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981. Add MS 52962 Q

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‘Doing the hansom’, farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 12 November 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 3 November 1856. Request for licence signed Charles Dillon. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 28, no. 412. Keywords: doctors and medicine, travel, impersonation, musicians. ff. 30. Lo...
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12 Nov 1856
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982. Add MS 52962 R

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‘Little Dorrit’, drama in two acts by F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 12 November 1856 for performance at the Strand 10 November 1856. Keywords: literature and literary reference, French influence, prisons and prisoners, poverty, family relationships, debt and its consequences, murder. ff. 32. F...
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12 Nov 1856
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983. Add MS 52962 S

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Fabian, or, The misalliance, drama in four acts. Printed, with MS additions. Licence sent 13 November 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 14 November 1856. Request for licence signed C. Dillon. Handwritten section replaces the first six pages of the printed text. A number of passages have b...
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13 Nov 1856
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984. Add MS 52962 T

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‘The son of the night’, drama in four acts. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Sunderland Theatre. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: Early Modern settings, children, Christians and Christianity, nautical interest, Spain, France, French influence, military, aristocracy, impris...
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18 Nov 1856
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985. Add MS 52962 U

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‘Dred, a tale of the dismal swamp’, equestrian drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 15 November 1856. Cover signed W. Cooke, lessee and manager, and W. West, stage manager. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Not l...
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18 Nov 1856
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986. Add MS 52962 V

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‘The red brigade, or, Vice and its consequence, a tale of the ragged school’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Victoria 18 November 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulat...
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Western Manuscripts
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18 Nov 1856
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987. Add MS 52962 W

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‘Juanita the devoted, or, The midnight journey’, comedy in two acts. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Britannia 18 November 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Spain, flirtation, aristocracy, treason. ff. 26. Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia Theatre alias B...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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18 Nov 1856
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988. Add MS 52962 X

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‘Jones, the avenger’, farce in one act by F. Talfourd. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Olympic 24 November 1856. Keywords: servants, science and technology, illness, orphans, letters, family relationships. ff. 20. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Olympic Theatre:...
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18 Nov 1856
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989. Add MS 52962 Y

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‘The elves, or, The statue bride’, ballet extravaganza in two acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 18 November 1856. Request for licence signed B. Webster. Songs included in MS. Final scene written on a different type of paper to the rest of th...
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Western Manuscripts
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18 Nov 1856
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990. Add MS 52962 Z

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‘Frolics in France’, interlude in one act. Licence sent 19 November 1856 for performance at the Strand 19 November 1856. Cover has illegible signature, as the author, and ‘copyright of Edwin Bryer, Strand Theatre’. Keywords: servants, theatre, French influence, disguise. ff. 23. London. Se...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Nov 1856
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