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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708

371. Add MS 52942 B

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'Mont Blanc, or, The witch of the Alps' ('Avalanche! or, The murder in the snow!'), romantic drama in two acts by T. E. Wilks. Licence sent 26 August 1853 for performance at the Queen's 5 September 1853. Signed by C. F. James. Text written on a number of different types of paper. Revisions ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Aug 1853
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1 item

372. Add MS 52942 C

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'My wife's cousin', farcical sketch in one act by R. E. Phillips. Licence sent 30 August 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 31 August 1853. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: sta...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1853
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1 item

373. Add MS 52942 D

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'A model husband', farce in one act. Licence sent 6 September 1853 for performance at Sadlers Wells. Title page is signed. Corrections in blue ink. Keywords: servants, food and dining, family relationships, Devon, military. ff. 30. London. Secular Institutions. Theatres. Sadler's Wells Th...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1853
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1 item

374. Add MS 52942 E

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'Sold to advantage!', farce in one act adapted from the French. Licence sent 7 September 1853 for performance at Sadlers Wells 7 November 1853. Title page signed by J. Wooler. For another version see Add. 52929 B. Keywords: theatre, the press, doctors and medicine, disfigurement. ff. 41. L...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1853
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1 item

375. Add MS 52942 F

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'The ladies of the convent', drama in three acts translated and adapted from the French by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 8 September 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 15 September 1853. Signed by manager. Keywords: Pre-Revolutionary France, French influence, letters, aristocracy, elopem...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1853
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1 item

376. Add MS 52942 G

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'Edmund Atherton, or, The miser of Coventry', drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 September 1853 for performance at the Bower Saloon 10 September 1853. Keywords: servants, land and farming, crime, widows, murder, execution. ff. 32. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Bower Saloon: 'Edmun...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1853
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1 item

377. Add MS 52942 H

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'The second will and the way', drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 13 September 1853 for performance at the Pavilion. Title page reads 'The dark shall be right and the wrong shall be made right'. Written in two different hands. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1853
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1 item

378. Add MS 52942 I

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'Plot and passion' ('Mine and countermine'), drama in three acts by 'John Roakes' (i.e., Tom Taylor) and John Lang. Licence sent 15 September 1853 for performance at the Olympic 17 October 1853. Revisions throughout. Published in Lacy's, vol. 13, no. 191. Keywords: French imperialism, Frenc...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Sep 1853
Extent:
1 item

379. Add MS 52942 J

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'St. James and St Giles', drama in three acts by John H. Wilkins. Licence sent 19 September 1853 for performance at the City of London 3 October 1853. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'damned' be omitted. Keywords: debt ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1853
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1 item

380. Add MS 52942 K

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'The gambler's wife', drama in two acts by John Courtney. Licence sent 22 September 1853 for performance at the Surrey 3 October 1853. Noted to be from Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick on title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: gambling,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1853
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1 item