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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Lee, Nelson, the younger writer of plays Digitised Content No

1. Add MS 52976 A

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Add MS 52976 A
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'The woman of the world', drama in two acts by Nelson Lee Jnr. Licence sent 25 September 1858 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Title page signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. See also Add. 52976 K, 52978 C, and 52978 D. Based on the serialised novel by Lady Clara Cavendish. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1858
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1 item

2. Add MS 52977 G

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'King Comet and Prince Quicksilver, or, Harlequin 'All the world and his wife', pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 20 December 1858 for performance at the City of London. Cover bears names of Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Revisions and pencilled-in cues throughout text. 'Nelson Lee, 4 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1858
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1 item

3. Add MS 52977 O

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'Harlequin Baron Munchausen and his comical cream cob cruiser, or, The queen of the fairy steeds' haunt', pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 21 December 1858 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a phrase about the Lord Mayor be omit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1858
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1 item

4. Add MS 52986 N

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‘The fallen star’, drama in two acts by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 9 November 1859 for performance at the City of London. Back page signed Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: balls, nobility, artists, lower-class characters, convicts, letters, female villains, animals, family relationship...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1859
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1 item

5. Add MS 52987 N

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‘The tempter’, drama in three acts by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 1 December 1859 for performance at the City of London. Keywords: gambling, debt, India, family relationships, military, navy, superstition, ghosts, robbery, murder, burglary, disguise, inheritance, duelling, disabled characters, i...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1859
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1 item

6. Add MS 52988 E

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‘Harlequin Tom Moody and Old Towler, or, The goddess Diana and the Fairy Progress ’, ‘grand comic equestrian pantomime’ by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 17 December 1859 for performance at Astleys. Keywords: Greek mythology, legends, horses, fairies, hunting, trains, dance, tableaus, pictures, tra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1859
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1 item

7. Add MS 53000 L

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'The star of the woodlands', melodrama in two acts, probably by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 4 February 1861 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Note on cover that script is the licence copy made for Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee, the proprietors. Authorship attributed to Nelson Lee ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1861
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1 item

8. Add MS 53006 B

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'The usurer, or, The life of a vagrant' (altered from 'The usurer, or, A struggle for life') ('The moneylender, or, The life of a vagrant'), drama in two acts by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 13 August 1861 for performance at the City of London. Original title, 'The usurer, or, A struggle for life...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1861
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1 item

9. Add MS 53006 K

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'The midnight spectre!!!, or, The fatal secret!', 'a Richardsonian' melo-drama in one act by Nelson Lee the younger. Licence sent 3 September 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. "For Bill. Upon this occasion only will be performed a mysterious Richardsonian drama of intense thrilling intere...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1861
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1 item

10. Add MS 53011 J

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Add MS 53011 J
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'Idiot of the mountain', drama in three acts by Nelson Lee the younger and W. Travers. Licence sent 30 January 1862 for performance at the City of London. Cover signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee and Nelson Lee the younger. Sketch of set design for Act I, scene one, interior of an inn, f....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1862
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1 item

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