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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52988 A-Y

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‘Tell and the strike of the Cantons, or, The pair, the meddlar and the apple’, extravaganza by Francis Talfourd. Licence sent 21 December 1859 for performance at the Strand. MS written in more than one hand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 642. Keywords: military, Swiss legends, Switzerla...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1859
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1 item

12. Add MS 52988 L

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‘The house that Jack built’, pantomime (possibly by Miss. E. Keating, see Nicoll). Licence sent 21 December 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Cuts noted in pencil. Contains words to songs. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Keywords: popular song, nursery-rhymes, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1859
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1 item

13. Add MS 52988 M

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‘Harlequin earth, air, fire and water, or, Mistress Mary quite contrary and the black buccaneer, or, Mary, Mary, quite contrary how does your garden grow, or, Harlequin silver bells and cockle shells and primroses all of a row’, pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1859 for performance at the S...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1859
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1 item

14. Add MS 52988 N

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‘Little Tom Tucker sung for his supper, or, Harlequin hot boiled beans and very good butter’, pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1859 for performance at the Pavilion on 23 December 1859. Cover signed John Douglass, lessee and manager. Comic scenes bound within MS. Keywords: nursery-rhymes...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1859
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1 item

15. Add MS 52988 O

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‘The nymph of the Lurleyberg, or, The knight and the naiads’ (altered from ‘Lurline’), extravaganza in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 22 December 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. See also Add. 52990 C, Add. 52991 M and Add. 53011 K. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 643. Keywords:...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1859
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1 item

16. Add MS 52988 P

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‘Valentine’s day, or, Harlequin and the fairy of the true lovers knot’, pantomime by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 22 December 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Cover signed J. B. Buckstone. Comic scenes included. Keywords: gossip, courtship, festivals, fairies, ballet, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1859
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1 item

17. Add MS 52988 Q

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'The spectre ostler' , 'original comic scenes never acted ….. invented and written by Nelson Lee'. Not listed in either Nicoll or the LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Contains coloured illustration of set design, ‘The old Red Lion’, in ink and watercolour. MS signed Nelson Lee. Keywords: Harlequinade, g...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859
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1 item

18. Add MS 52988 R

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‘Jack the giant killer, or, Harlequin King Arthur and the knights of the round table’, pantomime by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 23 December 1859 for performance at the Princess’s . Comic scenes bound within MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 645. Keywords: fairy-tales, mothers, sons, myth...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1859
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1 item

19. Add MS 52988 S

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‘King Thrusbeard, or, Pet and passion’ (sic) ('King Thrushbeard, or, The little pet and the great passion'), burlesque by Francis Talfourd. Licence sent 23 December 1859 for performance at the Lyceum. Listed in Nicoll and Lacy’s under the longer alternative title. Published in Lacy’s, vol. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1859
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1 item

20. Add MS 52988 T

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‘Harlequin Billy Taylor and the fairies of the elfin grove’, pantomime by Thomas Mowbray. Licence sent 23 December 1859 for performance at the Soho Theatre. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a line of text be omitted. Includes comic scenes ‘invented and under the entire di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 item