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Project / Collection Additional Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Wooler, John Pratt, called 'John Pratt', writer of plays

1. Add MS 52932 J

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Add MS 52932 J
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‘Eulalie and Vermilion, or, The charmed arrow’ ('The charmed lesson'), a ‘tragic-comic-melodramatic-historical-spectacular-fanciful-fairy-like-operatic and terpsichorean-burlesque-extravaganza’, in a prologue and two acts by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 8 May 1852 for performance at the Grecian ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1852
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 52932 L

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Add MS 52932 L
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‘The language of flowers’, farce in one act by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 17 May 1852 for performance at the Royal Olympic 20 May 1852. Signed by W. Farren. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. A play titled ‘The bouquet, or, The language of flowers’, w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1852
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52942 D

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Add MS 52942 D
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'A model husband', farce in one act. Licence sent 6 September 1853 for performance at Sadlers Wells. Title page is signed. Corrections in blue ink. Keywords: servants, food and dining, family relationships, Devon, military. ff. 30. London. Secular Institutions. Theatres. Sadler's Wells Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1853
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52942 E

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Add MS 52942 E
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'Sold to advantage!', farce in one act adapted from the French. Licence sent 7 September 1853 for performance at Sadlers Wells 7 November 1853. Title page signed by J. Wooler. For another version see Add. 52929 B. Keywords: theatre, the press, doctors and medicine, disfigurement. ff. 41. L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1853
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52958 U

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Add MS 52958 U
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‘Pigeons and hawks’, farcical comedy in two acts by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 14 February 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 14 February 1856. Signed Ro. Conquest, proprietor and manager. Nicoll lists the play under ‘unknown authors’. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1856
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52961 M

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Add MS 52961 M
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‘The frost of youth, or, Hearts matched against diamonds and the struggles of life’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 September 1856 for performance at City of London 6 October 1856. Three different types of paper and two different hands used for the text. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52961 S

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Add MS 52961 S
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‘I’ll write to the Times’, farce in one act by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 16 October 1856 for performance at Sadlers Wells 16 October 1856. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 28, no. 411. Keywords: flirtation, illness, the press, adultery. ff. 16. John Pratt Wooler, called 'John Pratt'; writer of p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52975 Q

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Add MS 52975 Q
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'A twice told tale', original comedietta in one act by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 23 September 1858 for performance at the Olympic. Published in Lacy's, vol. 37, no. 553, where it is described as a farce. Keywords: impersonation, flirtation, marital relationships. ff. 16. John Pratt Wooler...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1858
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52975 U

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Add MS 52975 U
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'The fatal secret, or, The branded race', drama in three acts by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 13 September 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Keywords: legend (Don Juan), early modern settings, aristocracy, black characters, Christians and Christianity, false marriage, murder, execution, fall...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1858
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52989 Q

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Add MS 52989 Q
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'Sisterly service', comedietta in one act by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 8 February 1860 for performance at the Strand. MS written in more than one hand; see note 'H. Chater scripsit' on f. . LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1860
Extent:
1 item

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