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1. Add MS 53008 A

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'Ruy Blas', grand opera in four acts by William H. Glover. Licence sent 16 October 1861 for performance at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, on 21 October. Based on the play by Victor Hugo. Cover signed W. Harrison, manager. Cues and stage directions underlined in red ink. Contains w...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1861
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1 item

2. Add MS 53008 B

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The king's captive' ('The prisoner of Rhienfels'), drama in two acts. Licence sent 16 October 1861 for performance at the Queen's on 19 October. Original title, 'The prisoner of Rhienfels', crossed out in ink. Cues and stage directions underlined in red ink in Act II only. ff.89.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1861
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1 item

3. Add MS 53008 C

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'Wooing one's wife', comedietta in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 18 October 1861 for performance at the Olympic. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 778. Bound with two songs, ff. 34-36: 'Mama won't buy me out', by William Broug...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1861
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1 item

4. Add MS 53008 D

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'Cora, or, The octoroon slave of Louisiana', drama in five acts by J. T. Douglass. Licence sent 25 October 1861 for performance at the Pavilion. ff. 59. John Thomas Douglass, called 'James Willing'; actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1861-1867: Partly incomplete.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1861
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1 item

5. Add MS 53008 E

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'Zana, or, The bride of the Alhambra', drama in two acts. Licence sent 26 October 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted on script. ff. 24.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1861
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1 item

6. Add MS 53008 F

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'The widow's sons', drama in two acts by J. H. Wilkins. Licence sent 26 October 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted on script. Numerous cuts in pencil. ff. 53. John Henry Wilkins, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1866.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1861
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1 item

7. Add MS 53008 G

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'Medea', tragedy in three acts by Matilda Heron. Licence sent 28 October 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Cover signed Miss Avonia Jones, Melbourne, Australia. Bound in two parts, see note on cover: "N.B. This is a sketch manuscript which the accompanying part fills up...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1861
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1 item

8. Add MS 53008 H

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'A terrible secret', farce in one act by F. S. Coyne. Licence sent 26 October 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Signed E. J. Smith, lessee. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 782. ff. 29. Joseph Stirling Coyne, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1864: Partly incomplet...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1861
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1 item

9. Add MS 53008 I

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'The octoroon', drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 28 October 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. First performed at the Winter Garden, New York on 6 December 1859. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 65, no. 963. Keywords: slaves, judges, America, family relationships, mixed-race ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1861
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1 item

10. Add MS 53008 J

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'Who's my husband', comedietta in one act. Licence sent 26 October 1861 for performance at Sadlers Wells on the 28 October. Signed Edmund Phelps, Theatre Royal, Sadlers Wells. Adapted from the French. ff. 38.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1861
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1 item