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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52949 A-AA

21. Add MS 52949 T

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'A blighted being', farce in one act by 'John Roakes' (i.e., Tom Taylor). Licence sent 7 October 1854 for performance at the Olympic 16 October 1854. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths as well as the words 'Lord' and 'God' be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vol. 16,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1854
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1 item

22. Add MS 52949 U

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'The corporal's daughter, or, The garnet ring', drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 October 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Songs included in MS. Keywords: pubs and inns, military, drinking and drunkenness, illness, working class characters, fashion, servants, aristo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1854
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1 item

23. Add MS 52949 V

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'The Spanish dancers, or, The jota Arroganese', terpsichorean burletta in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 12 October 1854 for performance at the St. James’s 16 October 1854. Signed by Laura Seymour. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 49, no. 736, under the title The Spanish dancers, or, F...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1854
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1 item

24. Add MS 52949 W

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'The siege of Silistria', grand military spectacle in two acts. Licence sent 29 September 1854 for performance at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre 2 October 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee, and Willm. West, stage manager. For other versions, see Add. 52949 R. MS has been divided into two f...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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29 Sep 1854
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1 item

25. Add MS 52949 X

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'Videna, or, The mother's tragedy', drama in five acts by J. A. Heraud. Licence sent 17 October 1854 for performance at the Marylebone 23 October 1854. Signed by J. William Wallack, manager. Last two pages are handwritten. Keywords: working class characters, aristocracy, classical settings,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1854
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1 item

26. Add MS 52949 Y

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'Sebastapol from our own correspondent', drama in two acts by E. Stirling. Licence sent 17 October 1854 for performance at the Marylebone 21 October 1854. Signed by J. William Wallack, manager. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown author’. Keywords: British Empire, Russian Empire, French imperia...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1854
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1 item

27. Add MS 52949 Z

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'The trustee', comedy in two acts. Licence sent 17 October 1854 for performance at the Olympic 24 October 1854. Written in a number of different hands with some revisions pasted in. Keywords: French influence, aristocracy, festival and celebration, family relationships. ff. 69. Anon, write...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1854
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1 item