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11931. Add MS 52967 D

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'L'orgue de Barbarie', opérette in one act. French. Licence sent 20 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover signed J. Mitchell. Does not appear to be listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: musicians, theatre, French influence, the press. ff. 18. London; Secular Institut...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
20 Jun 1857
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1 item

11932. Add MS 52967 R

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'Quadroona, or, The blot upon humanity', romantic drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 July 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52965 AA. Keywords: slavery and abolitionism, nautical interest, mixed race...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1857
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1 item

11933. Add MS 52969 E

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'A pair of pigeons', farce in one act by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 4 November 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 5 November 1857. ‘Copied at the Theatrical Copying Office, 25 Bow Street’ written on final page. Keywords: speculation, adultery, fashion, marital separation. ff. 19. Edwar...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1857
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1 item

11934. Add MS 52969 W

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'Harlequin Billy Taylor, or, Britannia rules the waves', pantomime by G. H. George. Licence sent 15 December 1857 for performance at the Effingham Saloon 26 December 1857. Includes comic scenes. Title pages of script and comic scenes signed ‘Manager, Mr. Morris Abrahams.’ Songs included in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1857
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1 item

11935. Add MS 52971 S

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'A woman in my dust hole', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 9 February 1858 for performance at the Strand 9 February 1858. Cover signed 'Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn'. Keywords: art and artists, letters, theatre, fashion, supernatural, poisoning, French influence. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1858
Extent:
1 item

11936. Add MS 52982 G

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Louisette, ou, La chanteuse des rues, comedy-vaudeville in two acts by 'Marc-Michel' (i.e M. A. A. Michel) and Émile Fontaine. Printed. French. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. Publisher’s play lists on inside and outside covers. Not listed in Nicoll. First p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
23 Apr 1859
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1 item

11937. Add MS 52990 F

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'A play of disasters, or, Next of kin' ('Next of kin'), farce in one act by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 28 February 1860 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Text bears name of E. H. Keating. Postage stamps affixed to back cover. Published in Lacy's, vol. 46, no. 679 under th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1860
Extent:
1 item

11938. Add MS 53001 C

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'The old world and the new, or, British pluck and Yankee valour' (altered from 'The brazen drum, or, A Yankee in Poland'), national drama in two acts by Silas Steele, adapted by A. B. Bierce. Licence sent 18 February 1861 for performance at the Marylebone. Cover signed J. H. Cave and A. B. Bi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1861
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1 item

11939. Add MS 53002 I

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'The pirates of the savannah', drama in three acts. Licence sent 22 March 1861 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that references to God be omitted. For other versions, see Add. 53001 I and 53003 R. ff. 29. John Thomas Douglass, called 'James W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1861
Extent:
1 item

11940. Add MS 53002 Q

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'House on the bridge of Notre Dame', drama in three acts by J. T. Douglass. Licence sent 27 March 1861 for performance at the Standard. MS written in more than one hand. For other versions, see Add. 53000 N, 53002 J, and 53003 N. ff. 70. John Thomas Douglass, called 'James Willing'; actor ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1861
Extent:
1 item