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1271. Add MS 52973 G

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'The caliph of Bagdad', comic opera in two acts (for the music by Boieldieu). Licence sent 31 March 1858 for performance at the Adelphi. "With Benjamin Webster's compliments" written on cover. Songs included in MS. The original libretto for this opera was written in French by C. Godard d'Auc...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Mar 1858
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1272. Add MS 52973 H

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'The bombardment and capture of Canton', 'new and grand spectacle founded upon events in the present war in China', in two acts by J. H. Stocqueler. Licence sent 31 March 1858 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre 5 April 1858. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager and W. West, st...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Mar 1858
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1273. Add MS 52973 I

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'The giant's tomb and Eleanor the accursed, or, The sin and sorrow of 20 years', romantic drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Listed in Nicoll as 'The giant's tomb, or, Eleanor the accursed, or The sins and sorrows of twenty years'. No date is cited in connection with the issue of the licence, but...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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1858
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1274. Add MS 52973 J

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'Toolooloo and Woolooloo, or, The great bear and the two kings', extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 2 April 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Cover bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick. Keywords: the Caribbean, animals, natural phenomena, drinking and drunkenness, dance, travel, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Apr 1858
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1275. Add MS 52973 K

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'Clinton, or, The man of stratagem' (altered from 'Clinton, or, The adventurer's wedding'), drama in three acts and a prologue, by F. L. Phillips. Licence sent 7 April 1858 for performance at the City of London. Badly rubbed and unidentifiable signature on front cover. LCO Day Book Add. 5270...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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7 Apr 1858
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1276. Add MS 52973 L

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'Auld Robin Grey', musical burletta in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Listed in Nicoll as 'Auld Robin Gray'. Licence sent 10 April 1858 for performance at the Surrey. There are numerous published versions of the traditional Scottish air 'Auld Robin Gray' dating from the mid-eighteenth century o...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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10 Apr 1858
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1277. Add MS 52973 M

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'Apollo and the flying Pegasus, or, The defeat of the Amazons', 'mythological burlesque' in one act. Licence sent 19 April 1858 for performance that day at Astley's Amphitheatre 19 April 1858. Cover signed Mr William Cooke, lessee and manager and Mr William Best, stage manager. Keywords: cla...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Apr 1858
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1 item

1278. Add MS 52973 N

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'The kettle drum of the Surrey', farce in one act by J. Parselle. Licence sent 19 April 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Cover bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick. Keywords: food and dining, speculation, musicians, theatre. ff. 18. J. Parselle, writer of plays: Plays by, submitt...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Apr 1858
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1279. Add MS 52973 O

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'Your likeness — one shilling', farce in one act by N. H. Harrington and E Yates. Licence sent 20 April 1858 for performance at the Strand 22 April 1858. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths and the expression 'I'll focus you' be omitted. Keywords: science and techn...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 Apr 1858
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1280. Add MS 52973 P

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'Never too late to mend', drama in four acts. Licence sent 26 April 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Nicoll attributes authorship to G. Conquest, but his name is more securely attached to a later version of this text, for which see Add. MS 52975 A. Cover bears names of Messrs Shepherd and...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Apr 1858
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1 item