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781. Add MS 52955 P

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'The man of many friends', comedy in three acts by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 31 August 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 1 September 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Songs included in MS. Revisions throughout. Written by several different h...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Aug 1855
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1 item

782. Add MS 52955 Q

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'Life in the trenches', drama in two acts. Licence sent 1 September 1855 for performance at the City of London 31 August 1855. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: English characters, French characters, Russian characters, British Empire, French imperialism, Russian imperialis...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1855
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1 item

783. Add MS 52955 R

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'High and low water bell, or, The ebb and flow of fortune' ('High and low water bell, or, The panther of the seas and the ebb and flood of fortune'), drama in two acts. Licence sent 11 September 1855 for performance at the Victoria 17 September 1855. Request for licence written and signed by ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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11 Sep 1855
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1 item

784. Add MS 52955 S

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'The king of Persia, or, The triumph of the Jewish Queen', drama in three acts. Licence sent 14 September 1855 for performance at the City of London 31 August 1855. Written on several different typed of paper. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the manager 'adhere strictly ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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14 Sep 1855
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785. Add MS 52955 T

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'The fall of Sebastopol', grand military equestrian spectacle in two acts. Licence sent 19 September 1855 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre 24 September 1855. Signed by Willm. Cook, lessee and manager and W. West, stage manager. Songs included in MS. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 5...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1855
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1 item

786. Add MS 52955 U

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'Florence Montauban, or, The robbers of Normandy', a melodrama in two acts by Charles Maiden. Licence sent 20 September 1855 for performance at the Surrey 20 September 1855. Keywords: French influence, police, crime, travel, aristocracy, dance, Paris, letters. ff. 54. London; Secular Instit...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1855
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1 item

787. Add MS 52955 V

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'The sanctuary' ('The sanctuary, or, England in 1450'), musical drama in two acts by J. E. Carpenter. Licence sent 20 September 1855 for performance at the Surrey 8 October 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: London, death, poverty, nautical interest, disguise, travel, stagecraft. ff. 37....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1855
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1 item

788. Add MS 52955 W

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'Pandemonium, or, The students dream' [sic], drama in two acts by G. G. Branch. Licence sent 27 September 1855 for performance at the Albert and Garrick Royal Amphitheatre 27 September 1855. Author's address ‘2 Wheler St, Spitalfields’ listed on title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records th...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1855
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1 item

789. Add MS 52955 X

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'The ratcatcher's daughter', farce in one act. Licence sent 27 September 1855 for performance at the Queen's 1 Oct 1855. Signed by C. J. James. For another version see Add. 52954 N. Keywords: poverty, working class characters, orphans, police. ff. 17. London; Secular Institutions. Theatre...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1855
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1 item

790. Add MS 52955 Y

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'The mountain monarch, or, The hero, the champion and the murderer', drama in three acts. Licence sent 27 September 1855 for performance at the City of London 27 September 1855. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: mountain settings, military, castles, murder, slavery and abol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1855
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1 item