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1. Add MS 53001 A

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'The chimney corner', serio-comic drama in two acts by H. T. Craven. Licence sent 16 February 1861 for performance at the Olympic. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 742. ff. 18. Henry Thornton, called 'Henry Thornton Craven'; dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1853-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1861
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1 item

2. Add MS 53001 B

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'Charley Wag', drama in two acts. Licence sent 16 February 1861 for performance at the Victoria 25 February 1861. Identifies I. Cohen for Joseph Johnson Towers. MS written in more than one hand. Based on the weekly serialisation, Charley Wag: the new Jack Sheppard, published 1860 - 1861. f...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1861
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1 item

3. Add MS 53001 C

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'The old world and the new, or, British pluck and Yankee valour' (altered from 'The brazen drum, or, A Yankee in Poland'), national drama in two acts by Silas Steele, adapted by A. B. Bierce. Licence sent 18 February 1861 for performance at the Marylebone. Cover signed J. H. Cave and A. B. Bi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1861
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1 item

4. Add MS 53001 D

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'The three brothers of mystery', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 17 February 1861 for performance at the Queen's. Ends of Acts I and II signed W. E. Suter. ff. 42. William E. Suter, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1866.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1861
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1 item

5. Add MS 53001 E

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'Hidden light', drama in three acts and a prologue by George Conquest. Licence sent 18 February 1861 for performance at the Grecian. Signed B. Conquest, manager. ff. 56. George Augustus Conquest, acrobat, pantomimist, and dramatist: Plays by, submitted for licence: 1853-1867: Partly incompl...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1861
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1 item

6. Add MS 53001 F

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'The string of pearls', drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 February 1861 for performance at the Pavilion. Based on the legend of Sweeney Todd. For another version, see Add. 53014 BB. ff. 50.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1861
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1 item

7. Add MS 53001 G

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The black domino, comic opera in three acts by Henry F. Chorley (for the music by D. Auber). Printed (Nassau Steam Press, for the theatre; n.d.). Licence sent 19 February 1861 for performance at Covent Garden. Based on Le domino noir, the libretto by A. E. Scribe, first produced at the Opéra...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
19 Feb 1861
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1 item

8. Add MS 53001 H

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The amber witch, opera in four acts by Henry F. Chorley, music by V. Wallace. Printed (Savoy Printing Company, n.d.). Licence received 21 February for performance 28 February 1861 at Her Majesty's. No 'licence sent' date given on MS and not recorded in LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Based on W. Meinho...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1861
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1 item

9. Add MS 53001 I

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'The savannah', drama in five acts by C. J. Mathews. Licence sent 28 February 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Signed E. T. Smith, lessee. MS written in more than one hand. Adapted from the French of 'Anicet-Bourgeois' (i.e., A. A. Bourgeois) and Ferdinand Duguè. For ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1861
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1 item

10. Add MS 53001 J

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'A duke in difficulties', comedy in three acts and an epilogue by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 20 February 1861 for performance at the Haymarket. Numerous cuts and amendments in red and black ink, cues underlined in red ink. MS written in more than one hand. Pencil sketch of garden set at the b...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1861
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1 item