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21. Add MS 52994 R

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'Observation and flirtation', comedietta in one act by Horace Wigan. Licence sent 25 July 1860 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy's, vol. 47, no. 698. Keywords: flirtation, hotels, doctors, balls, ageing, appearance, widows, Yorkshire, marital relationships, literary references...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1860
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1 item

22. Add MS 52994 S

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Les petites misères de la vie humaine, vaudeville in one act by 'M. Clairville' (i.e., L. F. Nicolaie). Printed. French. Licence sent 28 July 1860 for performance at the St James's. First performed at the Vaudeville, Paris, 8 July 1843. Illustration on front cover, no details of publisher....
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Western Manuscripts
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French
Date Range:
28 Jul 1860
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1 item

23. Add MS 52994 T

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'Life for life, or, The reprieve', drama in three acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 31 July 1860 for performance at the Grecian on 6 August 1860. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted, and that 'Heaven' be substituted for 'God'. Cover signed B. Conquest, ma...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1860
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1 item

24. Add MS 52994 U

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Les fureurs de l'amour, tragedy burlesque in one act, in verse by 'M. R.' Printed (Michel Levy Frères: Théatre contemporain illustré, n.d.). French. Licence sent 13 August 1860 for performance at the Princess's. Stamp for the Zouaves, D'Inkermann Administration. Note in Portuguese on prior...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
Date Range:
13 Aug 1860
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1 item

25. Add MS 52994 V

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'Life for life, or, The burden of guilt', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 13 August 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted on the cover as proprietor of the theatre. Keywords: gypsies, inns, cards, drinking and drunkenness, Salisbury Plain, Stonehenge, ga...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1860
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1 item

26. Add MS 52994 W

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'The "Queen's" Rifles' (altered from 'The bloomer costume'), farce in one act. Licence sent 13 August 1860 for performance at the Queen's. Signed C. J. James. Contains words for songs. Keywords: servants, feminism, women and military, marital relationships, shopkeepers, music, cross-dressin...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1860
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1 item

27. Add MS 52994 X

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'The clockmaker of Bishopsgate', drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 August 1860 for performance at the Effingham Saloon. Name of Morris Abrahams, the theatre manager, noted on the cover. Keywords: false marriage, secret marriage, murder, abduction, attempted murder, working men and women, co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1860
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1 item

28. Add MS 52994 Y

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'Dirty Dick, a local drama', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 21 August 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Based on the life of Nathaniel Bentley, eccentric and miser (1735-1809), reputed to have lived in squalor ever since his fiancée died on the eve of their wedding; f...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1860
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1 item

29. Add MS 52994 Z

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'A fair exchange' (altered from 'Exchange is no robbery'), farce in one scene by Montagu Williams. Licence sent 21 August 1860 for performance at the Olympic. Stage directions in red ink, numbered cues in pencil, cuts in ink. Published in Lacy's, vol. 47, no. 703. Contains words for songs. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item