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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Falconer, Edmund, theatre-manager and playwright; pseudonym Edmund O'Rourke, c 1814-1879

1. Add MS 52963 D

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The Cagot; or, Heart for heart, play in five acts by Edmund Falconer. Printed (John Mitchell, 1856), where the author’s name is given as ‘Edmund O’Rourke’. Licence sent 9 December 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 6 December 1856. Note on title page: ‘This play was only sent in to be examin...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Dec 1856
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1 item

2. Add MS 52966 M

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'The husband of an hour', drama in two acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 26 May 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 30 May 1857. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 462. Keywords: French influence, servants, aristocracy, widows, inheritance, impersonation, duelling. ff. 44...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
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26 May 1857
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1 item

3. Add MS 52969 B

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'The rose of Castille', opera in three acts by A. G. Harris and Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 16 October 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 29 October 1857. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Spanish influence, aristocracy, treason, peasants, imprisonment, festival and celebration. ff. 46. Ed...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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16 Oct 1857
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1 item

4. Add MS 52975 M

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'Extremes, or, Men of the day', comedy in three acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 25 August 1858 for performance at the Lyceum 26 August 1858. Speaking cues and stage directions are underlined in red. Published in Lacy's, vol. 42, no.616. Keywords: family relationships, engagements, min...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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25 Aug 1858
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1 item

5. Add MS 52975 X

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'Too much for good nature', comedietta or farce in one act by Edward Falconer. Licence sent 8 September 1858 for performance at the Lyceum 11 September 1858. Published in Lacy's, vol. 42, no. 626. Keywords: phrenology, mesmerism, family relationships, lodgers, servants, marital relationship...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1858
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1 item

6. Add MS 52980 D

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‘The leprachaun, or, Bad luck’s good luck with good looking-after’ (sic), drama in two acts by E. Falconer. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at the Lyceum on 28 February 1859. Listed in Nicoll as ‘The Leprechaun, or, Bad luck’s good luck with good looking after’. LCO Day Book Ad...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
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1 item

7. Add MS 52981 L

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‘Francesca, or, A dream of Venice’, tragedy in five acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 28 March 1859 to be performed 31 March 1859 at the Lyceum. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a section of text be omitted and ‘Heaven’ be substituted for ‘God’. Extensive cuts crossed...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1859
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1 item

8. Add MS 52981 M

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‘Husbands beware’, farce in one act by E. Falconer. Licence sent 30 March 1859 to be performed 31 March 1859 at the Lyceum. Copied by G. Hastings. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths, and the line ‘your last letter making an assignation to go with me to Newmarket’,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1859
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1 item

9. Add MS 52982 K

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‘The heart of old Ireland and the Lepreghaun or, The gold goblin’, drama in two acts by C. Litchfield. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the City of London. Keywords: Irish setting, Irish characters, aristocracy, legend, peasants, dance, weddings, celebrations, treason, soldiers,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Apr 1859
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1 item

10. Add MS 52986 H

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‘The master passion, or, The outlaws of the Adriatic’ (‘Outlaws of the Adriatic, or, The female spy and the chief of the ten’), drama in three acts, possibly by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 2 November 1859 for performance at the Princess’s. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 45, no. 673. Adapted fro...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1859
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1 item