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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Harris, Augustus Frederick Glossop, actor and theatre manager Digitised Content No

1. Add MS 52931 J

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‘The fairy page, or, The demon’s compact’, drama in two acts by Augustus Harris the elder. Licence sent 8 April 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal Manchester 12 April 1852. Title page lists John Knowles, and notes that licence should be sent to 368 Oxford Street for forwarding to Mr. K...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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8 Apr 1852
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1 item

2. Add MS 52952 K

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'Too much of a good thing', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 2 February 1855 for performance at the Lyceum 6 February 1855. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 318. Keywords: eavesdropping, illness, doctors and medicine, disguise, food and dining, travel. ff. 21. George Henry L...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Feb 1855
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1 item

3. Add MS 52956 I

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'The little treasure', comedy in two acts by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 8 October 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 11 October 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that several lines be omitted. Pu...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1855
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1 item

4. Add MS 52962 Q

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‘Doing the hansom’, farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 12 November 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 3 November 1856. Request for licence signed Charles Dillon. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 28, no. 412. Keywords: doctors and medicine, travel, impersonation, musicians. ff. 30. Lo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1856
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1 item

5. Add MS 52964 E

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'Ruth Oakley', drama in three acts by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 17 January 1857 for performance at the Marylebone 15 January 1857. Published in Lacy's, vol. 29, no. 431. Attributed in Nicoll jointly to Harris and T. J. Williams. Keywords: working class characters, trains and rail travel, i...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17 Jan 1857
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1 item

6. Add MS 52966 K

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'My son Diana', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 22 May 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 25 May 1857. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 461. Keywords: servants, military, working class characters, sport. ff. 18. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Theat...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1857
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1 item

7. Add MS 52968 M

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'A very serious affair', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 2 October 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 5 October 1857. Written in the hand of the copyist employed by Benjamin Webster and J. B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1857
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1 item

8. 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
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1857
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1 item