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1. Add MS 52998 A

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'Destiny, or, The traitor's doom', drama in three acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 21 November 1860 for performance at the Grecian on 26 November. Front cover signed B. Conquest, "actual and responsible manager". Keywords: marital relationships, family relationships, letters, Early Mode...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1860
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1 item

2. Add MS 52998 B

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'Little Bright Eyes, or, Harlequin King Bottle Fly, the spiders and the fairy', pantomime. Licence sent 23 November 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Worcester. Contains details of costumes, scenes, stage directions, music and words to songs. Sender's address with penny red stamps a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1860
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1 item

3. Add MS 52998 C

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The marriage of Georgette (Georgette's wedding), operetta in one act by William Harrison, music by Victor Massé. Printed (Boston, Mass.; J. H. Eastburn, 1855). Licence sent 23 November 1860 for performance at Covent Garden on 24 November 1860. Front cover signed W. Harrison for the Royal Eng...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1860
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1 item

4. Add MS 52998 D

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Une femme qui déteste son mari, comedy in one act by Mme. Émile de Girardin. Printed (Michel Levy Frères, nouvelle éd., 1857). French. Licence sent 23 November 1860 for performance at the Bijou. First performed at the Gymnase, Paris, 10 October 1856. Publisher's advertisement on back cover...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
23 Nov 1860
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1 item

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La fiammina, comedy in four acts by Mario Uchard. Printed (Michel Levy Frères; 3ème éd., 1857). French. Licence sent 23 November 1860 for performance at the Bijou. First performed at the Théâtre-Français, Paris, 12 March, 1857. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Not listed in Nicoll...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
23 Nov 1860
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1 item

6. Add MS 52998 F

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'Love and lucre' (altered from 'Daddy Skinflint'), drama in two acts from the French by Robert Soutar. Licence sent 23 November 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. Original title crossed out and amended in ink, as is reference to the Princess's Theatre. Cuts and amendments...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1860
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1 item

7. Add MS 52998 G

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'The young recruit', operetta in two acts by Mrs. Valentine Roberts (for the music by John Fulcher). Licence sent 23 November 1860 for performance at the Pavilion. Contains words to songs. Keywords: factory workers, music, stagecraft, singers, dance, operatic references, popular songs, patri...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1860
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1 item

8. Add MS 52998 H

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'A smack for a smack', interlude in one act by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 26 November 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Partly French. Described as a "dramatic picture copied from a German original". Detailed stage directions. Contains words for songs. Last page signed. Keywords:...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1860
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1 item

9. Add MS 52998 I

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'Harlequin Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp', comic pantomime by J. H. Doyne. Licence sent 27 November 1860 for performance at the Queen's, Manchester. 'Taken from the Arabian nights' written on front cover. Penny red stamp and Manchester postmark on back cover. Contains words for songs. Key...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1860
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1 item

10. Add MS 52998 J

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'The lion conqueror', oriental spectacle in two acts by W. T. Townsend. Licence sent 29 November 1860 for performance at Astley's on 3 December. Names of William Batty, proprietor and manager and William West, stage manager on front cover. Signed William T. Townsend. Keywords: India, royalt...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1860
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1 item