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12201. Add MS 53056 E

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'The devil on two sticks, or, Harlequin the golden tree, bird and apple, or, The princess and the fairy fiancée', by G. Conquest.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager on folio 1. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the playwright not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:
37 folios.

12202. Add MS 53056 V

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'Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well, or, Harlequin, the old woman who lives in a shoe', by N. Lee, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the City of London.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

22 folios.

12203. Add MS 53056 Z

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Sinbad the Sailor, or, Harlequin Old Man of the Sea, the Emperor, the Ogre, the Good Fairy and the Princess, by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 27 December 1866 for performance at the Pavilion. Printed (folios 1-2; 5-16) by E. J. Bath, 26 High Street, Whitechapel (n.d.). Folios 3-4 and 17-18 are manuscript, being a letter from Henry Powell, lessee of the theatre, to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, dated 27 Decembe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:
18 folios.

12204. Add MS 53069 T

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'The defaulter, the dupe and decoy, or, Jack Sheppard and Thames Darrell, the good and bad apprentices', by S. French.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. The play was to have been performed at the Marylebone but the licence was refused. A letter to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, dated 22 June 1866 and signed '(illegible) March', informes the Examiner of Plays that the Lord Chamberlain agrees with the recommendation to refuse the play ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1868
Extent:

14 folios.

12205. Add MS 52931 U

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Scope & Content:
I martiri’ (‘The martyrs’), lyric tragedy in four acts; libretto for the opera by Donizetti. Printed. Italian, with English translation, by Manfredo Maggioni. Licence sent 14 April 1852 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Donizetti originally composed the opera in Ita...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
14 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 item

12206. Add MS 52951 I

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Scope & Content:
'Jenny l'ouvrière', drame in five acts by A. Decourcelle and J. Barbier. Printed (Paris; Magasin théâtral illustré, n.d.). French. Licence sent 18 December 1854 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original first performance at Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin 28 November 1850. Illustrat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
18 Dec 1854
Extent:
1 item

12207. Add MS 52951 L

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'The yellow dwarf' ('The yellow dwarf, and the king of the gold mines'), an extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 21 December 1854 for performance at the Olympic 26 December 1854. Songs included in MS in a different hand and ink as though added in later. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the st...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1854
Extent:
1 item

12208. Add MS 52970 B

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'Joe Miller, or Harlequin wit, jollity and satire', comic pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 23 December 1857 for performance at the Marylebone the same day. Includes comic scenes. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a few lines be omitted. Keywords: harlequinade, workin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 item

12209. Add MS 52970 J

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'George Porge, pudding and pie kissed the girls and made them cry, or, Harlequin Daddy Long Legs', pantomime by John Douglass. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Standard 26 December 1857. Comic scenes and songs included in MS. Keywords: harlequinade, trains and rail travel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 item

12210. Add MS 52975 D

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Scope & Content:
Octavia, tragedy in five acts by V. Alfieri, translated from the Italian by Thomas Williams. Printed (R.S. Francis, 1858). Italian with facing English translation. Licence sent 28 June 1858 for performance at the St. James's. 'Rough Proof' written on cover. Not listed in Nicoll. Part of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
28 Jun 1858
Extent:
1 item