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1. Add MS 52967 A

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Add MS 52967 A
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'The struggles of the poor, or, Love, poverty and wealth', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 16 June 1857 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Does not appear to be listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 52967 AA

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Add MS 52967 AA
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'The life of a beggar', drama in three acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 13 August 1857 for performance at City of London 14 August 1857. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: festival and celebration, servants, death, poverty, poisoning, inheritance, murder, crime, fallen wom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1857
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52967 B

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Add MS 52967 B
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'L'opéra aux fenêtres', opérette bouffe in one act. French. Licence sent 19 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover signed J. Mitchell. Does not appear to be listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: theatre, French influence, musicians, dance, education. ff. 16. London; S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
19 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52967 BB

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'The life of a weaver, his trials and his struggles, or, The web of destiny', in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 21 August 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 28 November 1859. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52967 Z. Keywords: poverty, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1857
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52967 C

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Add MS 52967 C
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'Dragonette', opérette in one act. (Libretto by Eugène Mestépès and L.– A. Jaime, for the music by J. Offenbach.) French. Licence sent 20 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover stamped ‘J. Mitchell’. Keywords: French influence, military, orphans, musicians, age and ageing. ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
20 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52967 CC

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Add MS 52967 CC
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'How it's to be done', comic drama in two acts. Licence requested for performance on Tuesday, 18 August 1857, but refused. Note on cover states that the MS was referred to the Lord Chamberlain 24 August 1857. Nicoll lists a play of the same title under ‘unknown authors’ with a first performan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1857
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52967 D

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Add MS 52967 D
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'L'orgue de Barbarie', opérette in one act. French. Licence sent 20 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover signed J. Mitchell. Does not appear to be listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: musicians, theatre, French influence, the press. ff. 18. London; Secular Institut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
20 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52967 DD

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Add MS 52967 DD
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Index ff. 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52967 E

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Add MS 52967 E
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'La pomme de Turguie', opéra-bouffe in one act. French. Licence sent 24 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover signed J. Mitchell. Keywords: doctors and medicine, French influence, inheritance, landlords and tenants, food and dining. ff. 16. London; Secular Institutions. Thea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
24 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52967 F

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Add MS 52967 F
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Croquefer, ou, Le dernier des Paladins, opérette-bouffe in one act by MM. Jaime et Tréfeu (i.e. P. J. Rousseau and E. V. Tréfeu de Tréval, for the music by J. Offenbach). Printed. French. Licence sent 27 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
27 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item