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Name Reed, German, writer of plays

1. Add MS 52999 R

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Add MS 52999 R
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Scope & Content:
'Peter Wilkins', pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 24 December 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Includes comic scenes. Signed J. H. Craven, prompter and copyist and E. T. Smith, lessee. Based on the novel The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornishman,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1860
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 53003 B

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Add MS 53003 B
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'Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's entertainment of popular illustrations from real life for 1861', in two parts: Part One entitled 'Our card basket', Part Two entitled 'Dischords, by two rival composers with interrupted intervals by Mrs. German Reed'. Licence sent 3 April 1861 for performance at the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1861
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 53012 X

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Add MS 53012 X
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'Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's new and original entertainment, popular illustrations from real life, The family legend, or, Heads and tails, and, Two rival composers', programme. Bound with words to songs included in the entertainment, 'Barney Macguire', 'The spinning wheel', 'Bow wow, wow', 'O wae...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 53026 O

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Add MS 53026 O
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'Mr German Reed's opera di camera entertainment', including 'Jessy Lea' by John Oxenford. Licence sent 29 October 1863 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Full title page reads "Mr German Reed's opera di camera entertainment in which he introduces a lyric composition written by Jo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1863
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 53032 B

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Add MS 53032 B
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'The Bard and his birthday', by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
Described as a 'new allegorical, musical, comical, satirical, phantasmagorical, tercentennial séance [...], a Shakespearian reverie' on folio 2. Licence sent 5 May 1864 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Folio 2 is a printed note, glued to folio 1v, giving the details of the product...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

11 folios.

6. Add MS 53034 I

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Add MS 53034 I
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'Too many cooks', by M. Furtado.
Scope & Content:
Opera di Camera, the music adapted from M. Offenbach by Mr G. Reed. Licence sent 31 August 1864 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. This piece forms part two of 'The sleeping queen' (Add MS 53034 H).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1864
Extent:

7 folios.

7. Add MS 53041 T

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Add MS 53041 T
Title:
'A fair exchange', by G. Reed.
Scope & Content:
Opera di Camera with music by Emile Jonas, adapted from the French. Licence sent 1 May 1865 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. An earlier title, 'Ringing the changes' has been crossed through on folio 2. The songs to be performed are given on folio 10. Nicoll lists the play as autho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:

10 folios.

8. Add MS 53044 K

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Add MS 53044 K
Title:
'Ching-Chow-Hi, or, A cracked piece of China', by W. Brough and G. Reed.
Scope & Content:
Opera di camera in one act. Licence sent 5 August 1865 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Printed (n.d.) but with the title added by hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1865
Extent:

5 folios.

9. Add MS 53046 A

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Add MS 53046 A
Title:
'A happy result, or, An Alsatian dialogue', by G. Reed.
Scope & Content:
Opera in one act, adapted from Offenbach. Licence sent 3 November 1865 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

8 folios.