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891. Add MS 52959 F

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‘A fascinating individual, or, Too agreeable by half’, farce in one act by Henry Danvers. Licence sent 16 April 1856 for performance at the Olympic 9 June 1856. Letter signed by ‘Mr. J. Linden for Mr. A. Wigan’ bound into MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 27, no. 394. Keywords: industrialisatio...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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16 Apr 1856
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1 item

892. Add MS 52959 G

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‘Sarah’s young man’, farce in one act by William E. Suter. Licence sent 19 April 1856 for performance at the Surrey 21 April 1856. Cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 463. Keywords: servants, debt and its consequences, Ratcatcher’s Daughter, fashion...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Apr 1856
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893. Add MS 52959 H

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‘The Yankee housekeeper’ (‘The Yankee girl’), farce in one act by W. J. Florence, written expressly for Mrs. Anna Malvina Florence. Licence sent 24 April 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 28 April 1856. Cover signed ‘Tully, T.R. Drury Lane’. Revisions including insertion ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Apr 1856
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1 item

894. Add MS 52959 I

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‘Winning the widow’, interlude in one act by Lucy Newbery, “being an alteration of Mrs. Charles Kemble’s personation; with the two additional characters of Flora and Peter”. Licence sent 3 May 1856 for performance at the Soho Theatre 28 May 1856. Keywords: military, fashion, disguise, servant...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 May 1856
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1 item

895. Add MS 52959 J

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‘Simon the tanner! or, The maid of the cherry tree garden of Bermondsey!’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 May 1856 for performance at the Victoria 7 April 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Minor revisions throughout. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
4 May 1856
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1 item

896. Add MS 52959 K

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‘Marie Jeanne, or, The child of the foundling hospital’, drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 6 May 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 12 May 1856. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, proprietor and responsible manager. Listed neither in LCO Day Book Add. 53703 nor in Nicoll. Key...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 May 1856
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1 item

897. Add MS 52959 L

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‘Muleteer of Toledo’, comedietta in one act. Licence sent 6 May 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 12 May 1856. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, responsible manager and proprietor. Songs included in MS. See also another version as Add. 52953 P. Keywords: Spanish characters, Spain, peasant...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 May 1856
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1 item

898. Add MS 52959 M

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‘Shelah from Cork, or, A spy in the Crimea’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 8 May 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Crimea, Irish characters, military, family relationships, crime, police. ff. 27. William ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 May 1856
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1 item

899. Add MS 52959 N

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‘The massacre of Glencoe! or, The fate of the MacDonald’s’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Victoria 12 May 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Some revisions to the text, and different papers used. Keywords: Scottish characters, supernatu...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 May 1856
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1 item

900. Add MS 52959 O

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‘Mischievous Annie’, farce in one act by W. J. Florence. ‘With an original Dutch song and dance, “La fille du regiment”’. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 12 May 1856. Cover signed J. S. S. Tully. Some actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1856
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1 item