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12391. Add MS 52957 W

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'The great gun trick, or, Half an hour with the original Lyceum wizard', farce in one act by Christian Le Ross. Licence sent 22 December 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 31 December 1855. Signed ‘E.T. Smith, T. R. D. Lane’ on back cover. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 25, no....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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22 Dec 1855
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1 item

12392. Add MS 52958 B

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‘Jessy Vere, or, The return of the wanderer’, farce in one act by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 5 January 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon February 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 25, no. 371. Keywords: Christians and Christianity, elopement, crim...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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5 Jan 1856
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1 item

12393. Add MS 52959 AA

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‘The wild tribes of London’, drama in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 31 May 1856 for performance at City of London 31 May 1856. Cover signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: gambling, debt and its consequences, crime. ff. 20. Colin Henry Hazlewood, dramatist and low comedi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 May 1856
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1 item

12394. Add MS 52959 M

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‘Shelah from Cork, or, A spy in the Crimea’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 8 May 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: Crimea, Irish characters, military, family relationships, crime, police. ff. 27. William ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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8 May 1856
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1 item

12395. Add MS 52960 S

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‘Life’s trials by sea and land, or, The child of the waves’, drama in two acts by C. Hazlewood. Licence sent 22 July 1856 for performance at City of London 22 July 1856. Signed Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Songs included in MS. Keywords: American characters, businessmen, crime, travel, n...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1856
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1 item

12396. Add MS 52960 V

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‘The daughter of night, or, A poor girl’s fortune’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 31 July 1856 for performance at the Britannia 31 July 1856. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Elaborate stage directions. Keywords: industrialization, Jews and Judaism, stagecraft, death, children...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1856
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1 item

12397. Add MS 52980 G

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‘If the cap fits’, farce in one act by N. H. Harrington and E. Yates. Licence sent 28 February 1859 for performance at the Princess's. Nicoll cites the date 13 June 1859. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 606. Keywords: military, Windsor, widows, servants, needlewomen, doctors, courtship, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1859
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1 item

12398. Add MS 52984 M

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‘The goose with the golden eggs’, farce in one act by A. Mayhew and H. S. Edwards. Licence sent 31 August 1859 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 44, no. 654. Keywords: lawyers, clerks, courtship, women reading, food and eating, inheritance, family relationships, betti...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1859
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1 item

12399. Add MS 52992 A

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'The miller and his men', extravaganza in one act by F. Talfourd and H. J. Byron. Licence sent 5 April 1860 for performance at the Strand. Stage directions and cues underlined in red ink. Contains words to songs. Published in Lacy's, vol. 45, no. 670, where it is described as 'a burlesque m...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1860
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1 item

12400. Add MS 52992 AA

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Les femmes qui pleurent, comedy in one act by 'MM Siraudin et L. Thiboust' (i.e., Paul Siraudin and P. A. A. Lambert-Thiboust). Printed (Michel Levy Frères, 1859.). French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the St James's. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. First performed ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
10 May 1860
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1 item