the Olympic 10 July 1854. Revisions throughout. Keywords: widows, travel, letters, Anglo-Indian characters. ff. 42. Anon, writer of plays: 'Perfect confidence', drama in one act: 1854.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1854
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1 item

10. Add MS 52948 R

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'Hopes and fears', drama in one act. Licence sent 5 July 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 6 July 1854. Request for licence written and by Benjamin Webster. For a French version under the title La joie fair peur, see Add. 52947 K, and for another English version, ‘Sunshine through the cl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1854
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1 item