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231. Add MS 52936 X

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'Dick Whittington and his cat, or, Old Dame Fortune and Harlequin Lord Mayor of London', pantomime by T. L. Greenwood. Licence sent 21 December 1852 for performance at Sadlers Wells 27 December 1852. Keywords: London, stagecraft, Commedia dell'Arte, animals, food and dining, nautical drama, w...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1852
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1 item

232. Add MS 52936 Y

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'The good woman in the wood', Christmas piece in two acts by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 23 December 1852 for performance at the Lyceum 27 December 1852. Songs sent separately make up first eight pages of the MS. Keywords: family relationships, animals, Uncle Tom's Cabin, property, fairies a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1852
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1 item

233. Add MS 52936 Z

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'Uncle Tom and Lucy Neal, or Harlequin liberty and slavery', pantomime. Licence sent 27 December 1852 for performance at the Pavilion 27 December 1852. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation for a number of omissions primarily due to political allusions. Last page signed by J.C. Mor...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1852
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1 item

234. Add MS 52937 A

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‘Uncle Tom’s cabin’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 3 January 1853 for performance at the City of London 3 January 1853. [italics]Signed[/italics] by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that certain omissions be made, and notes that the play lice...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1853
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1 item

235. Add MS 52937 A-W

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Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 - 1866. January - February 1853 .
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jan 1853-Feb 1853
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23 items

236. Add MS 52937 B

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‘Gold’, drama in five acts, by Charles Reade. Licence sent 5 January 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 10 January 1853. Plays of the same title were performed in 1851 and 1880. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 11, no. 152, and in Dick’s Standard Plays, no. 1053, in 1896. ff. 92...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1853
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1 item

237. Add MS 52937 C

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‘Lilian Gervais’ (altered from ‘Lilian Rene’ al. 'The pearl of Normandy'), drama in three acts by Morris Barnett. Licence sent 11 January 1853 for performance at the Olympic 17 January 1853. Signed by W. Farren, manager. Revisions throughout. Signed by Morris Barnett on back cover. Publishe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1853
Extent:
1 item

238. Add MS 52937 D

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‘The sentinel’, opera in one act by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 7 January 1853 for performance at the Strand 10 January 1853. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that certain omissions be made, and includes the same note relating to the signature of Lord B...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1853
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1 item

239. Add MS 52937 E

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‘The rising of the tide’, ‘melodrame’ in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 14 January 1853 for performance at the Marylebone 24 January 1853. Keywords: nautical drama, age and ageing, law and legal profession, crime, suicide, family relationships, death, Cornwall, seaside settings, st...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1853
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1 item

240. Add MS 52937 F

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‘Old Christmas Eve, or, The halls of my fathers’ (‘The regicide, or, The days of Cromwell and the civil wars of England’), drama in two acts by H. Dodson. Licence sent 17 January 1853 for performance at the Victoria 17 January 1853. Title page states in W. B. Donne’s hand that title has been ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1853
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1 item