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1481. Add MS 52982 S

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‘Retained for the defence’, farce in one act by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 13 May 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Cuts and amendments in pencil. List of actors’ names next to dramatis personae. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 605. Keywords: lawyers, court, literary references, worki...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 May 1859
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1 item

1482. Add MS 52982 T

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‘The member's wife, or, The house versus the home’, comedy in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 13 May 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to ‘omit all oaths and the name of Mr Brotherton’. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 42, no.618. Enitled ‘Ho...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 May 1859
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1483. Add MS 52982 U

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‘A frightful tragedy in Willow Walk’, farce in one act adapted from the French by Thompson Townsend. Licence sent 17 May 1859 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Copy for George W. Simms. French influence, drinking and drunkenness, military, lodgers and boarding houses, servants, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 May 1859
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1 item

1484. Add MS 52982 V

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‘The talking fish’, sketch in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 25 May 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Alteration of the licensed farce ‘Catching a mermaid’, (Olympic, 20 October 1855). LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths and the exclamation ‘Oh, Lord’, be ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 May 1859
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1 item

1485. Add MS 52982 W

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‘A felon’s bond’, drama in three acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 26 May 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 85, no.1266. Keywords: Italian character names, convicts, sailors, ships, prison, widows, doctors, Malta, Portsmouth, Northumberland, death, gambling, debt...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 May 1859
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1 item

1486. Add MS 52982 X

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‘Caught by the ears’, farcical extravaganza in one act by C. Selby. Licence sent 28 May 1859 for performance at the Strand. Copied by G. Hastings. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no.604. Lacy’s edition includes musical excerpts for piano and voices. Keywords: music, operatic references, pop...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
28 May 1859
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1 item

1487. Add MS 52982 Y

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‘The love test’, drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 28 May 1859 for performance at the Effingham. Signed Morris Abrahams LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: poachers, family relationships, death, murder, inns, London, Bristol...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1859
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1 item

1488. Add MS 52982 Z

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Index. ff. 1.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1859
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1 item

1489. Add MS 52983 A

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‘Ivanhoe’, drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 4 June 1859 for performance at the Queen’s. Signed W. E. Suter at end of acts one and two (crossed out in ink at end of act two). Signed G. Hastings, copyists. Cuts crossed out in ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1859
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1 item

1490. Add MS 52983 A-W

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. June - July 1859 .
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
Jun 1859-Jul 1859
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23 items