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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52962 A-BB

1. Add MS 52962 A

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‘Cabinet secret’, farce in one act by T. H. Webb. Licence sent 16 October 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 13 October 1856. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. Some revisions to text. Songs included. Speaking cues and stage directions underlined in red. Ke...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 52962 AA

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‘The bugler of the Twentieth’, vaudeville in one act. Licence sent 19 November 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Birmingham 9 November 1856. Letter requesting licence signed by John Billington bound into MS. Keywords: German characters, military, musicians, French influence, duelling...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1856
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1 item

3. Add MS 52962 B

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The stolen kiss, farce in one act. Printed (possibly proof sheets.) Licence sent 18 October 1856 for performance at the Strand 18 October 1856. Songs included in MS. Keywords: hotels, French influence, travel, working class characters, seaside settings, marital separation. ff. 5. London....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52962 BB

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Index ff. 2.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856
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1 item

5. Add MS 52962 C

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The king’s muskateers, drama in three acts. Printed with written additions. Licence sent 18 October 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 16 October 1856. Request for licence signed Mr. Charles Dillon. Some corrections. Keywords: French influence, festival and celebration, dance, aristocracy, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52962 D

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‘Harlequin eyes, nose and mouth, or, ‘Jump high, jump low and a jumping we’ll go’, pantomime. Licence sent 18 October 1856 for performance at the Effingham Saloon 27 October 1856. ‘Mr George Smith, 91 Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square’ written on back page. Keywords: harlequinade, doctors and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52962 E

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‘The eagle and child, or, A mother’s courage’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 10 October 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: land and farming, travel, peasants, illegitimacy, fallen women. ff. 26. Hoxton; Middlese...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52962 F

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‘Lucifer matches’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 29 September 1856. Request for licence signed B. Webster. Additional stage directions pencilled in throughout. Diagrams included. Keywords: the supernatural, education, American charac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52962 G

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‘Dred, a tale of the great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by __ (name illegible). Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 29 September 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS. Diagrams included. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52962 H

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‘Dred, a tale of the dismal swamp, or, Poor Uncle Tiff’, drama in two acts. Licence listed on cover of play and in LCO Day Book Add. 53703 as sent 26 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia, but a note on the cover of the play states ‘suspended till further notice. K. 24 September 1856 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item