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1491. Add MS 52983 B

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‘Payable on demand’, domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 6 June 1859 for performance at the Olympic. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that biblical references be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 614. Keywords: Frankfurt, Clapham, post-revolutionar...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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6 Jun 1859
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1492. Add MS 52983 C

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‘The eve of St. John, or, The water spirit and the magic axe’, drama in two acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 9 June 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Keywords: German settings, Spanish influence, legends, superstition, dance, ballet, mothers, sons, spirits, festivals, nobility, wate...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Jun 1859
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1493. Add MS 52983 D

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‘Give me my wife’, farce in one act by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 9 June 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Signed W. E. Suter. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit all oaths. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 75, no. 1115. Keywords: spinsters, inheritance, marital relationshi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Jun 1859
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1 item

1494. Add MS 52983 E

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‘Mervyn Clitheroe, or, There’s many a slip between cup and lip’, drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 9 June 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Adapted from the serialisation ‘Mervyn Clitheroe’, by W. Harrison Ainsworth. Keywords: literary adaptations, inheritance, wills, medi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Jun 1859
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1 item

1495. Add MS 52983 F

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‘The rifle volunteers’ ('The rifle volunteers, or, Riflemen! Riflemen! Riflemen! Form!'), an 'apropos sketch' in one act by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 13 June 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Listed in Nicoll with the alternative title as a farce. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 5270...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Jun 1859
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1 item

1496. Add MS 52983 G

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‘Irene, the Greek girl of Janina, or, The vow of the three avengers’, drama in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 21 June 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Signed Miss Eliza Clayton. Keywords: Greece, France, Venice, military, war, prisoners, prison, festivals, disguise, cross-dress...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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21 Jun 1859
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1 item

1497. Add MS 52983 H

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‘The contested election’ al. 'The election', comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 23 June 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Amended in MS to shorter title, under which it also appears in the LCO Day Book Add. 52703. MS contains detailed stage directions, diagr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Jun 1859
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1 item

1498. Add MS 52983 I

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‘The boatswain’s whistle, or, The storm sails set’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 June 1859 for performance at the Victoria on 27 June 1859. Signed J. Johnson Towers. Keywords: inheritance, ships as settings, sailors, mixed-race characters, black characters, family relationships, dance...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Jun 1859
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1499. Add MS 52983 J

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‘The farmer of Inglewood Forest’ al. ‘The farmer of Englefield Forest’, domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 30 June 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Listed under the second title in Nicoll and LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Keywords: farmers, London, family relations...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1859
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1500. Add MS 52983 K

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‘Gratitude, or, The orphan girl's marriage’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 29 June 1859 for performance at the City of London Theatre. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the lines‘an additional one very year, that’s what my wife calls being exact' and 'T...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1859
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1 item