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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Morton, John Maddison, playwright, 1811-1891

21. Add MS 52960 T

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‘Our wife! or, The rose of Amiens’, drama in two acts by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 14 August 1856 for performance at the Princess’s 18 November 1856. Songs included in MS. Keywords: French influence, dance, fashion, aristocracy. ff. 34. Charles A. Somerset, dramatist: Birmingham; City of....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1856
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1 item

22. Add MS 52965 V

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'An Englishman's house is his castle', farce in once act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Princess’s, 11 May 1857. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Published in Lacy's, vol. 31, no. 456. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, servants, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
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1 item

23. Add MS 52969 I

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‘Take care of Dowb—’, a farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 2 November 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 23 November 1857. Revisions throughout the text. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 34, no. 498. Keywords: flirtation, letters, gardens, abandonment, travel, adultery...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1857
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1 item

24. Add MS 52972 G

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'Ticklish times', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 24 February 1858 for performance at the Olympic 8 March 1858. Keywords: seaside settings, age and ageing, letters, police. ff. 11. John Maddison Morton, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1858
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1 item

25. Add MS 52974 L

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'Dying for love', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 24 May 1858 for performance at the Princess's. Nicoll cites 28 June 1858 as the date of production. Published in Lacy's, vol. 36, no. 536. Keywords: doctors and medicine, food and dining, travel, illness. ff. 17. John Maddis...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1858
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1 item

26. Add MS 52976 M

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'The little savage', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 26 October 1858 for performance at the Strand. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 38, no. 557. Keywords: Family relationships, servants, courtship, le...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1858
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1 item

27. Add MS 52978 G

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'Thirty three next birthday', farce in one act, by J. M. Morton. Imperfect (the ending of the play is missing). Licence sent 17 November 1858 for performance at the Princess's. Published in Lacy's, vol. 38, no. 563. Text varies from Lacy's edition, which provides the missing ending. Keywo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1858
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1 item

28. Add MS 52982 L

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‘Which of the two!’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the Strand. Signed by the copyists E. and J. Hastings. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 40, no. 589. Keywords: Russian settings and characters, military, prison, twins, inns, royalty, concealed id...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1859
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1 item

29. Add MS 52984 V

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‘Love and hunger’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 26 September 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no. 624. Differences between Lacy’s text and MS text. Keywords: inns, Reading, servants, travel, food and eating, family relationships, engageme...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1859
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1 item

30. Add MS 52985 I

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‘A husband to order’, farce in two acts by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 11 October 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Some amendments in ink. Adapted from the French play, ‘Un mariage sous l’Empire’. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 632. Keywords: French settings and character names, post...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1859
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1 item