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12621. Add MS 52955 J

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Add MS 52955 J
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'Jack Sheppard', drama in three acts adapted by William Searle. Licence sent 15 August 1855 for performance at the City of London 16 August 1855. For another version see Add. 52954 DD. Several plays under this title were licensed throughout the century. Nicoll lists the play under ‘unknown ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1855
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1 item

12622. Add MS 52966 C

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L'impresario, opera bouffe by Léon Battu and Ludovic Halévy (for the music by Mozart). Printed (1856). French. Licence sent 11 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens 20 Mai 1856. Title page stamped ‘J. Mitchell’. Does not a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
11 May 1857
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1 item

12623. Add MS 52966 D

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'Le violoneux', opera in one act (libretto by Eugène Mestépès and Emile Chevalet for the music by J. Offenbach.) French. Licence sent 11 May 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover and title page stamped ‘J. Mitchell’. Keywords: French influence, musicians, Christians and Christianit...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
11 May 1857
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1 item

12624. 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
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
19 May 1856
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1 item

12625. Add MS 52964 U

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Add MS 52964 U
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'The marble bride, or, Nymphs of the forrest', magical drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon that month. Published in Lacy's, vol. 32, no. 479. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural creatures, German influence, rustics, spo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

12626. Add MS 52967 F

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Add MS 52967 F
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Croquefer, ou, Le dernier des Paladins, opérette-bouffe in one act by MM. Jaime et Tréfeu (i.e. P. J. Rousseau and E. V. Tréfeu de Tréval, for the music by J. Offenbach). Printed. French. Licence sent 27 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre des...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
27 Jun 1857
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1 item

12627. Add MS 52968 M

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Add MS 52968 M
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'A very serious affair', farce in one act by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 2 October 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 5 October 1857. Written in the hand of the copyist employed by Benjamin Webster and J. B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item

12628. Add MS 52981 G

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Add MS 52981 G
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Le courrier de Lyon, drama in five acts and eight tableaux by MM. Moreau, Siraudin et Delacour' (i.e. L. I. E. Lemoine-Moreau, Paul Siraudin, and A. C. Lartigue.) Printed. French. Licence sent 26 March 1859 for performance at the St James’s. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation t...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
26 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

12629. Add MS 52941 H

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Add MS 52941 H
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Benvenuto Cellini, lyric play in three acts (for the music by Hector Berlioz). Printed (Brettell, n.d.). Libretto (by L. de Wailly and A. Barbier) in Italian with English translation. Licence sent 25 June 1853 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Passages to be omitted...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
25 Jun 1853
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1 item

12630. Add MS 52946 T

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Add MS 52946 T
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Attendre et courir, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘MM. Vanderburch, Léonce et Petit’ (i.e. L. E. Vanderburch, C. H. L. Laurençot, and — Petit. Printed (Paris; Répertoire dramatique des auteurs contemporains, no. 57; 1840). French. Licence sent 27 March 1854 for performance at the Soho Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
27 Mar 1854
Extent:
1 item