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1. Add MS 52953 A-AA

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Add MS 52953 A-AA
Title:
Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 - 1866. March - April 1855 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1855-Apr 1855
Extent:
27 items

2. Add MS 52953 AA

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Add MS 52953 AA
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Scope & Content:
Index ff. 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52953 Z

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'The gipsy and the showman', a Devonshire tale by W. Rogers. Licence sent 21 April 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 21 April 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: drinking and drunkenness, illness, the supernatural, gypsies, theatre, age and aging, London, Devon, pri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1855
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52953 J

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'Our victories in the Crimea', drama in three acts. Licence sent 14 March 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Liverpool 14 March 1855. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted as well as the words 'Lord' and 'God'. Keywords: Crime...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52953 K

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'A cosy couple', drama in one act, by ‘Slingsby Lawrence’ (i.e. G. H. Lewes). Licence sent 14 March 1855 for performance at the Lyceum 14 March 1855. This script not listed in Nicoll. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 24, no. 355. Keywords: literature and literary reference, food and dining, travel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52953 Q

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'The field against the favorite', domestic equestrian drama in two acts. Licence sent 29 March 1855 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre, 9 April 1855. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and Wm. West, stage manager. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Keyword...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52953 G

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'The seven poor travellers', domestic drama in 12 tableaux. Licence sent 14 March 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 14 March 1855. Signed. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths as well as a reference to biblical narrative be omitted. See also Add. 52952 F, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52953 V

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'The fairy tales of Mother Goose', fairy spectacle in one act. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions throughout. Written in two different hands. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1855
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52953 T

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'Wealth and poverty! or, The trials of life', drama in three acts from the French by the author of 'The black huntsman' and 'Miser and spendthrift'. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Victoria 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Songs included...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1855
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52953 R

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Add MS 52953 R
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Scope & Content:
'The sexton's bird, or, The orphan peeress of Greymoor Abbey', drama in two acts. Licence sent 31 March 1855 for performance at City of London 31 March 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: dance, peasants, land and farming, aristocracy, doctors and medicine, crime, orphans, illness, impriso...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item