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1. Add MS 52961 A

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‘Extremely peculiar’, interlude in one act. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 6 July 1857. Keywords: French influence, flirtation, aristocracy. ff. 31. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Surrey Theatre: 'Extremely peculiar', interlude in one act , script license...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

2. Add MS 52961 B

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‘The mould of mould manor, or, A ghost story’ original drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 30 August 1856. Keywords: family relationships, military, crime, murder, supernatural, servants. ff. 36. John Beer Johnstone, actor and dram...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

3. Add MS 52961 C

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‘Two precious scoundrels’, farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Strand 26 August 1856. Keywords: police, crime, prisons and prisoners, murder, businessmen. ff. 33. Leicester Silk Buckingham, dramatist; youngest son of J S Buckingham: Londo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

4. Add MS 52961 D

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‘The half caste’, drama in four acts by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 8 September 1856. Cover signed Suter. Revisions throughout. Elaborate stage directions. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 97, no. 441, as The half caste, or, The poisoned pearl. See ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

5. Add MS 52961 E

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‘The college friends’ (‘The avenger witness, or, Crime and retribution’), drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 30 August 1856. Cover signed Mr. Thompson Townsend. Revisions and annotations to text throughout. Keywords: land and farming, drinking and d...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

6. Add MS 52961 F

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‘Like and unlike’, drama in two acts by -- Langford. Licence sent 4 September 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 10 April 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Keywords: French influence, working women, working class characters, Paris, theatre, dance. ff. 52. London; Secular Ins...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1856
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1 item

7. Add MS 52961 G

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‘Fate and its wonders! or, The idiot and the twin brothers’, drama in two acts, by A. Rayner. Licence sent 6 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 8 September 1856. Request for licence signed Joseph Johnson Towers. Keywords: Italian characters, military, Russian imperialism, aristoc...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1856
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1 item

8. Add MS 52961 H

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‘Down at Ramsgate, or, What I think I say!’, farce in one act. Licence sent 6 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 8 September 1856. Request for licence signed Joseph Johnson Towers. Keywords: seaside settings, theatre, lodgers and boarding houses. ff. 12. London; Secular Institu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1856
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1 item

9. Add MS 52961 I

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‘Pizarro, a Spanish rolla-king drama’, burlesque in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 12 September 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 15 September 1856. Text written on the back of a stack of invitations to subscribe to the ‘reading and news room’ of the Great Central ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1856
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1 item

10. Add MS 52961 J

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‘The little laundress or, False colors’, original drama in one act by Charles Rice. comedian. Licence sent 21 September 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Plymouth 12 November 1856. ‘Mss only, under 8oz’ and ‘Miss Clara St. Casse on Monday 15th Sept intended for representation, at the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1856
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1 item