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11181. Add MS 53019 S

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'Leonie, the suttler girl, or, A countess in difficulties', musical drama in three acts by Captain Horton Rhys. Licence sent 9 February 1863 , no details of theatre on script, but Nicoll cites performance on 2 February 1863 at Sadlers Wells. Signed with the initials "C.H.R. New York April 1860...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1863
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1 item

11182. Add MS 53021 O

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'Acis and Galatea', extravaganza in one act by F. C. Burnand. Licence sent 31 March 1863 for performance at the Olympic. Names of actors listed in pencil next to dramatis personæ. Cues written in pencil throughout, cuts made in ink. MS written in more than one hand. Listed as 'Acis and Gal...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1863
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1 item

11183. Add MS 53022 CC

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'Ill-treated Il Trovatore', burlesque in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 27 May 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. Name of B. Webster, the theatre manager, noted on script. Published as Ill-treated Il Trovatore, or, The mother, the maiden, and the musicianer, in Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 8...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 May 1863
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1 item

11184. Add MS 53022 T

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'Finesse, or, Spy and counter spy', comedy in three acts by Helen S. Sheridan. Licence sent 14 May 1863 for performance at the Haymarket. Original title 'Finesse; or, A busy day in Messina' on the front cover of Act I. MS written in more than one hand. Numerous corrections, notes and amendm...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1863
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1 item

11185. Add MS 53023 K

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'The haunted man', play in one act by B. Webster jun. (?). Autograph. Licence sent 12 June 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. Based on Charles Dickens' novel The haunted man and the ghost’s bargain, (London, 1848). The Adelphi staged an earlier version, attributed to Mark Lemon, on 20 Dec...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1863
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1 item

11186. Add MS 53025 O

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'Hate's assassin; or, The double ambuscade', drama in two acts by C. Webb and T. Mead. Licence sent 28 September 1863 for performance at the Grecian. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Not listed in Nicoll. ff. 37. Charles Webb, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1863: Partly ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1863
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1 item

11187. Add MS 53027 J

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'Silken fetters', comedy in three acts by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 14 November 1863 for performance at the Haymarket. MS written in more than one hand. Speakers and stage directions underlined in red ink in first act. Published in Lacy's, vol. 61, no. 905. ff. 83. Leicester Silk Bu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1863
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1 item

11188. Add MS 53081 X

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'Ye faire maide of Islington, or, Harlequin the cruel prince of Canonbury and the chivalrous knight of St John', by F. G. Cheatham.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1869 for performance at Sadler's Wells. A letter from Robert Edgar, manager of the theatre, to W. B. Donne and dated 24 December 1869, apologising for the late submission of the piece is included on folio i. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Ye Faire Maide...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
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i + 57 folios.

11189. Add MS 52936 L

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'King Emerald, or, Harlequin's Crystal Palace in fairyland', comic pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 16 December 1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 27 December 1852. Signed by Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Songs included in MS. Separate comic scenes inserted toward the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1852
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1 item

11190. Add MS 52975 F

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Adrienne Lecouvreur, comédie-drame in five acts by A. E. Scribe and E. Legouvé. Printed (Beck, 1849). French. Licence sent 28 June 1858 for performance at the St. James's. Original first performance at the Théatre de la République 14 April 1849; this performance part of the season at the St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
28 Jun 1858
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1 item