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10691. Add MS 52982 A

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‘Under a cloud’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 15 April 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Based on the serialisation ‘Under a cloud’ by Frederick and James Gr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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15 Apr 1859
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1 item

10692. Add MS 52983 H

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‘The contested election’ al. 'The election', comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 23 June 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Amended in MS to shorter title, under which it also appears in the LCO Day Book Add. 52703. MS contains detailed stage directions, diagr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1859
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1 item

10693. Add MS 52983 W

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‘The children in the woods, or, The fairy birds of the forest’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 18 July 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. MS signed Henry J. Byron but attributed to E. L. Blanchard in Nicoll. Numerous cuts and additions in ink. Some actors' names pencilled in next t...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1859
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1 item

10694. Add MS 52986 A

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‘The head of the family’ comedietta in one act by W. S. Emden. Licence sent 20 October 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Adapted from ‘Le moulin a paroles’. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 650. Keywords: farmers, family relationships, widows, letters, courtship. ff. 52. William Samu...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1859
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1 item

10695. Add MS 52988 R

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‘Jack the giant killer, or, Harlequin King Arthur and the knights of the round table’, pantomime by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 23 December 1859 for performance at the Princess’s . Comic scenes bound within MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 645. Keywords: fairy-tales, mothers, sons, myth...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1859
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1 item

10696. Add MS 52991 M

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'Lurline, or, The Rhine and its Rhino', burlesque in one act. Licence sent 31 March 1860 for performance at the Britannia. Cover bears name of C. J. James. Contains words to songs. Nicoll attributes this version to Vincent Amcotts, but although a version by Amcotts does exist (published in ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1860
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1 item

10697. Add MS 52991 P

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'Lucretia Borgia, at home and all abroad', burlesque in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 3 April 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Stage directions underlined in red ink. Published in Lacy's, vol. 45, no. 672 as Lucrezia Borgia! At home and all abroad. Keywords: Italian sett...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1860
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1 item

10698. Add MS 52991 U

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'The pilgrim of love', extravaganza ('an oriental fairy tale in rhyme') in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 5 April 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. MS signed by the author, f. 78. Additions, cuts, cues and stage directions in pencil and ink. Extra page added for Fi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1860
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1 item

10699. Add MS 52992 M

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'Our female American cousin', comedietta in two acts by C. Galen. Licence sent 26 April 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. Signed B. Webster. Keywords: aristocracy, American character names, emigration, family relationships, wills, inheritance, national contrasts, courtship, wards, engagem...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1860
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1 item

10700. Add MS 52992 Y

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Le pour et le contre, comedy in one act in prose by Octave Feuillet. Printed (Bibliotheque dramatique; nouvelle ed., 1856). French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the St James's. Set design in pencil inside front cover. First performed at the Gymnase-Dramatique, Paris, 24 Octo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
10 May 1860
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1 item