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11241. Add MS 52936 M

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'The king of the carbuncles, or, Harlequin Prince Peerless and the enchanted beauty of the diamond castle', pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1852 for performance at the Queen's 27 December 1852. Signed by C. F. James. Songs included in MS. Keywords: stagecraft, Commedia dell'Arte, drinki...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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22 Dec 1852
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1 item

11242. Add MS 52947 V

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'Le bombardement d'Odessa', ‘drame militaire’ in one act by ‘Bartelemy’ (i.e. Barthélémy Deville). French. Licence sent 2 June 1854 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Keywords: Russian Empire, French imperialism, British Empire, military, Muslims and Islam, Christians and Christianity, Crim...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
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2 Jun 1854
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1 item

11243. Add MS 52956 A

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'The fiend's mountain, or, The Gaston adventure' ('The fiend's mountain, or, The adventurer'), drama in five tableaux, [adapted] from the French by J. H. Reynoldson. Licence sent 8 September 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 8 September 1855. Signed by E. T. Smith. Revisi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1855
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1 item

11244. Add MS 52962 P

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‘Harlequin ogre, or, The invisible princess and the four charmed fish’, Eastern sketch taken from the Arabian Nights Entertainment by George H. Renaud ‘for J. B. Egan, lessee and manager, Royal Queen’s Theatre, Manchester’. Licence sent 13 November 1856 for performance at the Queen’s Theatre, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Nov 1856
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1 item

11245. Add MS 52969 J

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'A husband's vengeance, or, The children of the castle' ('A husband's vengeance, or, The knight of Wharley'), play in three acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 21 November 1857 for performance at Marylebone 28 November 1857. Keywords: castles, drinking and drunkenness, supernatural, aristoc...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1857
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1 item

11246. Add MS 52974 M

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'Going to the bad', original comedy in two acts by "John Roakes" (i.e., Tom Taylor). Licence sent 24 May 1858 for performance at the Olympic. Actors' names listed alongside the dramatis personae. Revisions and annotations throughout text. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 37, no. 541. Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1858
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1 item

11247. Add MS 52975 M

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'Extremes, or, Men of the day', comedy in three acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 25 August 1858 for performance at the Lyceum 26 August 1858. Speaking cues and stage directions are underlined in red. Published in Lacy's, vol. 42, no.616. Keywords: family relationships, engagements, min...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1858
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1 item

11248. Add MS 53028 M

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'Blue beard', pantomime by H. P. Grattan. Licence sent 22 December 1863 for performance at the Adelphi Theatre, Birmingham. Name of H. P Gratton as sole lessee of the Adelphi, Birmingham, noted on script. Includes list of comic scenes. No attribution given in Nicoll. ff. 29. Henry Willoug...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1863
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1 item

11249. Add MS 53029 G

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'Lost in the snow, or, Tale of Christmas joys and Christmas sorrows', by F. Marchant.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 January 1864 for performance at the Pavilion.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
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31 folios.

11250. Add MS 53032 M

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'Rob Roy, the bold outlaw his great wife and small family', by C. H. Hazlewood.
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Burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 19 May 1864 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood under the shorter title of 'Rob Roy, the bold outla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
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15 folios.