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11231. Add MS 53015 V

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'Maun Guinea (sic), or, Life among the slaves and the pirates of the Missisippi', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 2 September 1862 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted in the text. Based on Maum Guinea, and her Plantation“Children”. A sto...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1862
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1 item

11232. Add MS 53017 H

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'St. Anne's night', drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 10 November 1862 for performance at the Surrey. MS written in more than one hand. Entitled, 'St. Anne's night, or, The smuggler of the abbey', in Nicoll. ff. 19. John Beer Johnstone, actor and dramatist: Plays by, submi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1862
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1 item

11233. Add MS 53017 J

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'It never rains but it pours', farce in one act by H. A. Major. Licence sent 17 November 1862 to be performed at the Grecian on 26 November 1862, for the benefit of the Jewlers (sic) Annuity Fund. Letter from the author (at 66, Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, W.C.) to the Examiner re...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1862
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1 item

11234. Add MS 53019 C

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'The dark cloud', drama in two acts by G. Rose. Licence sent 2 January 1863 but no details of theatre given. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Attributed to 'Arthur Sketchley' (i.e. George Rose) in Nicoll, where the theatre is cited as the St. James's. Published in Lacy's, vol. 57, no....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1863
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1 item

11235. Add MS 53022 F

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'The devil on town', drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 13 April 1863 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records date of licence as 14 April and title as 'Devil in Town', under which title the play is listed in Nicoll. ff. 21. John Beer Johnstone, acto...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1863
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1 item

11236. Add MS 53022 W

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'Lady Audley’s secret', drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 21 May 1863 with no added details of theatre, but LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records place of performance as the Victoria. Stamp of Frederick Fenton and Frederick Frampton, joint managers of the theatre, on title page. P...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 May 1863
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1 item

11237. Add MS 53023 R

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'The poor girl, or, El Idiour the wanderer', drama in two acts and four tableaus by Mrs Henry Young (i.e. Melinda Young). Licence sent 8 July 1863 for performance at the Effingham. "'The Poor Girl' from Mr Abrahams, Effingham theatre" written on back cover. ff. 55. Melinda Young, also cal...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1863
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1 item

11238. Add MS 53024 Q

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'The hen and chickens', comic drama in two acts by B. Webster. Licence sent 22 August 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. Listed in Nicoll as written in 1864. ff. 49. Benjamin Webster, the younger, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1863-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1863
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1 item

11239. Add MS 53027 C

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'A bull in a china shop', comedietta in two acts by C. J. Matthews. Licence sent 5 November 1863 for performance at the Haymarket. MS in more than one hand. Stage directions and speakers underlined in red ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records date of licence as 7 November 1863. ff. 63. Cha...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1863
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1 item

11240. Add MS 53027 T

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'Man in gray (sic)', drama in two acts and four epochs by J. B. Howe. Licence sent 3 December 1863 for performance at the Effingham. Morris Abrahams, the theatre manager, noted on cover. Listed as "drama in a prologue" in the LCO Day Book Add. 52703. Listed in Nicoll as 'The man in grey'. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1863
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1 item