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721. Add MS 52953 Q

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'The field against the favorite', domestic equestrian drama in two acts. Licence sent 29 March 1855 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre, 9 April 1855. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Wm. West, stage manager. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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29 Mar 1855
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722. Add MS 52953 R

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'The sexton's bird, or, The orphan peeress of Greymoor Abbey', drama in two acts. Licence sent 31 March 1855 for performance at City of London 31 March 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: dance, peasants, land and farming, aristocracy, doctors and medicine, crime, orphans, illness, impriso...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Mar 1855
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723. Add MS 52953 S

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'The new (Hay-) market spring meeting', extravaganza in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 31 March 1855 for performance at the Haymarket 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 22, no. 317. Keywords: thea...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Mar 1855
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1 item

724. Add MS 52953 T

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'Wealth and poverty! or, The trials of life', drama in three acts from the French by the author of 'The black huntsman' and 'Miser and spendthrift'. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Victoria 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Songs included...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Apr 1855
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1 item

725. Add MS 52953 U

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'George Vernet, or, The life of a cabman', drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 9 April 1855. Signed with unidentifiable signature. Signed by Ro. Conquest, manager. The script is addressed to W. B. Donne, London Library, St. Ja...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1855
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1 item

726. Add MS 52953 V

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'The fairy tales of Mother Goose', fairy spectacle in one act. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Written in two different hands. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural c...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1855
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1 item

727. Add MS 52953 W

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'Temptation', drama in two acts by Frederick Neale. Licence sent 4 April 1855 for performance at the Pavilion 4 April 1855. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: land and farming, inheritance, illness, doctors and medicine, illegitimacy, crime, kidnapping, military, doctors and...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1855
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1 item

728. Add MS 52953 X

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'King Queer and his daughters three', extravaganza burlesque in one act by J. Halford and C. J. Collins. Licence sent 4 April 1855 for performance at the Strand 9 April 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: literature and literary reference, family relationships, aristocracy, London, suicide...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1855
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1 item

729. Add MS 52953 Y

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'The falling star, or, Poor Andrew of the Tyrol', “drama of interest” in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 13 April 1855 for performance at the City of London 13 April 1855. Signed by Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: French influence...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1855
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1 item

730. Add MS 52953 Z

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'The gipsy and the showman', a Devonshire tale by W. Rogers. Licence sent 21 April 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 21 April 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: drinking and drunkenness, illness, the supernatural, gypsies, theatre, age and aging, London, Devon, pri...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1855
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1 item