Search

Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708

381. Add MS 52942 L

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52942 L
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vanity cured, or, The school for old gentlemen (altered from Seeing's believing), comedy in two acts by E. Ranger. Printed. Licence sent 29 September 1853 for performance at the Strand 31 October 1853. The original printed title 'Seeing's believing' has been replaced by 'Vanity cured … added...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1853
Extent:
1 item

382. Add MS 52942 M

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52942 M
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The camp at the Olympic', burletta in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 3 October 1853 for performance at the Olympic 17 October 1853. Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 170. Keywords: harlequinade, literature and literary reference, theatre, stagecraft, Chobham. ff. 15. James Robinso...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 item

383. Add MS 52942 N

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52942 N
Title:
Scope & Content:
La petite Cendrillon, ou, La chatte merveilleuse, ‘pièce féerie’ in four tableaux by M. A. M. Désaugiers and ‘Monsieur Gentil’ (i.e., M. J. Gentil de Chavagnac). Printed (Paris; Barba, 2e ed., 1816). French. Licence sent 4 October 1853 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original first per...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
4 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 item

384. Add MS 52942 O

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52942 O
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The discarded son', drama in three acts by B. N. Webster. Licence sent 5 October 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 6 October 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Songs included in MS. Text written in more than one hand. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the st...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 item

385. Add MS 52942 P

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52942 P
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Our French ladies maid', comic drama in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 6 October 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 13 October 1853. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Revisions throughout. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Keywords: French...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 item

386. Add MS 52942 Q

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52942 Q
Title:
Scope & Content:
La tasse cassé, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘Paul Vermond’ and ‘Monsieur Lubize’ (i.e., E. Guinot and P. H. Martin). Printed. French. Licence sent 6 October 1853 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Signed by Emile Villot. Songs are crossed out throughout MS. Keywords: servants, musi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
6 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 item

387. Add MS 52942 R

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52942 R
Title:
Scope & Content:
Roquelaure, ou, L'homme le plus laid de France', vaudeville in four acts by A. de Leuven, C. de Livry and ‘Monsieur Chérie’. Printed. French. Licence sent 6 October 1853 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Songs are crossed out throughout MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulatio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
6 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 item

388. Add MS 52942 S

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52942 S
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Hotel charges, or, How to cook a biffin', farcical sketch in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 6 October 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 10 October 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 12, no. 169. Keywo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 item

389. Add MS 52942 T

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52942 T
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Woman's secret, or, Richelieu's wager', drama in three acts translated (from the French) and adapted by George Conquest. Licence sent 7 October 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 17 October 1853. Signed by manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that 'God' and 'Almi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 item

390. Add MS 52942 U

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52942 U
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Wrath's whirlwind, or, The neglected child, the vicious youth and the degraded man', in two acts. Licence requested for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 October 1853 but refused because the piece might 'lower the morals and excite the passions of the classes who frequent saloons’. Lette...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 item