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12471. Add MS 52940 F

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'The soldier's wife', drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 May 1853 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 5 June 1853. Possible analogue by F. F. Cooper performed in 1854. Keywords: military, working class characters, crime, domestic violence, murder, doctors and medicine, execution. ff. 26...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1853
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1 item

12472. Add MS 52944 A

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'The thirst of gold, or, The lost ship and the wild flower of Mexico', drama in five tableaux, adapted from the French of d’Ennery and Dugué by B. N. Webster. Licence sent 25 November 1853 for performance at the Soho Theatre 5 December 1853. Title page signed with Paris address. Songs and di...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1853
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1 item

12473. Add MS 52944 W

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'Number nip and the spirit bride', drama in two acts by C. W. S. Brooks and Mark Lemon. Licence sent 22 December 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 26 December 1853. Request for licence appears to be written in Benjamin Webster's hand. Revisions throughout the text. Keywords: fairies and o...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1853
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1 item

12474. Add MS 52949 A

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'Hard times', drama in three acts by F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 10 August 1854 for performance at the Strand 14 August 1854. Request for licence written in a hand that appears to be Benjamin Webster's. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that two passages be censored for religious co...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1854
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1 item

12475. Add MS 52958 X

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‘The Christian slave, or, The life and death of Uncle Tom’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 22 February 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: slavery and abolitionism, American characters, black characters, family relations...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1856
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1 item

12476. Add MS 52960 BB

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‘Auld Robin Gray, or, The hand and the heart’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 22 August 1856 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 22 August 1856. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Letter signed by G. Smith bound in with MS. Two different forms of paper used. See ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1856
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1 item

12477. Add MS 52960 F

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‘The custom of the country, or, Yankee help’, farce in one act by -- Walcott. Licence sent 27 June 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 30 June 1856. ‘Property of Mr. B. Williams’ written on cover. Actors’ names included in MS. John Proctor listed as ‘prompter’. Nicoll lists the play under ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1856
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1 item

12478. Add MS 52960 L

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‘Medea’, tragedy in one act by Thomas J. Williams. Licence sent 12 July 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 14 July 1856. Request for licence signed Benj. Webster. Songs included in MS. Keywords: classical civilization, murder, children. ff. 17. Thomas John Williams, dramatist: London; Se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
12 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item

12479. Add MS 52964 B

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'A night at Notting Hill', farcical sketch in one act by N. H. Harrington and E. Yates. Licence sent 17 January 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 5 January 1857. Request for licence signed Benjamin Webster. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy's, vol. 29, no. 428. Keywords: Notting Hi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1857
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1 item

12480. Add MS 52964 Q

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The black book, romantic drama in three acts, altered and adapted from the French by G. C. Bentinck and J. P. Simpson. Printed (1856). Licence sent 7 April 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 2 February 1857. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Listed in Nico...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1857
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1 item