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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Adelphi Theatre, London Digitised Content No

1. Add MS 52952 N

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'Janet Pride', drama in five acts ('of which the 1st and 2nd are prologuial') by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 3 February 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 5 February 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Written on several different types...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Feb 1855
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1 item

2. Add MS 52953 E

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'I'll tell your wife, or, Highly improper', farce in one act by N. S. Webster. Licence sent 5 March 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 12 March 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1855
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1 item

3. Add MS 52953 F

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'Betty Martin' ('The clockmaker's hat'), farce in one act by T. W. Robertson, based on ‘Le chapeau d’un horologer’ by Mme. Emile de Girardin. Licence sent 5 March 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 12 March 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Later performed at...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1855
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1 item

4. Add MS 52953 V

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'The fairy tales of Mother Goose', fairy spectacle in one act. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Written in two different hands. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural c...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Apr 1855
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1 item

5. Add MS 52954 U

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'Helping hands', domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 9 June 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 20 June 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 325. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, musicians, illness, pove...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1855
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1 item

6. Add MS 52955 N

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'How's your uncle, or, The ladies of the court', farce in one act by T. E. Wilks. Licence sent 25 August 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 27 August 1855. Request for licence written and signed by B. Webster. Published in Lacy's, vol. 41, no. 607. Keywords: working class characters, naut...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1855
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1 item

7. Add MS 52955 O

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'The spirit of the haunted room, or, The Dunmow festival', drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 August 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 25 August 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. For another version see Add. 52955 F. Keywords: festival and celebration, law and the legal pr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1855
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1 item

8. Add MS 52957 AA

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'Jack and the beanstalk, or, Harlequin Mother Goose at home once more', pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 26 December 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the following lin...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1855
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1 item

9. Add MS 52958 A

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‘Urgent private affairs’, farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 7 January 1856. Request for licence written and signed B. Webster. Keywords: doctors and medicine, military, Ratcatcher’s Daughter, working class characters. ff. 32. London...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1856
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1 item

10. Add MS 52958 O

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‘The boots at the Holly Tree Inn, or, The infant elopement to Gretna Green’, illustrative sketch in one act by Benjamin N. Webster. Licence sent 31 January 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 31 January 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1856
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1 item