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12531. Add MS 52991 C

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'B. B., or, The Benicia Boy', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. Licence sent 19 March 1860 for performance at the Olympic. The script is based on the famous boxing match between Tom Sayers and the American John Heenan, known as 'the Benicia Boy', which took place on 17 April ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Mar 1860
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1 item

12532. Add MS 52992 X

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Le fléau des mers, drama in seven acts and nine tableaux by 'M. Lèonce' (i.e., C. H. L. Laurençot) and Eugéne Nus, music by M. Artus. Printed (Théâtre contemporain illustré, n.d.) French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the St James's. Imperfect. Contains words for songs. Firs...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
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10 May 1860
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1 item

12533. Add MS 53003 Q

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'The Turkish bath', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. Licence sent 26 April 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. Cuts and amendments in ink and pencil. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 754. ff. 22. Montagu Williams, writer o...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1861
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1 item

12534. Add MS 53023 I

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'Easy shaving!', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. Licence sent 12 June 1863 , no details of place of performance noted on script. The present MS prepared as prompt copy. Cues and cuts written in both pencil and ink. Actors' names in pencil next to dramatis personæ. MS writ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1863
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1 item

12535. Add MS 52933 J

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‘The devil’s in it’, opera in two acts , with libretto by Alfred Bunn. Licence sent 15 July 1852 for performance at the Surrey 21 July 1852. Letter from the stage manager requesting licence is bound with MS. Text written in two different hands; one using red ink to underline stage directions...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1852
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1 item

12536. Add MS 52937 P

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Le chevalier des dames, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘Marc-Michel’ (i.e. M. A. A. Michel) and E. Labiche. Printed (Paris: Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1853). French. Licence sent 4 February 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre du Pa...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
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4 Feb 1853
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1 item

12537. Add MS 52944 R

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Les Bohémiens de Paris, drama in five acts and eight tableaux by ‘Adolphe d’Ennery’ and ‘Eugène Grangé’ (i.e., A. Philippe and E. P. Basté). Printed. French. Licence sent 22 December 1853 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original first performance at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique 27 S...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
22 Dec 1853
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1 item

12538. Add MS 52948 K

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Les noces de Jeannette, opéra comique in one act by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier (for the music by Victor Massé). Printed (Paris; Bibliotheque dramatique; theâtre moderne, 1853.). French. Licence sent 26 June 1854 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed. Publisher's advertising on fro...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
26 Jun 1854
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1 item

12539. Add MS 52957 Q

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'Ye belle alliance, or, Harlequin and good humour and the field of the cloth of gold', pantomime by William Brough in collaboration with R. B. Brough. Licence sent 18 December 1855 for performance at Theatre Royal Covent Garden 26 December 1855. 'Proprietor. Mr John Henry Anderson' written on...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1855
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1 item

12540. Add MS 52958 K

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‘The first printer’, drama in three acts by Tom Taylor and Charles Reade. Licence sent 21 January 1856 for performance at the Princess’s 3 March 1856. Songs included in MS. Keywords: the press, Netherlands, family relationships, treason, aristocracy, science and technology. ff. 61. Tom Tay...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1856
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1 item