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12521. Add MS 52931 K

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‘The queen of the market’, drama in a prologue and three acts by H. C. Coape and B. N. Webster. Licence sent 8 April 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 12 April 1852. Signed by Benjamin Webster. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 does not appear to list this play. Text written in a number of differen...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1852
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1 item

12522. Add MS 52940 Q

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Donna Diana, drama in 3 acts by 'Carl August West' (i.e. Joseph Schreyvogel) based on the Spanish text by Augustin Moreto y Cavana. Printed (1853). German. Licence sent 11 June 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Keywords: ff. 30. Joseph Schreyvogel, called 'Carl August West', write...
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Western Manuscripts
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German
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11 Jun 1853
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1 item

12523. Add MS 52947 K

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La joie fait peur, comédie in one act by Mme. Émile de Girardin. Printed (1854). French. Licence sent 18 May 1854 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre-Français 25 February 1854. Signed by Lafont. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a n...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
18 May 1854
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1 item

12524. Add MS 52949 J

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'The new wags of Windsor', farce in one act. Licence sent 11 September 1854 for performance at the Strand 18 September 1854. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'Lord' be substituted with 'Heaven'. Keywords: military, fashion, orphans, family relationships, flirtati...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1854
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1 item

12525. Add MS 52950 E

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'Who's a traveller?' farce in one act by J. Howard and F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 25 October 1854 for performance at the Strand 1 November 1854. Signed on back cover. Keywords: transport, travel, pubs and inns, debt and its consequences. ff. 17. Frederick Fox Cooper, dramatist and newspape...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1854
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1 item

12526. Add MS 52950 N

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'Where's Cruvelli?' farce in one act by J. Howard and F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 6 November 1854 for performance at the Strand the same day. Signed. Keywords: theatre, French influence, working women, London, musicians, science and technology. ff. 13. Frederick Fox Cooper, dramatist and ne...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1854
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1 item

12527. Add MS 52954 L

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'England and France in the days of chivalry, or, The brothers in arms', new grand spectacle in three acts by J. H. Stocqueler. Licence sent 21 May 1855 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre, 28 May 1855. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager, and W. West, stage manager. Keywords: an...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1855
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1 item

12528. Add MS 52960 W

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Ireland as it is, drama in three acts by J. H. Amherst. Printed (n.d.). Licence sent 11 August 1856 for performance at the Adelphi 18 August 1856. Includes cast of characters, stage business, costumes, and relative positions on stage. Keywords: land and farming, Ireland, emigration, crime, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1856
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1 item

12529. Add MS 52961 G

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‘Fate and its wonders! or, The idiot and the twin brothers’, drama in two acts, by A. Rayner. Licence sent 6 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 8 September 1856. Request for licence signed Joseph Johnson Towers. Keywords: Italian characters, military, Russian imperialism, aristoc...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1856
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1 item

12530. Add MS 52965 D

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'Pride and poverty, or, The real poor of London', drama in two acts by Ben Barnett and J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 3 March 1857 for performance at the Strand. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: London, poverty, working class characters, debt and its consequences, crime. ff. 15. Benjamin Bar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1857
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1 item