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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52958 A-GG

21. Add MS 52958 N

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‘The shadows of crime’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 25 January 1856 for performance at the Surrey 4 February 1856. Keywords: French influence, military, disguise, disabled characters, drinking and drunkenness, English characters, family relationships, execution. ff. 71. London; Secula...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1856
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1 item

22. Add MS 52958 O

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‘The boots at the Holly Tree Inn, or, The infant elopement to Gretna Green’, illustrative sketch in one act by Benjamin N. Webster. Licence sent 31 January 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 31 January 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipu...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1856
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1 item

23. Add MS 52958 P

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‘The married flirt, or, A conjugal lesson’ (‘Stay at home’), comedy in two acts by Henry Danvers. Licence sent 31 January 1856 for performance at the Olympic 3 July 1856. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. For another version, see Add. 52960 A. Publis...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1856
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1 item

24. Add MS 52958 Q

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‘The dead duchesse, or, The muffled belle of Paris’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 February 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 24 April 1856. Signed Samuel Lane. Keywords: aristocracy, murder, theatre, poisoning, Paris, French influence. ff. 27. Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia Th...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1856
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1 item

25. Add MS 52958 R

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‘Peace at any price’, farce in one act by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 8 February 1856 for performance at the Strand 11 February 1856. ‘J. P. Wooler, 17 Wellington Street, Islington’ written on cover. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: fami...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1856
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1 item

26. Add MS 52958 S

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‘That blessed baby’, farce in one act by F. Moore. Licence sent 9 February 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 11 February 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. According to Nicoll, Published in Lacy’s, but the reference has not been verified. Keywords: servants, bachelors, childr...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1856
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1 item

27. Add MS 52958 T

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‘The Arab of the desert and the faithful steed’, oriental spectacle in two acts by W. Cooke. Licence sent 14 February 1856 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 18 February 1856. Signed William Cooke and W. West. Keywords: Muslims and Islam, animals, family relationships, aristocrac...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1856
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1 item

28. Add MS 52958 U

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‘Pigeons and hawks’, farcical comedy in two acts by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 14 February 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 14 February 1856. Signed Ro. Conquest, proprietor and manager. Nicoll lists the play under ‘unknown authors’. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1856
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1 item

29. Add MS 52958 V

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‘The bride of Poland, or, The secret leader’, drama in two acts by R. Dodson. Licence sent 14 February 1856 for performance at the Bower Saloon 14 February 1856. Diagrams included. Keywords: aristocracy, treason, dance, family relationships, military, peasants, stagecraft, castles. ff. 39. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1856
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1 item

30. Add MS 52958 W

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‘Masks and faces’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 19 February 1856 for performance at the Standard. ‘Mr Smith, 91 Charlotte St, Fitzroy Square’ written on back cover. MS written in two different hands, and includes some revisions, especially toward the end of the text. For a related play...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1856
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1 item