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10841. Add MS 52997 N

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'Col. Jack', drama in two acts by E. Towers. Licence sent 15 November 1860 for performance at the Victoria on 19 November. Note of application for licence signed I. Cohen for J. Johnson Towers, the theatre manager. The character of Colonel Jack is possibly derived from Daniel Defoe's The his...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1860
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1 item

10842. Add MS 52997 T

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'The romance of a poor young man', drama in two acts by Lester Wallack. Licence sent 21 November 1860 for performance at the Queen's on 24 November. First produced at Wallack's, New York, 24 January, 1860. Signed C. J. James. Cues underlined in red ink. Adapted from Le roman d'un jeune homm...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1860
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1 item

10843. Add MS 52998 O

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'Bianca the bravo's bride', opera in four acts by J. P. Simpson, music by W. H. Balfe. Licence sent 5 December 1860 for performance at Covent Garden on 6 December 1860. Signed by W. Harrison, manager. Published as Bianca, the Bravo's bride: a grand and original legendary opera (1860), and ba...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1860
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1 item

10844. Add MS 53003 S

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'Willy Reilly and his own dear Cooleen Bawn', drama in one act by J. F. O'Neill. Licence sent 29 April 1861 for performance at the Marylebone. Described as "a new drama founded on Carleton's novel of the same name and dramatized and adapted with new and original scenes, situations, effects et...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1861
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1 item

10845. Add MS 53003 V

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'Handsome Jack', drama in three acts by J. B. Howe. Licence sent 4 May 1861 for performance at the Pavilion on 6 May. Published in French's Acting Edition (Late Lacy’s), vol. 114, New York. ff. 54. J. B. Howe, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1861-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1861
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1 item

10846. Add MS 53005 A

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'The leap for life, or, The banker's son and the felon's daughter', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 15 June 1861 for performance at the Effingham. Cover identifies Morris Abrahams. Cuts noted in ink and pencil. Final page signed W. E. Suter. For another version, see Add. 529...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1861
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1 item

10847. Add MS 53005 L

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'More precious than gold', comedy in two acts by C. S. Cheltnam. Licence sent 5 July 1861 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 763. ff. 20. Charles Smith Cheltnam, translator and dramatist: Plays by, submitted for licence: 1861-1866.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1861
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1 item

10848. Add MS 53005 T

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'Oily Collins, a rale Collin Born, or, A chip off the old block', burlesque by Harry Linton. Licence sent 18 July 1861 for performance at the Soho. Contains words to songs. For other versions, see Add. 53003 S, 52995 B, 52995 T, 52996 M, 53002 M, 53007 O, 53009 I, 53009 Q and 53014 Z. ff...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1861
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1 item

10849. Add MS 53006 G

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'The dead hand, or, The secret of the iron cabinet', drama in a prologue and one act by William Travers. Licence sent 28 August 1861 for performance at the Marylebone. Keywords: Germany, letters, poison, murder, doctors, forgery, eviction, wills, inheritance, blackmail, eavesdropping, tableau...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1861
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1 item

10850. Add MS 53007 L

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'A midsummers eve', ballet farce in one act by W. H. Yelland. Licence sent 28 September 1861 for performance at the Lyceum. Inside cover signed Edmund Falconer. Contains words to songs. Cuts in ink. ff. 15. W. H. Yelland, writer of plays: Play by, submitted: 1861.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1861
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1 item