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11. Add MS 52964 M

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'A splendid investment', an original farce in one act by W. B. Bernard. Licence sent 8 April 1857 for performance at the Olympic 11 February 1857. Published in Lacy's, vol.30, no. 439. Keywords: seaside settings, food and dining, businessmen, poverty, crime, travel, speculation. ff. 28. Wi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1857
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1 item

12. Add MS 52964 J

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'The wreck of the Golden Mary', drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 February 1857 for performance at the City of London the same day. For other versions, see Add. 52964 D and 52964 G. Keywords: nautical interest, murder, children, stagecraft, gold prospecting, Australia. ff. 20. London; Sec...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1857
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1 item

13. Add MS 52964 AA

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'The victims of fraud' ('Fraud and its victims'), drama in a prologue and four acts by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 2 April 1857 for performance at the Surrey 2 March 1857. Intended performance date listed on cover is 2 March 1857. 'J. Stirling Coyne, 2 Wilmington Square' written on cover. Rev...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1857
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1 item

14. Add MS 52964 F

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'Fashion, or, The perils of crinoline', farce in one act by Ben Barnett. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Strand 19 January 1857. Listed in Nicoll as ‘The perils of crinoline’, and attributed there to Morris Barnett. Keywords: fashion, poverty, festival and celebration. ff. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
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1 item

15. Add MS 52964 N

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'Double faced people', comedy in three acts by John Courtney. Licence sent 7 April 1857 for performance at the Haymarket 7 February 1857. Intended performance date given as 7 February 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted as well as the name of Lord ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1857
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1 item

16. Add MS 52964 Y

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'The yell of doom', drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 March 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 9 April 1857. This play includes a shipwreck, and a scene of a man saved after clinging to a rock. There is also an elaborately described ghost scene. Keywords: nautical interest, natura...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1857
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1 item

17. Add MS 52964 S

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'A life's ransom', drama in five acts. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 16 February 1857. Cover signed by the lessee, Charles Dillon. Revisions to text added on different types of paper. Published in Lacy's, vol. 54, no. 804, where it is attributed to Westland Marston...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 52964 C

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'The enemy's notebook', drama in three acts by David Fisher. Licence sent 17 January 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Glasgow the same day. 'David Fisher (Princess' Theatre)' written on cover and title page. Diagrams and revisions added to text. Songs included in MS. Nicoll lists ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1857
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1 item

19. Add MS 52964 L

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'The anti-garotte', farce in one act by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 8 April 1857 for performance at the Strand 31 January 1857. Intended performance date listed on back cover is 2 February 1857. Performed in a revised version by J. C. Wilson at the Strand 2 February 1863 under the title 'My ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1857
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1 item

20. Add MS 52964 P

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'The wrong baby,' farce in one act. Licence sent 11 April 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Intended performance date on title page is 9 February 1857. Keywords: children, bankers, Christians and Christianity. ff. 27. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Grecian S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1857
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1 item