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1. Add MS 52980 A

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‘William and Susan’, ballad opera in three acts by T. H. Reynoldson, music by J. H. Tully. Listed in Nicoll as ‘William and Susan, or, All in the downs’. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at Drury Lane. Keywords: sailors, nautical drama, ships as settings, seaside setting, Deal,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
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1 item

2. Add MS 52980 B

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‘The artist’s family’ ('The artist and his family'), drama in three acts by F. L. Phillips. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at the Surrey. Listed in both Nicoll and the LCO Day Book Add. 52703 under the alternative title. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
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1 item

3. Add MS 52980 C

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‘Will o’ the wisp, or, The doomed of Dyneley Chase’, drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 25 February 1859 to be performed on 28 February 1859 at the Effingham Saloon. Cover signed Morris AbrahaMS See also Add. 52979 S. Keywords: legend, superstition, murder, poaching, burglar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52980 D

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‘The leprachaun, or, Bad luck’s good luck with good looking-after’ (sic), drama in two acts by E. Falconer. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at the Lyceum on 28 February 1859. Listed in Nicoll as ‘The Leprechaun, or, Bad luck’s good luck with good looking after’. LCO Day Book Ad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
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1 item

5. Add MS 52980 E

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‘The hundred cuirassiers’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at Astley’s Amphitheatre. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: pre-revolutionary France, French settings, military, Scottish characters, aristocracy, horses in plays, royalty, war, courtship, disguise, e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52980 F

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‘The young mother’, drama in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at the Haymarket on 28 February 1859. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 39, no. 574. The Lacy’s version contains variations from the MS text and more detailed stage directions. Keywords: lodging hou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52980 G

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‘If the cap fits’, farce in one act by N. H. Harrington and E. Yates. Licence sent 28 February 1859 for performance at the Princess's. Nicoll cites the date 13 June 1859. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 606. Keywords: military, Windsor, widows, servants, needlewomen, doctors, courtship, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52980 H

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‘The dove and the serpent’, drama in two acts by C. Litchfield and - Cook. Licence sent 5 March 1859 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Keywords: Christians, concealed identity, Liverpool, inns, emigration, execution, ships as settings, sailors, murder, theft, abandoned women, wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1859
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1 item

9. Add MS 52980 I

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‘The law for ladies, or, ‘Tis so reported’, comedietta in one act. Licence sent 7 March 1859 to be performed at the Lyceum the same day. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: wards, wills, lawyers, travel, street musicians, impersonation, Germ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52980 J

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‘Esperance, or, The heart of honour’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 March 1859 for performance at the Surrey. Keywords: Pre-revolutionary France, French settings, royalty, nobility, rustics, castles, servants, orphans, weddings, forced marriage, impersonation, prisoners, assassination. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item