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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Lyceum Theatre, London Digitised Content No

1. Add MS 52936 Y

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'The good woman in the wood', Christmas piece in two acts by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 23 December 1852 for performance at the Lyceum 27 December 1852. Songs sent separately make up first eight pages of the MS. Keywords: family relationships, animals, Uncle Tom's Cabin, property, fairies a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Dec 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 52952 O

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'Do shake hands', farce in one act. Licence sent 6 February 1855 for performance at the Lyceum 9 February 1855. Revisions throughout text. Writing style alternates among at least three different hands throughout. Keywords: musicians, duelling, military, flirtation. ff. 47. London; Secular...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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6 Feb 1855
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1 item

4. Add MS 52952 Y

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'Take that girl away!', farce in two acts by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 2 March 1855 for performance at the Lyceum 3 March 1855. Published in Lacy's, vol. 18, no. 261. Keywords: food and dining, London, fashion, art and artists, imprisonment. ff. 45. Leicester Silk Buckingham, dramatis...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1855
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1 item

5. Add MS 52959 X

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William Tell; or, The strike of the Cantons, burlesque pantomime preceded by a prologue entitled The library of time, by Tom Taylor, A. R. Smith, F. Talfourd and W. P. Hale. Printed (1856), with MS additions. Licence sent 24 May 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 2 June 1856. Pseudonyms or o...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 May 1856
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1 item

6. Add MS 52960 B

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Pia de’Tolomei, tragedy in five acts by Charles Marenco. Printed (1855). Italian with French translation. Licence sent 11 June 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. Original first performance at the Théâtre Impérial Italien 31 July 1855. Actors’ names written alongside dramatis personae. LC...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Italian
Date Range:
11 Jun 1856
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1 item

7. Add MS 52960 C

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Marie Stuart, tragedy in five acts by F. Schiller. Printed (1855). Italian with French translation. Licence sent 11 June 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. Original first performance at the Théâtre Impérial Italien 26 June 1855. With 52960 B, D, I, M and N, part of the season in which Mad...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
11 Jun 1856
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1 item

8. Add MS 52960 D

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Myrrha, tragedy in five acts by Vittorio Alfieri. Printed (1855). Italian with French translation. Licence requested for performance at the Lyceum but refused 26 June 1856. Actors’ names written alongside dramatis personae. With Add, 52960 B, C, I, M and N, intended to be part of the season...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
26 Jun 1856
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1 item

9. Add MS 52960 I

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Rosamunda, tragedy in five acts, by Vittorio Alfieri. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. ‘Represented at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, by Madame Ristori and an Italian dramatic company, June 1856’: see al...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Italian
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27 Jun 1856
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1 item

10. Add MS 52960 M

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‘The mistress of the hotel’, comedy in three acts by Carlo Goldoni. Printed (1856). Italian with English translation by Thomas Williams. Licence sent 12 July 1856 for performance at the Lyceum. Signed Kemble, Esq., 94 Mount St, Grosvenor Square. With Add. 52960 B, C, D, I, and N, part of t...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
12 Jul 1856
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1 item