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1601. Add MS 52988 H

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‘Jack and the beanstalk’ ('Jack and the Beanstalk, or, Harlequin Leap-Year and the merry pranks of the “good little people” '), pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 20 December 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Contains comic scenes written 'and invented by H. Bolen...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 Dec 1859
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1602. Add MS 52988 I

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‘Alfred the Great’ (‘Alfred the Great, or, The minstrel king’), extravaganza in one act by R. B. Brough. Licence sent 20 December 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Various cuts in ink. Contains words for song. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 644. Keywords: Norse mythology, Denmark, We...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 Dec 1859
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1603. Add MS 52988 J

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‘Valentine and Orson, or, Harlequin King Pippin, the Queen Butterfly and the Green Knight of Agramont’, pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Cover signed B. O Conquest. Contains words to songs. Keywords: science, astronomy, animals, popular song, forest s...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 Dec 1859
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1604. Add MS 52988 K

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‘Tell and the strike of the Cantons, or, The pair, the meddlar and the apple’, extravaganza by Francis Talfourd. Licence sent 21 December 1859 for performance at the Strand. MS written in more than one hand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 642. Keywords: military, Swiss legends, Switzerla...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1859
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1 item

1605. Add MS 52988 L

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‘The house that Jack built’, pantomime (possibly by Miss. E. Keating, see Nicoll). Licence sent 21 December 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Cuts noted in pencil. Contains words to songs. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Keywords: popular song, nursery-rhymes, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1859
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1 item

1606. Add MS 52988 M

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‘Harlequin earth, air, fire and water, or, Mistress Mary quite contrary and the black buccaneer, or, Mary, Mary, quite contrary how does your garden grow, or, Harlequin silver bells and cockle shells and primroses all of a row’, pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1859 for performance at the S...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1859
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1 item

1607. Add MS 52988 N

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‘Little Tom Tucker sung for his supper, or, Harlequin hot boiled beans and very good butter’, pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1859 for performance at the Pavilion on 23 December 1859. Cover signed John Douglass, lessee and manager. Comic scenes bound within MS. Keywords: nursery-rhymes...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1859
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1 item

1608. Add MS 52988 O

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‘The nymph of the Lurleyberg, or, The knight and the naiads’ (altered from ‘Lurline’), extravaganza in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 22 December 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. See also Add. 52990 C, Add. 52991 M and Add. 53011 K. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 643. Keywords:...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1859
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1 item

1609. Add MS 52988 P

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‘Valentine’s day, or, Harlequin and the fairy of the true lovers knot’, pantomime by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 22 December 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Cover signed J. B. Buckstone. Comic scenes included. Keywords: gossip, courtship, festivals, fairies, ballet, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1859
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1 item

1610. Add MS 52988 Q

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'The spectre ostler' , 'original comic scenes never acted ….. invented and written by Nelson Lee'. Not listed in either Nicoll or the LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Contains coloured illustration of set design, ‘The old Red Lion’, in ink and watercolour. MS signed Nelson Lee. Keywords: Harlequinade, g...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859
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1 item