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721. Add MS 52953 O

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'Past midnight', farce in one act by G. Conquest. Licence sent 26 March 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 24 March 1855. Elaborate description of setting. Nicoll does not attribute this play to Conquest. Keywords: bachelors. ff. 23. George Augustus Conquest, acrobat, pantomimist,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1855
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1 item

722. Add MS 52953 P

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'The muleteer of Toledo', drama in two acts by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 29 March 1855 for performance at the Princess’s 9 April 1855. Written on several different types of paper. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. For another version, see Add. 529...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1855
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1 item

723. Add MS 52953 Q

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'The field against the favorite', domestic equestrian drama in two acts. Licence sent 29 March 1855 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre, 9 April 1855. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Wm. West, stage manager. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1855
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1 item

724. Add MS 52953 R

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'The sexton's bird, or, The orphan peeress of Greymoor Abbey', drama in two acts. Licence sent 31 March 1855 for performance at City of London 31 March 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: dance, peasants, land and farming, aristocracy, doctors and medicine, crime, orphans, illness, impriso...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1855
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1 item

725. Add MS 52953 S

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'The new (Hay-) market spring meeting', extravaganza in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 31 March 1855 for performance at the Haymarket 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 22, no. 317. Keywords: thea...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1855
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1 item

726. Add MS 52953 T

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'Wealth and poverty! or, The trials of life', drama in three acts from the French by the author of 'The black huntsman' and 'Miser and spendthrift'. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Victoria 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Songs included...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1855
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1 item

727. Add MS 52953 U

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'George Vernet, or, The life of a cabman', drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 9 April 1855. Signed with unidentifiable signature. Signed by Ro. Conquest, manager. The script is addressed to W. B. Donne, London Library, St. Ja...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1855
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1 item

728. Add MS 52953 V

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'The fairy tales of Mother Goose', fairy spectacle in one act. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Written in two different hands. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural c...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1855
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1 item

729. Add MS 52953 W

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'Temptation', drama in two acts by Frederick Neale. Licence sent 4 April 1855 for performance at the Pavilion 4 April 1855. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: land and farming, inheritance, illness, doctors and medicine, illegitimacy, crime, kidnapping, military, doctors and...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1855
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1 item

730. Add MS 52953 X

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'King Queer and his daughters three', extravaganza burlesque in one act by J. Halford and C. J. Collins. Licence sent 4 April 1855 for performance at the Strand 9 April 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: literature and literary reference, family relationships, aristocracy, London, suicide...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1855
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1 item