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691. Add MS 52952 M

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'Seige of Sebastopol, or, The horrors of war', drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 February 1855 for performance at the Britannia 2 February 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: French imperialism, British Empire, Crimea, military, food and dining, Russian empire, cross dressing,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 Feb 1855
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692. Add MS 52952 N

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'Janet Pride', drama in five acts ('of which the 1st and 2nd are prologuial') by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 3 February 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 5 February 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Written on several different types...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Feb 1855
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693. Add MS 52952 O

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'Do shake hands', farce in one act. Licence sent 6 February 1855 for performance at the Lyceum 9 February 1855. Revisions throughout text. Writing style alternates among at least three different hands throughout. Keywords: musicians, duelling, military, flirtation. ff. 47. London; Secular...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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6 Feb 1855
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694. Add MS 52952 P

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'Madeline Dumas, or, The child of the foundling hospital', drama in three acts. Licence sent 7 February 1855 for performance at the Princess Theatre Leeds 8 February 1855. Signed by W. S. Thome, sole proprietor and lessee. Address and postage on one page. Written on several different kinds ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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7 Feb 1855
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695. Add MS 52952 Q

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'The writing on the shutters,' farce in one act. Licence sent 10 February 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 12 February 1855. Revisions throughout. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Songs included in MS. Keywords: servants, polic...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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10 Feb 1855
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696. Add MS 52952 R

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'My wig and my wife's shawl' ('The lawyer of Baden'), farce in one act. Licence sent 15 February 1855 for performance at the Marylebone 19 February 1855. Signed by J. William Wallack, lessee and manager. Keywords: travel, trains and rail travel, fashion. ff. 14. London. Secular Institution...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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15 Feb 1855
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697. Add MS 52952 S

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'The maid of Bonfleur', drama in four acts. Licence sent 14 February 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 14 February 1855. 'The property of E. P. Smith' written on title page. Detailed stage directions included. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oath...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1855
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1 item

698. Add MS 52952 T

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'L'étoile du nord', comic opera in three acts; English adaptation by T. H. Reynoldson [for the music by Meyerbeer]. Licence sent 14 February 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Songs included in MS. Script not listed in Ni...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1855
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699. Add MS 52952 U

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'Clarisse, or, The foster sister', drama in two acts translated and adapted by T. W. Robertson, from the French of MM D’Ennery and Clement. Licence sent 14 February 1855 for performance at the St. James’s 17 February 1855. Signed by A. Sanger, acting manager. Also performed in English as ‘Er...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1855
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700. Add MS 52952 V

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'Art', comedy in one act by Charles Reade. Licence sent 14 February 1855 for performance at the St. James’s 17 February 1855. Title page signed by acting manager, A. Senger. 'Corrected copy, C.R.' written on title page. Inside title page signed 'C. Reade, Esq, Garrick Club, King St, C.R.' ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1855
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1 item