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851. Add MS 52958 C

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‘The wheel of life’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 5 January 1865. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: food and dining, kidnapping, crime. ff. 26. Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia Theatre alias Britannia Saloon: 'The wheel of life',...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1856
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1 item

852. Add MS 52958 CC

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‘How we live, or, London labour and the London poor’, drama in three acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Surrey 24 March 1856. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 lists title as ‘How we live in the world of London’. Cover signed ‘Mr Smith ?? Haymarket’. See anothe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1856
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1 item

853. Add MS 52958 D

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‘The Holly Tree Inn, or, A Christmas story’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Strand 7 January 1856. Songs included in MS. See also Add. 52958 G and 52958 O. Keywords: literature and literary reference, pubs and inns, working class characters, family ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1856
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1 item

854. Add MS 52958 DD

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‘Tafelhausen, or, The legend of a lawyer’, drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Surrey 24 March 1856. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the words ‘Lord’ and ‘Oh Lord’ be omitted. Two different types of paper used. Songs i...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1856
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1 item

855. Add MS 52958 E

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‘An act in the life of Garrick’, comedy in one act translated from the German by Hermann Vezin. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal Liverpool 5 January 1856. Keywords: theatre, literature and literary reference, festival and celebration. ff. 16. Hermann Vezin, a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1856
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1 item

856. Add MS 52958 EE

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‘The gipsy’s vengeance’, opera in four acts. English version by Charles Jeffreys of Verdi’s grand opera, ‘Il trovatore’, under the direction of Mr. J. H. Tully. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Songs included in MS. This version may well antedate t...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1856
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1 item

857. Add MS 52958 F

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‘The black gondola’, drama in one act by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 29 February 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 29 February 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: prisons and prisoners, aristocracy, Italian influence, Venice, treason. ff. 13. Colin Henry Hazlewood, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Feb 1856
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1 item

858. Add MS 52958 FF

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‘Timely warning, or, Past, present and future’, drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 18 March 1856. Signed Ro. Conquest, proprietor and responsible manager. Keywords: French influence, family relationships, fallen women, aristo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1856
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1 item

859. Add MS 52958 G

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‘Tales of the Hollow Tree Inn’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 13 January 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 January 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. See also Add. 52958 D and 52958 O. Keywords: Austria, literature and literary reference, pubs and inns, land and farming, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1856
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1 item

860. Add MS 52958 GG

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Index ff. 2.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
Unspecified
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1 item