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1. Add MS 52978 A

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'The snake in the grass', drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 November 1858 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Keywords: family relationships, kidnapping, aristocracy, gipsies, letters, illegitimacy, legends, inheritance, murder, ghosts, adultery, weddings, abandoned women, death. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1858
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1 item

2. Add MS 52978 B

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'The tale of a coat', an entirely original comedy in three acts by William Brough and Gustavus Franck. Licence sent 5 November 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 6 November 1858. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the words 'Oh Lord' and all other oaths be o...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52978 C

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'The woman of the world', drama in three acts. Licence sent 10 November 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick. See also Add. 52976 A, 52976 K, and 52978 D. Keywords: literary adaptations, York, London, female villains, weddings, engagements, wards, o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52978 D

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'A woman of the world', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter, and signed by him. Licence sent 10 November 1858 for performance at the Queen's. Cover signed C. J. James. For other versions, see Add. 52976 A, 52976 K, and 52978 C. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52978 E

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'My old luck', drama in one act. Licence sent 10 November 1858 for performance at Sadlers Wells 13 November 1858. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a number of lines be omitted. Keywords: business and finance, speculation, debt, inheritance, superstition, tenants, evictio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52978 F

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'My mother's maid', farce in one act. Licence sent 16 November 1858 for performance at the Haymarket 18 November 1858. Most of the text copied by G. Hastings. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the words 'O Lord' be omitted. Keywords: servants, class contrasts, upper-clas...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52978 G

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'Thirty three next birthday', farce in one act, by J. M. Morton. Imperfect (the ending of the play is missing). Licence sent 17 November 1858 for performance at the Princess's. Published in Lacy's, vol. 38, no. 563. Text varies from Lacy's edition, which provides the missing ending. Keywo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52978 H

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'The porter's knot', drama in two acts by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 22 November 1858 for performance at the Olympic. One diagram of stage included with the text. Also published in Lacy's, vol.38, no. 564. Stage directions vary between MS. and published versions. Keywords: doctors, family ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52978 I

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'The beguiled one', drama in two acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 22 November 1858 for performance at the Britannia. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: French influence and settings, land and farming, nobility, family relationships, pre-revolutionary France, false marriage,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1858
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52978 J

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'Home truths: a rapid sketch faithfully taken at Brighton, in one sitting, by an invisible hand', farce in one act. Printed (n.d.). Licence sent 26 November 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal Brighton 30 November 1857 (recte 1858). Keywords: age and ageing, family relationships, mista...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1858
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1 item