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12531. Add MS 52967 AA

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'The life of a beggar', drama in three acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 13 August 1857 for performance at City of London 14 August 1857. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: festival and celebration, servants, death, poverty, poisoning, inheritance, murder, crime, fallen wom...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1857
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1 item

12532. Add MS 52969 F

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'The legend of the headless man, or, The spirit of good and evil', melodrama in three acts by B. J. Webster. Licence sent 14 November 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 16 November 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the words 'God' and 'damnation' be omitted. Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1857
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1 item

12533. Add MS 52991 C

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'B. B., or, The Benicia Boy', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. Licence sent 19 March 1860 for performance at the Olympic. The script is based on the famous boxing match between Tom Sayers and the American John Heenan, known as 'the Benicia Boy', which took place on 17 April ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1860
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1 item

12534. Add MS 52992 X

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Le fléau des mers, drama in seven acts and nine tableaux by 'M. Lèonce' (i.e., C. H. L. Laurençot) and Eugéne Nus, music by M. Artus. Printed (Théâtre contemporain illustré, n.d.) French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the St James's. Imperfect. Contains words for songs. Firs...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
10 May 1860
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1 item

12535. Add MS 53003 Q

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'The Turkish bath', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. Licence sent 26 April 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. Cuts and amendments in ink and pencil. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 51, no. 754. ff. 22. Montagu Williams, writer o...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1861
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1 item

12536. Add MS 53023 I

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'Easy shaving!', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. Licence sent 12 June 1863 , no details of place of performance noted on script. The present MS prepared as prompt copy. Cues and cuts written in both pencil and ink. Actors' names in pencil next to dramatis personæ. MS writ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1863
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1 item

12537. Add MS 52933 J

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‘The devil’s in it’, opera in two acts , with libretto by Alfred Bunn. Licence sent 15 July 1852 for performance at the Surrey 21 July 1852. Letter from the stage manager requesting licence is bound with MS. Text written in two different hands; one using red ink to underline stage directions...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1852
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1 item

12538. Add MS 52937 P

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Le chevalier des dames, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘Marc-Michel’ (i.e. M. A. A. Michel) and E. Labiche. Printed (Paris: Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1853). French. Licence sent 4 February 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at Théâtre du Pa...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
4 Feb 1853
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1 item

12539. Add MS 52944 R

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Les Bohémiens de Paris, drama in five acts and eight tableaux by ‘Adolphe d’Ennery’ and ‘Eugène Grangé’ (i.e., A. Philippe and E. P. Basté). Printed. French. Licence sent 22 December 1853 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original first performance at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique 27 S...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
22 Dec 1853
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1 item

12540. Add MS 52948 K

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Les noces de Jeannette, opéra comique in one act by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier (for the music by Victor Massé). Printed (Paris; Bibliotheque dramatique; theâtre moderne, 1853.). French. Licence sent 26 June 1854 for performance at the St. James’s. Signed. Publisher's advertising on fro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
26 Jun 1854
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1 item