Search

Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Digitised Content No

1401. Add MS 52979 A-U

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52979 A-U
Title:
Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. January 1859 - February 1859 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Jan 1859-Feb 1859
Extent:
21 items

1402. Add MS 52979 B

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52979 B
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘A helping hand, or, Every coat has a hole in it’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 January 1859 1859 for performance at the Surrey. Front cover made from unidentified newspaper miscellany. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit the words ‘by the blood of the saints.’ Keyw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item

1403. Add MS 52979 C

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52979 C
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘The two Christmas eves, or, The old world and the new’, a new drama in two acts. Licence sent 6 January 1859 for performance at the City of London. Cover signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: twins, mistaken identity, farmers, Jews, gambling, burglary, robbery, family relationshi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item

1404. Add MS 52979 D

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52979 D
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Ben Lightwave, or, The foundling of the sea’ ('The foundling of the sea, or, The outcast son'), drama in two acts by A. Rayner. Possibly imperfect. Licence sent 13 January 1859 for performance at the Victoria on 10 January 1859. Listed in Nicoll as ‘The foundling of the sea, or, The outcast...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item

1405. Add MS 52979 E

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52979 E
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘The lord and the lout’, drama in three acts, by W. H. Pitt. Licence sent 17 January 1859 for performance at the Victoria on 24 January 1859. Cover signed J. J. Towers. Based on the novel, ‘Transmutation, or, The Lord and the Lout’, by ‘N. or M.’, i.e. Mrs Catherine G. F. Gore, 1854. Keywor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item

1406. Add MS 52979 F

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52979 F
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘The sister's sacrifice’ (‘The sister’s sacrifice, or, The orphans of Valneige’), drama in three acts by S. French. Licence sent 17 January 1859 for performance at the Lyceum on 20 January 1859. Keywords: French settings, orphans, rural setting, mountain setting, farmers, festivals and celebr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item

1407. Add MS 52979 G

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52979 G
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Catherine Howard, or, Woman’s ambition’, drama in three acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 20 January 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Back cover signed B. O. Conquest, manager. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a number of oaths and references to God be omitted. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item

1408. Add MS 52979 H

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52979 H
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Jasper Roseblade, or, The dark deed in the woods', 'founded on the celebrated picture by A. Solomon Esqr. in the Royal Academy entitled "Waiting for the verdict" '.; drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 January 1859 for performance at the City of London. ‘License copy for Messrs. Johnson and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item

1409. Add MS 52979 I

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52979 I
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Industry and idleness’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 28 January 1859 for performance at the Victoria 8 February 1859. Cover signed J. J. Towers. Keywords: taverns, mothers, sons, clerks, police, prison, stagecraft, murder, death, workhouses, cross-dressing, dreams, concealed identity, s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item

1410. Add MS 52979 J

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52979 J
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘I’ve written to Browne’ (altered from 'A needless stratagem'), farce in one act by T. J. WilliaMS Licence sent 29 January 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Letter from M. E. Conway to the Examiner regarding the title change bound in with front cover. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 lists it as a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
29 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item