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Name Phillips, Watts, dramatist and designer

1. Add MS 48340

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Add MS 48340
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Vol. I, 1837-1870. British Museum: Applications, etc., for Reading Room tickets: 1824-1881.: Partly printed. includes: f. 1 British Museum: Reading Room ticket: 1824.: Printed. f. 2 Charles Frederick Barnwell, FRS; FSA: Letter to Sir H. Ellis: 1837. f. 2 Anthony Trollope, novelist: Recommenda...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1837-1870
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1 item

2. Add MS 52965 Q

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Add MS 52965 Q
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'Joseph Chavigny, or, Under the thumb', drama in three acts by Watts Phillips. Licence sent 6 April 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 11 May 1857. Request for licence signed Benjamin Webster. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths and the name...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1857
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1 item

3. Add MS 52971 C

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Add MS 52971 C
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'The poor stroller', drama in three acts by Watts Phillips. Licence sent 13 January 1858 for performance at the Adelphi 18 January 1858. Cover signed 'With Mr Webster's compliments'. There are two different title pages identifying two different authors: Joseph Chavigny and Watts Phillips. K...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1858
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1 item

4. Add MS 52986 L

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Add MS 52986 L
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‘The dead heart’, drama in three acts and a prologue by Watts Phillips. Licence sent 7 November 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 82, no. 1226. Keywords: French revolution, sculptors, prison, clergy, execution, aristocracy, duelling, spies, tableaus. ff. 38. Wa...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1859
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1 item

5. Add MS 52990 E

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Add MS 52990 E
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'Paper wings', comedy in three acts by Watts Phillips. Licence sent 25 February 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. Keywords: speculation, Stock Exchange, aristocracy, Welsh characters, banks, debt, mining, land. ff. 35. Watts Phillips, dramatist and designer: Plays by, submitted: 1857-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1860
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1 item

6. Add MS 52996 K

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Add MS 52996 K
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'A story of the 45', an original drama in four acts by Watts Phillips. Licence sent 25 October 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. "By the author of 'The dead heart', 'Paper wings', etc.", written on front cover. Name of E. T. Smith, theatre lessee and manager, noted on co...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1860
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1 item

7. Add MS 53014 Q

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Add MS 53014 Q
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'His last victory' ('The last victory'), comedy in two acts by Watts Phillips. Licence sent 9 June 1862 for performance at the St. James's. Diagram of stage positions on final page. Listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703 under the alternative title. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 59, no. 881. ff. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1862
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1 item

8. Add MS 53016 BB

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Add MS 53016 BB
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'Camilla's husband, or, Married in haste', drama in three acts by Watts Phillips. Licence sent 21 October 1862 for performance at the Olympic. Stage manager's cues in pencil, numerous cuts in ink. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 59, no. 884. ff. 78. Watts Phillips, dramatist and designer: Play...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1862
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1 item

9. Add MS 53017 P

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Add MS 53017 P
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'A ticket of leave', farce in one act by Watts Phillips. Licence sent 28 November 1862 for performance at the Adelphi. Two penny red stamps on back cover. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 59, no. 876. See Add. 53022 AA, 53024 A, and 53023 O. ff. 20. Watts Phillips, dramatist and designer: Plays ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1862
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1 item

10. Add MS 53029 Q

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Add MS 53029 Q
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'Paul's return', by W. Phillips.
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Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 9 February 1864 for performance at the Princess's. The name of the prompter of the theatre is noted as 'J. H. Allen' on folio 94. The attribution of the play to W. Phillips is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1864
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94 folios.