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941. Add MS 52960 Y

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‘Our gal!! or, The Connecticut stratagem’, farce in one act by G. D. Johnson. Licence sent 31 July 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 26 July 1856. Letter requesting licence signed B. Webster bound in with MS. Actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae. Part of printed playbill and i...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1856
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1 item

942. Add MS 52960 Z

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‘First love and false hearts, or, Sunbeams and shadows’, drama in two acts by C. Hazelwood. Licence sent 14 August 1856 for performance at City of London 14 August 1856. Cover signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: family relationships, discipline, land and farming, drinking and dr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1856
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1 item

943. Add MS 52961 A

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‘Extremely peculiar’, interlude in one act. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 6 July 1857. Keywords: French influence, flirtation, aristocracy. ff. 31. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Surrey Theatre: 'Extremely peculiar', interlude in one act , script license...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

944. Add MS 52961 A-T

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. September - October 1856 .
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1856-Oct 1856
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20 items

945. Add MS 52961 B

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‘The mould of mould manor, or, A ghost story’ original drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 30 August 1856. Keywords: family relationships, military, crime, murder, supernatural, servants. ff. 36. John Beer Johnstone, actor and dram...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

946. Add MS 52961 C

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‘Two precious scoundrels’, farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Strand 26 August 1856. Keywords: police, crime, prisons and prisoners, murder, businessmen. ff. 33. Leicester Silk Buckingham, dramatist; youngest son of J S Buckingham: Londo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

947. Add MS 52961 D

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‘The half caste’, drama in four acts by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 8 September 1856. Cover signed Suter. Revisions throughout. Elaborate stage directions. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 97, no. 441, as The half caste, or, The poisoned pearl. See ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

948. Add MS 52961 E

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‘The college friends’ (‘The avenger witness, or, Crime and retribution’), drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 30 August 1856. Cover signed Mr. Thompson Townsend. Revisions and annotations to text throughout. Keywords: land and farming, drinking and d...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item

949. Add MS 52961 F

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‘Like and unlike’, drama in two acts by -- Langford. Licence sent 4 September 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 10 April 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Keywords: French influence, working women, working class characters, Paris, theatre, dance. ff. 52. London; Secular Ins...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item

950. Add MS 52961 G

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‘Fate and its wonders! or, The idiot and the twin brothers’, drama in two acts, by A. Rayner. Licence sent 6 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 8 September 1856. Request for licence signed Joseph Johnson Towers. Keywords: Italian characters, military, Russian imperialism, aristoc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item