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11981. Add MS 52981 M

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‘Husbands beware’, farce in one act by E. Falconer. Licence sent 30 March 1859 to be performed 31 March 1859 at the Lyceum. Copied by G. Hastings. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths, and the line ‘your last letter making an assignation to go with me to Newmarket’,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1859
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1 item

11982. Add MS 52981 O

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‘Nine points of the law’, comedietta in one act by T. Taylor. Licence sent 5 April 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Contains numerous cuts and amendments in ink and pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 40, no.600. Based on the novel ‘Clover Cottage, or, I can’t get in,’ by M. W. Savage, 18...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1859
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1 item

11983. Add MS 52983 U

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‘Quixote junior’, farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 11 July 1859 for performance at the Strand. Signed E. and J. Hastings, copyists. Keywords: servants, music, urban/rural contrast, Land, transport, literary reference, disguise, letters, marital relationships. ff. 21. Lei...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1859
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1 item

11984. Add MS 52986 C

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‘Cupid’s ladder’, comedy in two acts by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 22 October 1859 for performance at the St. James's. Final page written in another hand. Keywords: aunts, farmers, courtship, inheritance, illegitimacy, eavesdropping, music, rural setting, London, transport, impersonation...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1859
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1 item

11985. Add MS 52986 G

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‘Romeo and Juliet, or, The cup of cold pison’ (sic), extravaganza in one act by Andrew Halliday. 1859. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a substantial amount of text be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 633. Keywords: literary references, poison, popular song, Itali...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859
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1 item

11986. Add MS 52994 F

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Les méli-mélo de la Rue Meslay, comedy-vaudeville in one act by 'MM Marc-Michel and Ad. Choler' (i.e., M. A. A. Michel and Adolphe Choler). Printed (Michel Levy Frères: La librairie théatrale, 1859). French. Licence sent 7 July 1860 for performance at the St James's. First performed at the...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
7 Jul 1860
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1 item

11987. Add MS 53004 Q

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'On and off!', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 31 May 1861 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 762. ff. 18. Thomas John Williams, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1867: Ital, with some Eng trans.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
31 May 1861
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1 item

11988. Add MS 53012 G

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'Court and cottage', comic operetta in one act by Tom Taylor (for the music by Frederic Clay.) Licence sent 8 March 1862 1to be performed at Covent Garden on 15 March 862. Signed W. Harrison, manager. Cuts and amendments in inks. Contains words for songs. Nicoll cites an earlier performanc...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1862
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1 item

11989. Add MS 53012 T

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Christine, operetta in one act adapted by W. J. S. Gadsby (for the music by Henry Gadsby). Printed. Licence sent 25 March 1862 to be performed at the New Royalty on 21 March 1862. ff. 16. W. J. S. Gadsby, writer of plays: Play by, submitted: 1862: Printed.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1862
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1 item

11990. Add MS 53013 H

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'Keep your temper', farce in one act by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 15 April 1862 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 55, no. 827. ff. 23. John Pratt Wooler, called 'John Pratt'; writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1853-1866.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1862
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1 item