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621. Add MS 52950 C

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'The bond of love', drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 October 1854 for performance at the Surrey the same day. Written in a number of different hands and on different papers. Songs included in MS. Keywords: pubs and inns, nautical interest, military, Russian empire, British Empire, French ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1854
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1 item

622. Add MS 52950 CC

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'Gulliver's travels through Lilliput, the horse island of Brobdingnag, or, Harlequin and Britannia', equestrian comic pantomime. Licence sent 6 December 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 26 December 1854. Signed by William Cooke, manager, and Wm West, stage manager. Songs i...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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6 Dec 1854
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1 item

623. Add MS 52950 D

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'Schamyl, the warrior prophet', drama in three acts by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 28 October 1854 for performance at the Princess’ 6 November 1854. Revisions pasted in. Written on different papers. See Add. 52949 P. Keywords: Christians and Christianity, Muslims and Islam, military, Russi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1854
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1 item

624. Add MS 52950 DD

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Index. ff. 2. Chamberlain; Lord: Index 52950 A-DD: 1854.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1854
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1 item

625. Add MS 52950 E

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'Who's a traveller?' farce in one act by J. Howard and F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 25 October 1854 for performance at the Strand 1 November 1854. Signed on back cover. Keywords: transport, travel, pubs and inns, debt and its consequences. ff. 17. Frederick Fox Cooper, dramatist and newspape...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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25 Oct 1854
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1 item

626. Add MS 52950 F

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Additional act and introduced speeches in the drama of ‘Edward the Black Prince'. Licence sent 26 October 1854 for performance at the Queen's, 30 October 1854. Signed by C. J. James. Keywords: festival and celebration, Spanish influence, prison and prisoners, kidnapping, military, aristocrac...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1854
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1 item

627. Add MS 52950 G

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'Bona fide travellers, a romance of the new Beer Bill', dramatic sketch in one act by William Brough. Licence sent 27 October 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 30 October 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 239. Keywords: pub...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1854
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1 item

628. Add MS 52950 H

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'The battle of the Alma', grand military spectacle in two acts by J. H. Stocqueler. Licence sent 21 October 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 23 October 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager and W. West, stage manager. Songs included in Add. MS 52952 W. Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1854
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1 item

629. Add MS 52950 I

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'Money and misery, or, High crime and low crime', drama in three acts by John H. Wilkins. Licence sent 31 October 1854 for performance at the City of London the same day. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: fashion, servants, working women, education, aristocracy, elopement, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1854
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1 item

630. Add MS 52950 J

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'Elie and Elode, or, The gipsies of Castile', drama in two acts. Licence sent 31 October 1854 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: Spain, gypsies, family ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1854
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1 item