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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52964 A-BB

11. Add MS 52964 I

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'The released convict, or, It’s a long lane that has no turning', drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 February 1857 for performance at the City of London the same day. Keywords: prisons and prisoners, crime, disguise. ff. 22. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. City of London Theatre: 'T...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1857
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1 item

12. Add MS 52964 J

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'The wreck of the Golden Mary', drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 February 1857 for performance at the City of London the same day. For other versions, see Add. 52964 D and 52964 G. Keywords: nautical interest, murder, children, stagecraft, gold prospecting, Australia. ff. 20. London; Sec...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1857
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1 item

13. Add MS 52964 K

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'Ellie Forrestere', drama in three acts. Licence sent 10 February 1857 for performance at the Victoria 8 February 1857. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Keywords: nautical interest, orphans, crime, emigration. ff. 36. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Victoria Theatre, W...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1857
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1 item

14. Add MS 52964 L

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'The anti-garotte', farce in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 8 April 1857 for performance at the Strand 31 January 1857. Intended performance date listed on back cover is 2 February 1857. Performed in a revised version by J. C. Wilson at the Strand 2 February 1863 under the title 'My ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1857
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1 item

15. Add MS 52964 M

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'A splendid investment', an original farce in one act by W. B. Bernard. Licence sent 8 April 1857 for performance at the Olympic 11 February 1857. Published in Lacy's, vol.30, no. 439. Keywords: seaside settings, food and dining, businessmen, poverty, crime, travel, speculation. ff. 28. Wi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1857
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1 item

16. Add MS 52964 N

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'Double faced people', comedy in three acts by John Courtney. Licence sent 7 April 1857 for performance at the Haymarket 7 February 1857. Intended performance date given as 7 February 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted as well as the name of Lord ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1857
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1 item

17. Add MS 52964 O

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'Ding dong Will, or, The Ashbrooke blacksmith', village tale in one act, founded on a story in the Christmas number of Household Words. Licence sent 10 February 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Nicoll gives the date of the first performance ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1857
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1 item

18. Add MS 52964 P

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'The wrong baby,' farce in one act. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Intended performance date on title page is 9 February 1857. Keywords: children, bankers, Christians and Christianity. ff. 27. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Grecian S...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
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1 item

19. Add MS 52964 Q

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The black book, romantic drama in three acts, altered and adapted from the French by G. C. Bentinck and J. P. Simpson. Printed (1856). Licence sent 7 April 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 2 February 1857. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Listed in Nico...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1857
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1 item

20. Add MS 52964 R

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'Ida May, the child of fortune' ('Ida May, the kidnapped child'), drama in three acts. Licence sent 18 March 1857 for performance at the Marylebone 9 February 1857. Intended performance date listed on title page as 9 February 1857. Keywords: America, American characters, black characters, ki...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1857
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1 item