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12331. Add MS 52968 J

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'An unequal match', comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 25 September 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 3 October 1857. Revisions or prompter’s notes throughout text in different hands and different coloured inks. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 118. Not listed in LC...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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25 Sep 1857
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1 item

12332. Add MS 52991 L

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'The mask of bronze', drama in two acts by C. Stanfield James. Licence sent 31 March 1860 for performance at the Queens Theatre. Not attributed in Nicoll, but might be a version of James's play 'The bronze statue, or, The Virgin's kiss, licensed for the Queens in February 1850; see Add. 43025...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 Mar 1860
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1 item

12333. Add MS 52997 A

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Le gendre de M. Poirier, comedy in four acts by Èmile Augier and Jules Sandeau. Printed (Michel Lévy, 1852). French. Licence sent 30 October 1860 for performance at the St James's. First performed at the Gymnase, Paris, 8 April 1854. Publisher's catalogue attached (Michel Lévy, June 1854);...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
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30 Oct 1860
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1 item

12334. Add MS 52999 J

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'The children in the wood, or, The cruel uncle and the fairies of the golden vines', pantomime by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 24 December 1860 for performance at the Queen's on 26 December. Signed C. J. James. Early version of the traditional 'Babes in the wood' scenario and plot. ff. 42. Mon...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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24 Dec 1860
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1 item

12335. Add MS 52999 K

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'Isle of St. Tropez', drama in three acts by M. Williams and F. C. Bernand. Licence sent 19 December 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Contains considerable cuts and additions in pencil and ink, cues and list of props. Actors' names listed next to dramatis personæ. Small sketch in in...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Dec 1860
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1 item

12336. Add MS 53011 K

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'Playing with water, or, Pearls of the Rhine', burlesque fairy spectacle in two acts by George Fenton and J. B. Dale. Licence sent 6 February 1862 for performance at the Bower. Burlesque of the opera 'Lurline'; music by Wallace and libretto by E. Fitzball; for other versionsof this work see A...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1862
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1 item

12337. Add MS 53012 X

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'Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's new and original entertainment, popular illustrations from real life, The family legend, or, Heads and tails, and, Two rival composers', programme. Bound with words to songs included in the entertainment, 'Barney Macguire', 'The spinning wheel', 'Bow wow, wow', 'O wae...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1862
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1 item

12338. Add MS 53013 Q

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'The phantom', drama in two acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 17 April 1862 for performance at the Adelphi. First performed under the title 'The vampire' at the Princess's on 14 June 1852 (for which see Add. 52932 Q). First performed under the title 'The phantom', at Wallack's Theatre, N...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1862
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1 item

12339. Add MS 53018 P

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'Carte de visite', comedietta in one act by M. Williams and F. C. Burnand. Licence sent 22 December 1862 , no theatre indicated. Script notes name of C. Dumerie, copyist, 22 Mornington Place, Hampstead Rd. Amendments and cues noted in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 845. ff. 52. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1862
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1 item

12340. Add MS 53027 R

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How she loves him! comedy in five acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 30 November 1863 for performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool. Printed. Pages pasted onto large paper. Minor cuts in ink. This performance is listed as the premiere in Nicoll. Published by Chapman and ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1863
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1 item