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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Grecian Saloon, London

21. Add MS 52963 O

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‘King Crib, or, A game of speculation’, pantomime. Licence sent 19 December 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 19 December 1856. Songs included in MS. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural creatures, harlequinade, literature and literary reference, festival and celebration, dance,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1856
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1 item

22. Add MS 52964 G

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'The wreck of the Golden Mary', drama in three parts titled ‘The murder’, ‘The voyage and the wreck’ and 'The gold diggers'. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 1 January 1857. Title page signed Mrs. T. Townsend. For other versions see Add. 52964 D and 52964 J. K...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

23. Add MS 52964 P

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'The wrong baby,' farce in one act. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Intended performance date on title page is 9 February 1857. Keywords: children, bankers, Christians and Christianity. ff. 27. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Grecian S...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

24. Add MS 52965 W

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'The way of the world', comedy in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 15 April 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Revisions made to text and different types of paper used. Keywords: art and artists, speculation, tra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

25. Add MS 52965 Y

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'The forty thieves', burlesque in two acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 15 April 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 10 April 1857. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Arabs, fairies and other supernatural creatures, crime, Bagdad, debt and its consequences, ghosts, supernatural, work...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

26. Add MS 52967 N

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'Macbeth', burlesque in one act by H. Spry. Licence sent 28 May 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Revisions throughout the text. Stage directions, which mention the use of traps among other things, added in a different hand. Nicoll lists the play under ‘unknown author...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

27. Add MS 52969 C

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'My wife and my umbrella', farce in one act by G. Conquest. Licence sent 29 October 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 30 October 1857. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Nicoll lists this play under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: speculation, musicians, letters. ff. 30. George ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

28. Add MS 52970 D

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'Peter Wilkins, or, The flying Indians and the wild men of the Loudstone Islands', pantomime by H. Spry and George Conquest. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 24 December 1857. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. The present text appea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 item