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1. Add MS 53003 A

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'Magloire the prestigiater' (sic) (Jocrisse the juggler), drama in a prologue and three acts by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 30 March 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. Name of B. Webster noted on title page. Adapted from the French play L’escamoteur, by A. d'Ennery and Jules Bresil, pub...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1861
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1 item

2. Add MS 53003 B

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'Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's entertainment of popular illustrations from real life for 1861', in two parts: Part One entitled 'Our card basket', Part Two entitled 'Dischords, by two rival composers with interrupted intervals by Mrs. German Reed'. Licence sent 3 April 1861 for performance at the...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1861
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1 item

3. Add MS 53003 C

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'Aladdin' (Aladdin, or, The wonderful scamp!), burlesque by Henry J. Byron. Licence sent 30 March 1861 for performance at the Strand. Appears in LCO Day Book Add. 52703, Nicoll and Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 750, as Aladdin, or, The wonderful scamp!. ff. 24. Henry James Byron, called 'Nick Nemo';...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1861
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1 item

4. Add MS 53003 D

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'The island home', drama in four acts by Charles Calvert. Licence sent 30 March 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. Signed John Knowles, proprietor. Adapted from the French play 'La dame de St. Tropez'. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths and t...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1861
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1 item

5. Add MS 53003 E

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'Good Queen Bess', miniature burlesque in one act by Howard Paul. Licence sent 3 April 1861 for performance at the City of London. Numerous amendments and cuts in ink and pencil. List of characters pasted-in. Contains words for songs. ff. 16. Howard M. Paul, writer of plays: Plays by, subm...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1861
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1 item

6. Add MS 53003 F

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'The Pacha of Paradise Place, Pimlico!, or, Turkish life in London', farcical extravaganza in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 6 April 1861 for performance at the St. James's. Cuts and amendments in ink. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 755. ff. 40. John Maddison Morton, dramatist: P...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1861
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1 item

7. Add MS 53003 G

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'Robin Hood', burlesque in one act. Licence sent 8 April 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Identifies Samuel Lane, proprietor. ff. 15.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1861
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1 item

8. Add MS 53003 H

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'The enchanted forth, or, Corny O'Connor and the leprahauns', drama in two acts by James Forster O'Neill. Licence sent 11 April 1861 for performance at the Marylebone. Described as "a new and legendary drama founded on tales and superstitions of the Irish peasantry …" Cover signed J. F. O'Ne...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1861
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1 item

9. Add MS 53003 I

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'The census', apropos sketch in one act by William Brough and A. Halliday. Licence sent 12 April 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. Signed B. Webster. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 50, no. 748. ff. 11. Andrew Halliday Duff, called 'Andrew Halliday'; essayist and dramatist: Plays by, submitte...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1861
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1 item

10. Add MS 53003 J

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'Rigoletti, or, The malediction', drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 April 1861 for performance on 20 April at the Queen's. Another version of the libretto of Verdi's Rigoletto, first performed 1851; first London performance May 1853, for which see 52939 X. Cover signed C. J. James. ff. 80.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1861
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1 item