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12311. Add MS 52954 C

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'Still waters', drama in three acts by 'John Roakes' [i.e., Tom Taylor]. Licence sent 25 April 1855 for performance at the Olympic 14 May 1855. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 319, under the title ‘Still waters run deep’. Keywords: musicians, literature and literary reference, businessmen,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1855
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1 item

12312. Add MS 52954 W

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Deux profonds scélérats, pochade in one act by C. V. Varin and E. Labiche. Printed (1853). French. Licence sent 14 June 1855 for performance at the St. James’s 15 June 1855. Original first performance at Théâtre du Palais-Royal 24 February 1854. Signed by J. Mitchell. Publisher's advertis...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
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14 Jun 1855
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1 item

12313. Add MS 52955 U

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'Florence Montauban, or, The robbers of Normandy', a melodrama in two acts by Charles Maiden. Licence sent 20 September 1855 for performance at the Surrey 20 September 1855. Keywords: French influence, police, crime, travel, aristocracy, dance, Paris, letters. ff. 54. London; Secular Instit...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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20 Sep 1855
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1 item

12314. Add MS 52956 Q

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'Jenny Foster, the sailor's child, or, The winter robin', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 19 October 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon, October 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 32. no. 467. Keywords: nautical inte...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1855
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1 item

12315. Add MS 52956 T

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'Soldiers at home and heroes abroad', drama in three acts by J. E. Carpenter. Licence sent 30 October 1855 for performance at the Surrey 5 November 1855. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths and 'Oh Lord' be omitted. Published in Cumberland’s, vol. 48, no. 395, unde...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1855
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1 item

12316. Add MS 52957 A

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'An impudent puppy' ('The devil among the girls'), play in two acts by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 5 November 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 7 November 1855. Signed E.T. Smith. 'Leicester Buckingham' written on title page. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Ke...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1855
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1 item

12317. Add MS 52958 F

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‘The black gondola’, drama in one act by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 29 February 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 29 February 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: prisons and prisoners, aristocracy, Italian influence, Venice, treason. ff. 13. Colin Henry Hazlewood, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
29 Feb 1856
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1 item

12318. Add MS 52960 G

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‘The storm visitor, or, The avenging gift’, drama in two acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 27 June 1856. Keywords: natural phenomena, death, land and farming, debt and its consequences, dance, crime. ff. 33. William Travers, dramatist: Hox...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1856
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1 item

12319. Add MS 52960 Y

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‘Our gal!! or, The Connecticut stratagem’, farce in one act by G. D. Johnson. Licence sent 31 July 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 26 July 1856. Letter requesting licence signed B. Webster bound in with MS. Actors’ names listed alongside dramatis personae. Part of printed playbill and i...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1856
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1 item

12320. Add MS 52961 D

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‘The half caste’, drama in four acts by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 30 August 1856 for performance at the Surrey 8 September 1856. Cover signed Suter. Revisions throughout. Elaborate stage directions. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 97, no. 441, as The half caste, or, The poisoned pearl. See ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
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1 item