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1. Add MS 52974 A

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'Pity the poor blind!!!', "dramatic buffoonery" in one act. Licence sent 7 May 1858 for performance at the Lyceum. Keywords: disabled characters, poverty, London. ff. 20.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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7 May 1858
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2. Add MS 52974 B

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'Clean your boots', farce in one act by J. Bruton. Licence sent 8 May 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Final page bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick. Keywords: poverty, politicians, London, working class characters, science and technology. ff. 18. James Bruton, songwriter and d...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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8 May 1858
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3. Add MS 52974 C

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'Marriage—a lottery', comedy in two acts by Charles Dance. Licence sent 17 May 1858 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy's, vol. 36, no. 526. Keywords: family relationships, servants, letters. ff. 28. Charles Dance, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1858.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17 May 1858
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1 item

4. Add MS 52974 D

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'Take care of your pockets', farce in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 17 May 1858 for performance at the Strand. 'C. J. Collins, Prunsbury Lodge, Wandsworth Road' written on cover. Keywords: London, entertainment, working class characters, transport, police, family relationships. ff....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17 May 1858
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5. Add MS 52974 E

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Tit for tat, farce in one act by Captain Horton Rhys. Printed (T. H. Lacy, n.d.) Licence sent 20 May 1858 for performance at the Lyceum 24 May 1858. Keywords: servants, letters, working class characters. ff. 12. Captain Horton Rhys, called 'Morton Price', writer of plays: Plays by, submitt...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 May 1858
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1 item

6. Add MS 52974 F

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'The red huntsman, or, The phantom of the black valley' ('The host of the sun'), drama in three acts by J. Bradshaw. Licence sent 21 May 1858 for performance at the Victoria 23 May 1858. Copied by Isaac Cohen. Keywords: peasants, pubs and inns, illness, German influence, supernatural, crime, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 May 1858
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1 item

7. Add MS 52974 G

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'Love and crime, or, The fatal passion', 'drama of intense interest' in three acts by J. M. Kingdom. Licence sent 20 May 1858 for performance at the Royal Grecian 24 May 1858. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. Keywords: Spain, Spanish interest, aristocracy, family re...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 May 1858
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1 item

8. Add MS 52974 H

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'The white palfrey, or, The wild boar of the fens' ('Roland and his steed'), equestrian spectacle in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 21 May 1858 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre 24 May 1858. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager and W. West, stage manager. Not listed i...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 May 1858
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9. Add MS 52974 I

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'La fille du regiment, or, The daughter of the regiment', opera in two acts, adapted by Horace Wigan. Licence sent 20 May 1858 for performance at the Standard. 'The property of Miss Rebecca Isaacs, 96 New Bond Street' written on cover. The original libretto for Donizetti's music was written ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 May 1858
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'The blood spot, or, The maiden, the miser and the murderer', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence requested for performance 24 May 1858 at the Queen's, but refused. Request for licence signed C. J. James. The entry in the LCO Day Book Add. 53703 does not include any notes as to reasons for...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
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1 item