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1. Add MS 52948 A-DD

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Add MS 52948 A-DD
Title:
Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. June - August 1854 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1854-Aug 1854
Extent:
30 items

2. Add MS 52948 DD

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Add MS 52948 DD
Title:
Scope & Content:
Index ff. 1. Chamberlain; Lord: Index 52948: 1854.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52948 E

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Add MS 52948 E
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Scope & Content:
'The bridal ring, or, The mulatto murderer', drama in two acts. Licence sent 20 June 1854 for performance at the City of London 24 June 1854. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: Martinique, natural phenomena, slavery and abolitionism, l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1854
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52948 P

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Add MS 52948 P
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Scope & Content:
'The courier of Lyons, or, The fatal resemblance', drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 July 1854 for performance at the Britannia 10 July 1854. For other versions see Add. 52948 A, 52948 S, and 52951 T. Keywords: food and dining, dandies, drinking and drunkenness, crime. ff. 34. Anon, write...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1854
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52948 Q

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Add MS 52948 Q
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Scope & Content:
'Perfect confidence', drama in one act. Licence sent 3 July 1854 for performance at the Olympic 10 July 1854. Revisions throughout. Keywords: widows, travel, letters, Anglo-Indian characters. ff. 42. Anon, writer of plays: 'Perfect confidence', drama in one act: 1854.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1854
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52948 U

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Add MS 52948 U
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Scope & Content:
'The united service of England and France', farce by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 21 July 1854 for performance at the Strand the same day. Keywords: British Empire, French imperialism, Russian Empire, Muslims and Islam, military, poverty, family relationships, Crimea. ff. 8. Edward Stirlin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1854
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52948 C

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Add MS 52948 C
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The lamplighter, or, The blind girl's protegée', drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 June 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 26 June 1854. For another version see Add. 52948 O. Keywords: poverty, working class characters, orphans, natural phenomena, family relationships, death, cri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1854
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52948 D

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Add MS 52948 D
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The silver devil!’, a ‘spry lt'l drama' in one act. Licence sent 20 June 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 15 May 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Wm West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1854
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52948 R

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Add MS 52948 R
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Scope & Content:
'Hopes and fears', drama in one act. Licence sent 5 July 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 6 July 1854. Request for licence written and by Benjamin Webster. For a French version under the title La joie fair peur, see Add. 52947 K, and for another English version, ‘Sunshine through the cl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1854
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52948 Y

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Add MS 52948 Y
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Scope & Content:
'The knight and the water lily, or, Love among the mermaids', a melodramatic ballet d'action in one act. Licence sent 27 July 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 31 July 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Wm. West, stage manager. First two pages bound toge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1854
Extent:
1 item