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1. Add MS 53004 A

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'Ye mistletoe bough, or, The maydenne who perished from a pain in ye chest', burlesque in one act by F. Marchant. Licence sent 6 May 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, recorded on script. Based on the legend of the mistletoe bough, popularized by Henry Bi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 May 1861
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1 item

2. Add MS 53004 B

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'The fireman and the volunteer, or, An artful trick and love in the dark', farce in one act by John T. Douglass. Licence sent 12 May 1861 for performance at the Pavilion. ff. 17.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 May 1861
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1 item

3. Add MS 53004 C

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Le serment d'Horace, comedy in one act by Henry Murger. Printed (Michel Lévy Frères, 2ème éd., 1861). French. Licence sent 11 May 1861 for performance at the St James’s. First performed at the Palais-Royal, Paris, 28 November 1860. Publisher’s advertisement on back cover. Not listed in Ni...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
Date Range:
11 May 1861
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1 item

4. Add MS 53004 D

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J'ai compromis ma femme, comedy in one act by 'MM. Labiche et Delacour' (i.e. E. Labiche and A. C. Lartigue.) Printed (Michel Lévy Frères, 1861). French. Licence sent 11 May 1861 for performance at the St James’s. First performed at the Gymnase, Paris, 13 February 1861. Publisher’s advert...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
Date Range:
11 May 1861
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1 item

5. Add MS 53004 E

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Le voyage de Monsieur Perrichon, comedy in four acts by MM. Eugène Labiche and Édouard Martin. Printed (A. Bourdilliat; Libraire Nouvelle, 1860.) French. Licence sent 11 May 1861 for performance at the St James’s. First performed at the Gymnase, Paris, 10 September 1860. Publisher’s adver...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
11 May 1861
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1 item

6. Add MS 53004 F

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'The angel of death' (altered from 'Life, death, and immorality'), drama in four acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 15 May 1861 for performance at the Grecian. Signed B. Conquest, manager. There is some confusion over authorship of the various versions of this play. The Lacy edition of T...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1861
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1 item

7. Add MS 53004 G

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'Truth and fiction', drama in two acts by T. J. Williams and A. G. Harris. Licence sent 17 May 1861 for performance at the Princess's on 18 May. Signed A. Harris, lessee. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Cuts, amendments and stage manager's cues in pencil and ink. Cues underl...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17 May 1861
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1 item

8. Add MS 53004 H

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'The dark woman', drama in two acts by Mrs H. Young. Licence sent 17 May 1861 for performance at the Effingham. Signed Morris Abrahams. ff. 55. Melinda Young, also called 'mrs Henry Young: Plays by, submitted: 1859-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1861
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1 item

9. Add MS 53004 I

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'The midnight angel', drama in three acts by L. Phillips. Licence sent 18 May 1861 for performance at the Surrey. Cues underlined in red ink. For other versions, see Add. 53004 F, 53004 O, and 53011 O. ff. 105. L. Phillips, writer of plays: Play by, submitted: 1861.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1861
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1 item

10. Add MS 53004 J

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Souvenirs de voyage, comedy in one act by Amédée Archard. Printed.(Michel Lévy Frères; Bibliotheque dramatique , 1853.) French. Licence sent 18 May 1861 for performance at the St James’s. First performed at the Française, Paris, 16 March 1853. Publisher’s advertisement on front and back c...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
18 May 1861
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1 item