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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52958 A-GG

1. Add MS 52958 A

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‘Urgent private affairs’, farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 7 January 1856. Request for licence written and signed B. Webster. Keywords: doctors and medicine, military, Ratcatcher’s Daughter, working class characters. ff. 32. London...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1856
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1 item

2. Add MS 52958 AA

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‘The evil genius’, comedy in three acts by W. B. Bernard. Licence sent 8 March 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 8 March 1856. Request for licence signed J. B. Buckstone. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 26, no. 382. Keywords: British Empire, imperialism, food and dining, family ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1856
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1 item

3. Add MS 52958 B

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‘Jessy Vere, or, The return of the wanderer’, farce in one act by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon February 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 25, no. 371. Keywords: Christians and Christianity, elopement, crim...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1856
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1 item

4. Add MS 52958 BB

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‘Lost £30,000’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Marylebone 24 March 1856. Keywords: French influence, Bohemians, France, orphans, fallen women, crime, Paris. ff. 89. London. Secular Institutions; Theatres. Marylebone Theatre: 'Lost £50,000', drama in t...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1856
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1 item

5. Add MS 52958 C

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‘The wheel of life’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 5 January 1865. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: food and dining, kidnapping, crime. ff. 26. Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia Theatre alias Britannia Saloon: 'The wheel of life',...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1856
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1 item

6. Add MS 52958 CC

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‘How we live, or, London labour and the London poor’, drama in three acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Surrey 24 March 1856. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 lists title as ‘How we live in the world of London’. Cover signed ‘Mr Smith ?? Haymarket’. See anothe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1856
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1 item

7. Add MS 52958 D

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‘The Holly Tree Inn, or, A Christmas story’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Strand 7 January 1856. Songs included in MS. See also Add. 52958 G and 52958 O. Keywords: literature and literary reference, pubs and inns, working class characters, family ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1856
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1 item

8. Add MS 52958 DD

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‘Tafelhausen, or, The legend of a lawyer’, drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Surrey 24 March 1856. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the words ‘Lord’ and ‘Oh Lord’ be omitted. Two different types of paper used. Songs i...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1856
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1 item

9. Add MS 52958 E

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‘An act in the life of Garrick’, comedy in one act translated from the German by Hermann Vezin. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Liverpool 5 January 1856. Keywords: theatre, literature and literary reference, festival and celebration. ff. 16. Hermann Vezin, a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1856
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1 item

10. Add MS 52958 EE

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‘The gipsy’s vengeance’, opera in four acts. English version by Charles Jeffreys of Verdi’s grand opera, ‘Il trovatore’, under the direction of Mr. J. H. Tully. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Songs included in MS. This version may well antedate t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1856
Extent:
1 item