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1. Add MS 52954 B

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'Food for gossip', comedy in three acts translated and adapted from the Italian ‘Oste e non oste’, ‘expressly for the present occasion’ by Alfred Elwes. Licence sent 23 April 1855 for performance at the Soho Theatre 23 April 1855. Playbill bound in with the script which lists ‘Miss Kelly's Th...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Apr 1855
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1 item

2. Add MS 52957 D

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L'honneur et l'argent, comédie in five acts by F. Ponsard. Printed (1853). French. Licence sent 28 November 1855 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Keywords: businessmen, debt and its consequences, French influence. ff. 70. François Ponsard, dramatic poet: London; Secular Institutions. Theat...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
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28 Nov 1855
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1 item

3. Add MS 52959 I

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‘Winning the widow’, interlude in one act by Lucy Newbery, “being an alteration of Mrs. Charles Kemble’s personation; with the two additional characters of Flora and Peter”. Licence sent 3 May 1856 for performance at the Soho Theatre 28 May 1856. Keywords: military, fashion, disguise, servant...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 May 1856
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1 item

4. Add MS 52963 DD

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‘Don’t you wish you may get it? or, The three wishes’, farce in one act by Thomas Mowbray. Licence sent 27 December 1856 for performance at the Soho 27 December 1856. Request for licence signed Thomas Mowbray. Songs included in MS. Keywords: classical civilization, land and farming, the supe...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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27 Dec 1856
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5. Add MS 52970 P

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‘Harlequin Aboulifar, or, The fairy of the coral islands’, pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Soho. Songs and comic scenes included in MS. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: harlequinade, Ratcatcher’s Daughter, nautical interest, Indian characters, fairies and othe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1857
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1 item