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11691. Add MS 52965 L

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'Daddy Hardacre', drama in two acts by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Olympic 26 March 1857. Revisions throughout the text. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that 'O God' be altered to 'O Heaven'. Keywords: land and farming, law and the legal ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
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1 item

11692. Add MS 52965 Y

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'The forty thieves', burlesque in two acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 15 April 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 10 April 1857. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Arabs, fairies and other supernatural creatures, crime, Bagdad, debt and its consequences, ghosts, supernatural, work...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1857
Extent:
1 item

11693. Add MS 52968 D

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'Our traviata', burlesque in one act by W. F. Vandervell. Licence sent 5 September 1857 for performance at the Surrey 14 September 1857. Cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Songs included in MS. For other versions see Add. 52966 R, 52967 T, and 52968 B. Keywords: literature and lit...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1857
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1 item

11694. Add MS 52968 S

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'The war trail, or, The white horse of the prairie', grand Mexican equestrian spectacle in three acts by W. T. Townsend. Licence sent 15 October 1857 for performance at Astley's.Royal Amphitheatre. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager, and W. West, stage manager. Keywords: Mexico, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1857
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1 item

11695. Add MS 52970 E

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'Harlequin Prince Love the Day, or, Queen Busy Bee, Little Red Riding Hood, and the fiend wolf', pantomime by H. Young. Licence sent 19 December 1857 for performance at the Victoria 26 December 1857. Request for licence signed by J. Johnson Towers. Copied by Isaac Cohen. Songs included in ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1857
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1 item

11696. Add MS 52971 O

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'A pleasant time of it', farce in one act, probably by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 3 February 1858 for performance at the Strand 2 February 1858. 'Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn' written on cover. See also Add. 52971 P. Keywords: mountain settings, pubs and inns, travel, entertain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1858
Extent:
1 item

11697. Add MS 52980 D

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‘The leprachaun, or, Bad luck’s good luck with good looking-after’ (sic), drama in two acts by E. Falconer. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at the Lyceum on 28 February 1859. Listed in Nicoll as ‘The Leprechaun, or, Bad luck’s good luck with good looking after’. LCO Day Book Ad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

11698. Add MS 52981 K

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‘The Castle of Otranto’, burlesque in one act. Licence sent 26 March 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. Some cuts and amendments in ink. Based on the novel by Horace Walpole, 1764. Keywords: Italian settings, literary reference, supernatural, weddings, popular song, castles, politics...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

11699. Add MS 52984 B

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‘An old offender’, comic drama in two acts by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 22 July 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 615. Keywords: aristocracy, Early Modern settings, inheritance, wards, robbers, magistrates, legends, courtship, letters, disguise. ff. 58...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1859
Extent:
1 item

11700. Add MS 52992 I

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'A friend in need', comedy in two acts by Sydney J. G. French and William Sorrell. Licence sent 20 April 1860 for performance at the St. James's. Inside cover bears the name of a 'Miss Wyndham'' written in ink. Published in Lacy's, vol. 46, no. 682. Keywords: London, marital relationships, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1860
Extent:
1 item