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1. Add MS 52988 A

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Barber, barber, shave the cat, or, Harlequin monopoly, humbug, free-trade and the magic pins’, pantomime by W. Seaman. Licence sent 16 December 1859 for performance at the Effingham on 26 December 1859. Contains detailed stage directions regarding the use of traps etc. Various comic scenes a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1859
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1 item

2. Add MS 52988 B

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‘Punch and Judy’, pantomime by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 16 December 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. MS signed Morris Abrahams, proprietor. Contains comic scenes. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a line of text be omitted. Keywords: entertainment, singers, sh...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1859
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1 item

3. Add MS 52988 C

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‘The magic axe, or, The fairy of the moss rose dell and the fiend of the whisper valley’, pantomime. Licence sent 16 December 1859 for performance at the Victoria on 26 December 1859. Front cover signed J. Towers. Attributed by Nicoll to E. Towers. Keywords: German legends, nymphs, fairies...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52988 D

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‘Harlequin King Holliday, or, The fairies of the enchanted valley and the king that once killed a cat.’, pantomime by T. H. Higgie. Licence sent 16 December 1859 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a certain section of text be omitted. Contains...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52988 E

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‘Harlequin Tom Moody and Old Towler, or, The goddess Diana and the Fairy Progress ’, ‘grand comic equestrian pantomime’ by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 17 December 1859 for performance at Astleys. Keywords: Greek mythology, legends, horses, fairies, hunting, trains, dance, tableaus, pictures, tra...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1859
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1 item

6. Add MS 52988 F

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‘Harlequin Hans and the golden goose, or, Old Mother Earth , the little red man and the princess whom nobody could make laugh’, pantomime by T. L. Greenwood and E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 20 December 1859 for performance at Sadlers Wells. Contains ‘expressions used’ and lists of characters...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52988 G

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‘Harlequin Bluebeard, the Great Bashaw, or, The fairy of the silver palace of the sea’, pantomime by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 20 December 1859 for performance at the Queens on 26 December 1859. Back page signed W. E. Suter. Comic scenes bound into the middle of MS. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52988 H

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‘Jack and the beanstalk’ ('Jack and the Beanstalk, or, Harlequin Leap-Year and the merry pranks of the “good little people” '), pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 20 December 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Contains comic scenes written 'and invented by H. Bolen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52988 I

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‘Alfred the Great’ (‘Alfred the Great, or, The minstrel king’), extravaganza in one act by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 20 December 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Various cuts in ink. Contains words for song. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 644. Keywords: Norse mythology, Denmark, We...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52988 J

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‘Valentine and Orson, or, Harlequin King Pippin, the Queen Butterfly and the Green Knight of Agramont’, pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Cover signed B. O Conquest. Contains words to songs. Keywords: science, astronomy, animals, popular song, forest s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 item