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681. Add MS 52952 C

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'Tit for tat', comedietta in two acts by F. Talfourd and A. S. Wigan. Licence sent 10 January 1855 for performance at the Olympic 22 January 1855. Revisions throughout. Published in Lacy's, vol. 17, no. 252. Keywords: food and dining, fashion, lodgers and boarding houses, flirtation, debt a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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10 Jan 1855
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1 item

682. Add MS 52952 D

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'Fashion and famine', drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 January 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 January 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: widows, spinsters, New York, lodgers and boarding houses, disguise, poverty, debt and its consequences, gambling, Maine, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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27 Jan 1855
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683. Add MS 52952 E

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'Introduced speeches and scenes in the drama of “The black rainbow”. Licence sent 27 January 1855 for performance at the Queen's 27 January 1855. Signed by C. J. James. Keywords: Russian characters, festivals and celebration, aristocracy, dance. ff. 23. London; Secular Institutions. Theatr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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27 Jan 1855
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684. Add MS 52952 F

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'The seven poor travellers', drama in three acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 25 January 1855 for performance at the Surrey 29 January 1855. Songs included in MS. Also see Add. 52952 J, 52952 L and 52953 G. Keywords: literature and literary reference, land and farming, street musicians,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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25 Jan 1855
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685. Add MS 52952 G

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'Alonzo the brave and the fair Imogene', burlesque in one act by H. T. Craven. Licence sent 29 January 1855 for performance at the Strand 29 January 1855. Signed by F. W. Allcroft. Songs included in MS. Keywords: science and technology, fairies and other the supernatural creatures, flirtatio...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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29 Jan 1855
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1 item

686. Add MS 52952 H

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'The double marriage', drama in five acts by Charles Reade. Licence sent 8 January 1855 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed by Laura Seymour. 'Charles Read, Esqre., Garrick Club, King Street, Covent Garden' written inside front cover. 'J. Saunders, Copyist, 41 Church Road, Commercial...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1855
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1 item

687. Add MS 52952 I

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'Alcestis', tragedy in three acts by Henry Spicer. Licence sent 8 January 1855 for performance at the St. James’s 15 January 1855. Signed by Laura Seymour. Keywords: classical civilization, Greece, Thessaly, death, mourning, the supernatural. ff. 36. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1855
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1 item

688. Add MS 52952 J

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'The seven poor travellers', drama in three acts, ‘taken from Mr. C. Dickens’ popular tale in "Household Words". Licence sent 1 February 1855 for performance at the Victoria 5 February 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. See Add. 52952 F, 52952 L, and 52953 G. Key...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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1 Feb 1855
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1 item

689. Add MS 52952 K

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'Too much of a good thing', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 2 February 1855 for performance at the Lyceum 6 February 1855. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 318. Keywords: eavesdropping, illness, doctors and medicine, disguise, food and dining, travel. ff. 21. George Henry L...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Feb 1855
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1 item

690. Add MS 52952 L

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'The seven poor travellers, or, Life's faults and follies', domestic dramatic sketch in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 9 February 1855 for performance at the Pavilion 10 February 1855. Signed by J. C. Morgan, prompter. A note by the author reads 'This little sketch is from the last new...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1855
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1 item