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1. Add MS 52935 GG

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Add MS 52935 GG
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Index. ff. 2. Anon, writer of plays: Index 52935 A-GG: circa 1852.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 52936 F

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Add MS 52936 F
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'Right and might', play in five acts. Licence sent 2 December 1852 for performance at Sadlers Wells 6 December 1852. Occasional detailed stage directions. Keywords: Russia, Russian empire, political revolution, aristocracy, treason, Tartars, Tartary, Muscovy, servants, disguise, stagecraft. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1852
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52938 T

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Add MS 52938 T
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'Our Nelly’, a domestic drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 March 1853 for performance at the Surrey 28 March 1853. Signed by Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Songs included in MS. One loose sheet with a song is inserted. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52938 U

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Add MS 52938 U
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'The enchanted wives, and the dream spirits’, burlesque in one act. Licence sent 21 March 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 28 March 1853. Signed by manager, but name illegible. Written on different types of paper. Songs included in MS. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural cre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52938 W

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Add MS 52938 W
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'Adelphi fare, three removes and a desert’, burlesque prelude in one act. Licence sent 28 March 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 28 March 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Text written in different hands. Revisions throughout. Keywords: theatre, working w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52939 AA

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Add MS 52939 AA
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'The will and the way’, drama in 2 acts. Licence sent 11 May 1853 for performance at the Britannia 16 May 1853. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions see Add. 52939 O, 52939 Q, 52939 BB, 52939 CC, 52939 DD, and 42942 H. Keywords: adultery, orphans, Indian characters, aristocr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1853
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52939 BB

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Add MS 52939 BB
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'The mystery of the abbey, or, The murder vision and the will and the way’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 11 May 1853 for performance at the Victoria 16 May 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. For other versions see Add. 52939 O, 52939 Q, 52939 AA, 52939 CC, 529...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1853
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52939 J

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Add MS 52939 J
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'Three to one, or, The forget-me-not’, original comic vaudeville in one act. Licence sent 16 April 1853 for performance at the Strand 18 April 1853. Signature on title page. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that one instance of 'by Jesus' be omitted. Ke...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1853
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52945 C

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Add MS 52945 C
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'Gin and water, or, The times we live in', drama in three acts. Licence sent 11 January 1854 for performance at the Victoria 16 January 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Songs included in MS. For other versions, see Add. 52945 V and 52945 W. Keywords: drinking ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1854
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52945 EE

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Add MS 52945 EE
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'The letter', farce in one act. Licence sent 2 March 1854 for performance at the Princess’s 1 March 1854. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in dark blue. Keywords: travel, nautical interest, food and dining, family relationships, letters. ff. 17. Anon, writer of plays: 'The let...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1854
Extent:
1 item