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10681. Add MS 52959 L

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‘Muleteer of Toledo’, comedietta in one act. Licence sent 6 May 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 12 May 1856. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, responsible manager and proprietor. Songs included in MS. See also another version as Add. 52953 P. Keywords: Spanish characters, Spain, peasant...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1856
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1 item

10682. Add MS 52962 X

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‘Jones, the avenger’, farce in one act by F. Talfourd. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Olympic 24 November 1856. Keywords: servants, science and technology, illness, orphans, letters, family relationships. ff. 20. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Olympic Theatre:...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1856
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1 item

10683. Add MS 52962 Y

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‘The elves, or, The statue bride’, ballet extravaganza in two acts by Charles Selby. Licence sent 18 November 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 18 November 1856. Request for licence signed B. Webster. Songs included in MS. Final scene written on a different type of paper to the rest of th...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1856
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1 item

10684. Add MS 52962 Z

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‘Frolics in France’, interlude in one act. Licence sent 19 November 1856 for performance at the Strand 19 November 1856. Cover has illegible signature, as the author, and ‘copyright of Edwin Bryer, Strand Theatre’. Keywords: servants, theatre, French influence, disguise. ff. 23. London. Se...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1856
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1 item

10685. Add MS 52963 B

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‘Blind man’s bluff, or, The man who would see and couldn’t’, comedy in one act. Licence sent 27 November 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Listed neither in the LCO Day Book Add. 53073 nor Nicoll. Keywords: gardens, seaside settings, science...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1856
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1 item

10686. Add MS 52963 M

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‘Hushaby baby on the tree top, or, The comet of 1856 without his tail’, pantomime. Licence sent 13 December 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 December 1856. Comic scenes appear before the speaking parts, the reverse of the usual order. Keywords: the press, harlequinade, Crimea,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1856
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1 item

10687. Add MS 52965 I

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'The days of Hogarth, or, Marriage a la mode, and the mysteries of old London', drama in two acts “founded on the celebrated pictures of the Marriage a la mode”. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
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1 item

10688. Add MS 52965 S

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'Atalanta, or, The three golden apples', burletta in one act by Francis Talfourd. Licence sent 9 April 1857 for performance at the Haymarket 13 April 1857. Space left for songs to be inserted later. Published in Lacy's, vol. 30, no. 448. Keywords: classical civilization, education, festival...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1857
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1 item

10689. Add MS 52966 A

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'A steel hand, and his nine thieves, or, The fairy pool of the giant mountain', original legendary drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 May 1857 for performance at the Britannia 11 May 1857. Keywords: mountain settings, castles, aristocracy, Early Modern settings, German influence, drinking and ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1857
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1 item

10690. Add MS 52976 A

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'The woman of the world', drama in two acts by Nelson Lee Jnr. Licence sent 25 September 1858 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Title page signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. See also Add. 52976 K, 52978 C, and 52978 D. Based on the serialised novel by Lady Clara Cavendish. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1858
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1 item