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1. Add MS 52993 A

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Le demi-monde, comedy in five acts by Alexandre Dumas fils. Printed (Michel Levy Frères; 6ème éd., 1855). French. Licence refused 24 May 1860. First performed at the Gymnase-Dramatique, Paris, 20 March 1855. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703 or ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
24 May 1860
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1 item

2. Add MS 52993 AA

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'Does he love me?', comedy in three acts by E. Falconer. Licence sent 19 June 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Signed Thos. Pugh (?). MS copied in more than one hand, numbered cues and amendments added in pencil. Published in Lacy's, vol. 100, no. 1486. Keywords: arist...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1860
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1 item

3. Add MS 52993 B

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'The champion of the world, or, The English hero and the American boy', sketch in one act. Licence sent 30 April 1860 for performance at the Marylebone. MS written in two different hands. Based on the famous boxing match between Tom Sayers and the American John Heenan, known as 'the Benicia ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1860
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1 item

4. Add MS 52993 BB

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Index. ff. 1.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860
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1 item

5. Add MS 52993 C

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'Dearest Mamma, or, My mother-in-law', comedietta in one act by 'Walter Gordon' (i.e., William Aylmer Gowing). Licence sent 2 May 1860 for performance at the Olympic. Contains cuts in ink. Adapted from the French play, 'La belle-mére et le gendre" by J. I. Samson, 1826. Published in Lacy's,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1860
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1 item

6. Add MS 52993 D

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'The champion's belt, or, The ring and its moral', 'a drama of the times, written to discountenance the brutal practice of prize-fighting', in two acts, possibly by W. Travers. Licence sent 8 May 1860 for performance at the City of London Theatre. See Add. 52991 C, 52992 L and 52993 B. Base...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1860
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1 item

7. Add MS 52993 E

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'Man and money', drama in three acts. Licence sent 5 May 1860 for performance at the Surrey. MS written in two different hands. Keywords: industrialization, mills, Orpington, working men, doctors, fortune-telling, dreams, courtship, family relationships, speculation, recruitment, letters, div...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1860
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1 item

8. Add MS 52993 F

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'The family secret', comedy in three acts by E. Falconer. Licence sent 7 May 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Published in Lacy's, vol. 47, no. 700. Keywords: Italian settings, inheritance, orphans, engagement, castles, aristocracy, courtship, literary references, class,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1860
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1 item

9. Add MS 52993 G

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'Deeds of darkness', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 8 May 1860 for performance at the Queen's on 12 May 1860. Cover signed C. J. James. Each act signed W. E. Suter. Cuts made in ink. Acts bound in reverse order. Contains words to songs. Keywords: treason, political revolu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1860
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1 item

10. Add MS 52993 H

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'An ex-tra-ordinary version of the Lady of Lyons, or, The trials and troubles of Claude and Pauline', burlesque in one act. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, the theatre proprietor, noted on the cover. Contains words to songs. For other version...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1860
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1 item