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12401. Add MS 52995 I

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Add MS 52995 I
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'Hit him he has no friends', farce in one act by E. Yates and N. H. Harrington. Licence sent 15 September 1860 for performance at the Strand. Cues underlined in red ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vol. 47, no. 704. Keywor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1860
Extent:
1 item

12402. Add MS 53021 N

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Add MS 53021 N
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'The trial of Tompkins', farce in one act by T. J. Williams. Licence sent 31 March 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. Name of B. Webster, the theatre manager, noted on script. Listed as 'The trials of Tompkins' in Nicoll. Published as The trials of Tompkins! in Lacy's, vol. 58, no. 859. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
31 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 item

12403. Add MS 53026 M

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Add MS 53026 M
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'Nana Sahib; or, A story of Agmer', Indian drama in three acts by F. Fenton and W. R. Osman. Licence sent 27 October 1863 for performance at the Victoria. Title added in different hand after copyist. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 lists title as 'Nana Sahib; or, A story of Agmeres'. ff. 138. Fre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1863
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1 item

12404. Add MS 53081 D

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Add MS 53081 D
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'Harlequin Tom, the piper's son who stole a pig and away he run, or, Goody Two Shoes - and her Ps and Qs', by G. H. George.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 11 December 1869 for performance at the Oriental. Mr Michael Abrahams noted as the manager of the theatre on folio 1. Comic scenes included separately on folios 27-34. The attribution of the play to G. H. George is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
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34 folios.

12405. Add MS 53046 G

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Add MS 53046 G
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'The kidnapper, or, London at night', by F. Fenton and W. R. Osman.
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Drama in a prologue and four acts. Licence sent 10 November 1865 for performance at the Victoria. The script is imperfect, lacking most of Act I. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) asks for a reference to the (late) prime minister Lord Palmerston be omitted. The attribution to Fenton and Osman is taken...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
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145 folios.

12406. Add MS 53078 H

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Add MS 53078 H
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'Poor Ray the drummer boy', by C. Pitt and W. H. Pitt.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 1 July 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1869
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35 folios.

12407. Add MS 52933 S

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Add MS 52933 S
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Casilda’, opera in four acts; the libretto by ‘M. Tenelli’ (i.e. J. H. Millenet) for the music written by Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Printed (circa 1852). Italian with English translation. Licence sent 6 August 1852 for performance at Her Majesty’s. Names of actors, costume and sc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
6 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 item

12408. Add MS 52936 A

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Add MS 52936 A
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'Slave life, from Uncle Tom's Cabin', drama in three acts by 'John Roakes' (i.e Tom Taylor) and Mark Lemon. Licence sent 15 November 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 22 November 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Extensive revisions throughout. Diagram at t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1852
Extent:
1 item

12409. Add MS 52938 M

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Add MS 52938 M
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Une petite fille de la Grand Armée, comédie-vaudeville in two acts by Theodore Barrière and V. Perrot. Printed (Paris: Beck, 1852). French. Licence sent 26 February 1853 for performance at the Théâtre du Gymnase 8 May 1852. Signed by J. Mitchell. Keywords: French influence, military, serva...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
26 Feb 1853
Extent:
1 item

12410. Add MS 52939 K

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Add MS 52939 K
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'Uncle Crotchet’, a farce in one act by Mrs. Alfred Phillips. Licence sent 18 April 1853 for performance at the Olympic 18 April 1853. Signed by manager, W. Farren. Published in Lacy's, vol. 10, no. 145. Keywords: American characters, black characters, slavery and abolition, domestic violen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1853
Extent:
1 item