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032-002003716 Name Adelphi Theatre, London

1. Add MS 52970 M

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‘The loves of Cupid and Psyche’, burletta spectacle in one act, opening to a pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1857 for performance at the Adelphi the same day. Signed ‘With Mr Benjamin Webster’s compliments’. Songs included in MS. Some revisions to the text included. Songs added to text...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 item

2. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1855
Extent:
1 item

3. 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
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1855
Extent:
1 item

4. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1855
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1 item

5. Add MS 52959 U

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‘A battle of smoke’, farce in one act. Licence sent 23 May 1856 for performance at the Adelphi on 26 May 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: food and dining, lodgers and boarding houses. ff. 11. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Adelphi T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1856
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52962 F

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‘Lucifer matches’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 29 September 1856. Request for licence signed B. Webster. Additional stage directions pencilled in throughout. Diagrams included. Keywords: the supernatural, education, American charac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52963 FF

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‘Mother Shipton, or, Harlequin knight of love and the enchanted whistle pipe’, pantomime. Licence sent 27 December 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 26 December 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Revisions and annotations throughout the text, which is written in a number of di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

8. 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
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52962 Y

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‘The elves, or, The statue bride’, ballet extravaganza in two acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 18 November 1856. Request for licence signed B. Webster. Songs included in MS. Final scene written on a different type of paper to the rest of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52965 BB

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'Fearful tragedy in the Seven Dials', farce in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 30 April 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 4 May 1857. Request for licence signed Benjamin Webster. See Add. 52966 Z. Published in Lacy's, vol. 31, no. 452. Keywords: working class characters, drinking ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item