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1411. Add MS 52979 K

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‘A dream and a reality, or, The jewel casket’, drama in three acts by Henry Shield. Licence sent 31 January 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. Contains numerous cuts and amendments in pencil and ink. Keywords: wards, courtship, servants, debt, Irish characters, dr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Jan 1859
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1412. Add MS 52979 L

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‘Where’s Brown? or, An hour’s romance’, farce in one act by Henry Shield. Licence sent 1 February 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. Miscellaneous, unrelated notes written on the back of cover by the Examiner, W. B. Donne. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipul...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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1 Feb 1859
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1413. Add MS 52979 M

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‘A house to let’, a new drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 February 1859 for performance at the Standard. MS written in two different hands. Area of one page torn away. Keywords: fairs, circus performers, family relationships, wards, navy, secret marriage, babies, widows, bigamy, illegitimac...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Feb 1859
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1414. Add MS 52979 N

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‘Where’s Brown?, or, Brown, Jones and Robinson in Brighton’ ('Has anyone seen Mr Brown?'), farce in one act. Licence sent 9 February 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton on 12 February 1859. Nicoll confuses this farce with Add, 52989 E, ‘Has anybody seen Mrs Brown?’, attributin...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Feb 1859
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1415. Add MS 52979 O

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‘Cromwell, or, The conspiracy’, drama in three acts by F. L. Phillips. Licence sent 10 February 1859 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a biblical reference be omitted. Cover bound in unidentified French newspaper. Keywords: English Civil Wa...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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10 Feb 1859
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1416. Add MS 52979 P

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‘A voice from the sea, or, The king’s casket’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 February 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit ‘Collect my labourers (from the vineyard I mean the cowshed)’. Keyw...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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10 Feb 1859
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1417. Add MS 52979 Q

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‘Zaida the pearl of Granada’, opera in four acts by O. Summers, music by W. M. Lutz. Licence sent 12 February 1859 for performance at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool on 14 February 1859. Signed Mr. R. Copeland, manager. Final page signed J. L. Angel, copyist. Detailed stage directions and...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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12 Feb 1859
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1 item

1418. Add MS 52979 R

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‘The last hope’, drama in three acts by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 15 February 1859 for performance at the Lyceum. . Copied by G. Hastings, 9 University Street, Tottenham Ct Road. Amendments and cuts in pencil and ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52073 records the stipulation to omit the exclamation ‘O...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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15 Feb 1859
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1419. Add MS 52979 S

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‘Will o' the wisp, or, The morass of the murdered’, drama in two acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 18 February 1859 for performance at the Britannia . LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit the words ‘Though there he lay till the Judgement Day.’ See also Add. 52980 C. Ke...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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18 Feb 1859
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1420. Add MS 52979 T

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‘Man's evil spirit’, drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 24 February 1859 for performance at the Queens. Final page signed W. E. Suter. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit all oaths. Contains unusually detailed stage directions. Keywords: stagecraft, lawyers,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Feb 1859
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1 item