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11501. Add MS 52958 S

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‘That blessed baby’, farce in one act by F. Moore. Licence sent 9 February 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 11 February 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. According to Nicoll, Published in Lacy’s, but the reference has not been verified. Keywords: servants, bachelors, childr...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1856
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1 item

11502. Add MS 52959 H

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‘The Yankee housekeeper’ (‘The Yankee girl’), farce in one act by W. J. Florence, written expressly for Mrs. Anna Malvina Florence. Licence sent 24 April 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 28 April 1856. Cover signed ‘Tully, T.R. Drury Lane’. Revisions including insertion ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1856
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1 item

11503. Add MS 52960 A

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‘A conjugal lesson’, farce in one act by Henry Danvers. Licence sent 11 June 1856 for performance at the Olympic 3 July 1856. Letter requesting licence signed by W. J. Emden bound in with MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 27, no. 392. For another version, see Add. 52958 P. Keywords: natural ph...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1856
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1 item

11504. Add MS 52961 I

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‘Pizarro, a Spanish rolla-king drama’, burlesque in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 12 September 1856 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 15 September 1856. Text written on the back of a stack of invitations to subscribe to the ‘reading and news room’ of the Great Central ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1856
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1 item

11505. Add MS 52964 F

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'Fashion, or, The perils of crinoline', farce in one act by Ben Barnett. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Strand 19 January 1857. Listed in Nicoll as ‘The perils of crinoline’, and attributed there to Morris Barnett. Keywords: fashion, poverty, festival and celebration. ff. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
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1 item

11506. Add MS 52964 N

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'Double faced people', comedy in three acts by John Courtney. Licence sent 7 April 1857 for performance at the Haymarket 7 February 1857. Intended performance date given as 7 February 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted as well as the name of Lord ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1857
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1 item

11507. Add MS 52967 E

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'La pomme de Turguie', opéra-bouffe in one act. French. Licence sent 24 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover signed J. Mitchell. Keywords: doctors and medicine, French influence, inheritance, landlords and tenants, food and dining. ff. 16. London; Secular Institutions. Thea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
24 Jun 1857
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1 item

11508. Add MS 52967 H

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'The lighthouse', drama in two acts with a prologue. Acts one and two by Wilkie Collins. Licence sent 1 August 1857 for performance at the Olympic 10 August 1857. Keywords: nautical interest, death, ghosts, dreams, Cornwall, murder, illness. ff. 28. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1857
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1 item

11509. Add MS 52968 U

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'Deadly reports', comedietta in one act by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 19 October 1857 for performance at the Olympic 26 October 1857. Cover signed ‘Lessees Messrs. Robson and W.S. Emden.’ Keywords: the supernatural, widows, ghosts, law and the legal profession, military. ff. 17. London; S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1857
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1 item

11510. Add MS 52968 V

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'The drapery question, or, Who's for India', apropos sketch in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 28 October 1857. ‘Proprietor, Benjamin Webster’ written on title page. Includes some later additions to text. Includes songs. Keywords: fashio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item