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1281. Add MS 52973 Q

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'The spy of Paris, or, A struggle for liberty', drama in two acts. Licence sent 28 April 1858 for performance at the Britannia. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: French Revolution, French influence, prisons and prisoners, military, pubs and inns, peasants, crime. ff. 16.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1858
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1 item

1282. Add MS 52973 R

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'The unlucky leap year, or, A night attack', original domestic drama by W. Seaman. Licence sent 29 April 1858 for performance at the Britannia. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: festival and celebration, drinking and drunkenness, supernatural, military, Irish characters. ff. 34...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1858
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1 item

1283. Add MS 52973 S

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Index ff. 1.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
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1 item

1284. Add MS 52974 A

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'Pity the poor blind!!!', "dramatic buffoonery" in one act. Licence sent 7 May 1858 for performance at the Lyceum. Keywords: disabled characters, poverty, London. ff. 20.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1858
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1 item

1285. Add MS 52974 A-T

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852-1866. May-June 1858.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
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20 items

1286. Add MS 52974 B

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'Clean your boots', farce in one act by J. Bruton. Licence sent 8 May 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Final page bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick. Keywords: poverty, politicians, London, working class characters, science and technology. ff. 18. James Bruton, songwriter and d...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1858
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1 item

1287. Add MS 52974 C

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'Marriage—a lottery', comedy in two acts by Charles Dance. Licence sent 17 May 1858 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy's, vol. 36, no. 526. Keywords: family relationships, servants, letters. ff. 28. Charles Dance, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1858.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1858
Extent:
1 item

1288. Add MS 52974 D

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'Take care of your pockets', farce in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 17 May 1858 for performance at the Strand. 'C. J. Collins, Prunsbury Lodge, Wandsworth Road' written on cover. Keywords: London, entertainment, working class characters, transport, police, family relationships. ff....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1858
Extent:
1 item

1289. Add MS 52974 E

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Tit for tat, farce in one act by Captain Horton Rhys. Printed (T. H. Lacy, n.d.) Licence sent 20 May 1858 for performance at the Lyceum 24 May 1858. Keywords: servants, letters, working class characters. ff. 12. Captain Horton Rhys, called 'Morton Price', writer of plays: Plays by, submitt...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1858
Extent:
1 item

1290. Add MS 52974 F

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'The red huntsman, or, The phantom of the black valley' ('The host of the sun'), drama in three acts by J. Bradshaw. Licence sent 21 May 1858 for performance at the Victoria 23 May 1858. Copied by Isaac Cohen. Keywords: peasants, pubs and inns, illness, German influence, supernatural, crime, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1858
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1 item