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1. Add MS 52958 A-GG

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Add MS 52958 A-GG
Title:
Lord Chamberlain's Plays,, 1852 - 1866. January - March 1856 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1856-Mar 1856
Extent:
33 items

2. Add MS 52958 GG

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Scope & Content:
Index ff. 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52958 Y

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‘The watchman! or, The orphan of New York’, drama in five acts. Licence sent 25 February 1856 for performance at the Victoria 3 March 1856. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Towers. Keywords: orphans, American characters, United States, police, poverty, Irish characters, natural pheno...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1856
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52958 M

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‘Oakleaves and emeralds, or, The titled grisette’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 23 January 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 28 January 1856. Signed Ro. Conquest, manager and proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that ‘Virgin forgive me’ be substituted with ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52958 BB

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‘Lost £30,000’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Marylebone 24 March 1856. Keywords: French influence, Bohemians, France, orphans, fallen women, crime, Paris. ff. 89. London. Secular Institutions; Theatres. Marylebone Theatre: 'Lost £50,000', drama in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1856
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52958 I

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‘Twenty minutes with an impudent puppy’ (‘What do you want?’), farce in one act. Licence sent 15 January 1856 for performance at Theatre Royal Covent Garden 14 January 1856. Signed lessee, Mr. John Henry Anderson. Space left for songs. Not listed in LC’s Day Book for 1852 (Add. 53703). Keyw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52958 N

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‘The shadows of crime’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 25 January 1856 for performance at the Surrey 4 February 1856. Keywords: French influence, military, disguise, disabled characters, drinking and drunkenness, English characters, family relationships, execution. ff. 71. London; Secula...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52958 H

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‘A plague o’ both your houses, or a double barrelled gun trick’, dramatic sketch in one act. Licence sent 14 January 1856 for performance at the Strand 17 January 1856. Keywords: science and technology, servants, spiritualism, debt and its consequences, the press, theatre. ff. 8. London. Se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52958 J

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‘Selfishness, or, The echo devil and the wizard’s curse’, a supernatural drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 January 1856 for performance at City of London 9 February 1856. Signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: the supernatural, fairies and other supernatural creatures, murder, pri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52958 Q

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Add MS 52958 Q
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‘The dead duchesse, or, The muffled belle of Paris’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 February 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 24 April 1856. Signed Samuel Lane. Keywords: aristocracy, murder, theatre, poisoning, Paris, French influence. ff. 27. Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1856
Extent:
1 item