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1. Add MS 52955 A

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'Change for a sovereign', drama in two acts. Licence sent 13 July 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 16 July 1855. Signed by Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. Signed by copyist ‘Robt. Watkins, 21 Bow Street’ on last page. Keywords: French influence, Pre-Revolutionary Fra...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1855
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1 item

2. Add MS 52955 B

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'Rich in love, but poor in pocket', a farce in one act by George Conquest. Licence sent 13 July 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 16 July 1855. Signed by Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. Keywords: dance, festival and celebration, gambling, flirtation, food and dining. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1855
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1 item

3. Add MS 52955 C

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'Wife or no wife', play in five acts. License sent 16 July 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 23 July 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: aristocracy, French influence, elopement. ff. 46. London; Secular Instituti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1855
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1 item

4. Add MS 52955 D

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'La stella del nord' ('L'étoile du nord'), lyric play in three acts translated and adapted by Manfredo Maggioni [for the music by G. Meyerbeer]. Printed. Italian with English translation. Licence sent 17 July 1855 for performance at the Italian Opera Covent Garden. Keywords: Finland, food a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17 Jul 1855
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1 item

5. Add MS 52955 E

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'Prince Cheri and Princess Fair Star, or, The jewelled children of the enchanted isle', extravaganza in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 18 July 1855 for performance at the Strand 18 June 1855. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural creatures, disguise, science and technology, black c...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1855
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52955 F

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'The fletch of bacon, or, The custom of Dunmow', farcical sketch in one act. Licence sent 23 July 1855 for performance at the Strand 23 July 1855. For another version see Add. 52955 O. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: bachelors, spinsters, law and the legal profession, festivals and celebrat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1855
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52955 G

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'Broken faith', drama in two acts. Licence sent 26 July 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 30 July 1855. Signed by Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: working class characters, poverty, ga...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1855
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52955 H

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'An entire new version of Mr Charles Dickens's tale of Oliver Twist', drama in two acts, 'carefully avoiding all the repulsive matter of the tale'. Licence sent 26 July 1855 for performance at the Standard 30 July 1855. For another version see Add. 52955 I and 52956 J. Keywords: working cla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1855
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52955 I

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'The parish boy's progress', in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 7 August 1855 for performance at the City of London. No date of first performance given. Signed by the lessees, Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. For other versions see Add. 52955 H and 52956 J. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 an...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1855
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52955 J

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'Jack Sheppard', drama in three acts adapted by William Searle. Licence sent 15 August 1855 for performance at the City of London 16 August 1855. For another version see Add. 52954 DD. Several plays under this title were licensed throughout the century. Nicoll lists the play under ‘unknown ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1855
Extent:
1 item