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901. Add MS 52959 P

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‘Carlo Brunari, or, The mounted brigands of the Abruzzi’, original equestrian spectacle in two acts by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 12 May 1856. Cover signed William Cook, lessee and manager, W. West, stage manager. Keywords: crime, a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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8 May 1856
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902. Add MS 52959 Q

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‘A lesson for husbands, or, The troubles of Tattle’ (‘Mischievous Annie’), farce in one act. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 12 May 1856. Title appears to have been altered. Signed Messrs. Tully and Kingsley on inside cover. Written in two different ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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8 May 1856
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903. Add MS 52959 R

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‘Mary May, or, The deceived one’, domestic drama in two acts by G. G. Branch. Licence sent 19 May 1856 for performance at the Albert and Garrick Royal Amphitheatre, 19 May 1856. Author’s address, 2 Wheeler Street, Spitalfields, listed on cover and title page. Keywords: land and farming, orpha...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 May 1856
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904. Add MS 52959 S

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La traviata, libretto in three acts by F. M. Piave for the opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Printed (no date). Italian. Licence sent 19 May 1856 for performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Some of the actors’ names pencilled in alongside the dramatis personae. See also an earlier English version of t...
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Western Manuscripts
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Italian
Date Range:
19 May 1856
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1 item

905. Add MS 52959 T

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The people’s lawyer, drama in two acts. Printed (n.d.) by J. S. Jones. Licence sent 19 May 1856 for performance at the Strand. Elaborate descriptions of setting and costume. Keywords: law and the legal profession, United States, art and artists, poverty, crime. ff. 18. Joseph Stevens Jone...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 May 1856
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1 item

906. Add MS 52959 U

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‘A battle of smoke’, farce in one act. Licence sent 23 May 1856 for performance at the Adelphi on 26 May 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: food and dining, lodgers and boarding houses. ff. 11. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Adelphi T...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 May 1856
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1 item

907. Add MS 52959 V

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‘The festival of peace, or, Honor to the brave’, a ‘new patriotic, allegorical pageant drama in one act written in commendation of the peace of 1856’. Licence sent 23 May 1856 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 29 May 1856. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Wm. W...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1856
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1 item

908. Add MS 52959 W

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‘The rights of woman’, farce in one act, by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 23 May 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 24 May 1856. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 26, no. 385, under the title The rights and wrongs of woman. Keywords: fashion, servants, police. ff. 14. John Maddison ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 May 1856
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1 item

909. Add MS 52959 X

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William Tell; or, The strike of the Cantons, burlesque pantomime preceded by a prologue entitled The library of time, by Tom Taylor, A. R. Smith, F. Talfourd and W. P. Hale. Printed (1856), with MS additions. Licence sent 24 May 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 2 June 1856. Pseudonyms or o...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
24 May 1856
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1 item

910. Add MS 52959 Y

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‘Monti the poisoner’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 31 May 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: gypsies, the supernatural, fairies and other supernatural creatures, poisonings, festivals and celebration, family...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1856
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1 item