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11. Add MS 52967 Y

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'The honour of the house, or, Ppride and passion', drama in two acts. Licence sent 14 August 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 18 August 1857. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: aristocracy, sport, servants, duelling, festival and celebration. ff. 16. Hoxton; Middle...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1857
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1 item

12. Add MS 52967 E

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'La pomme de Turguie', opéra-bouffe in one act. French. Licence sent 24 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover signed J. Mitchell. Keywords: doctors and medicine, French influence, inheritance, landlords and tenants, food and dining. ff. 16. London; Secular Institutions. Thea...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
24 Jun 1857
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1 item

13. Add MS 52967 H

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'The lighthouse', drama in two acts with a prologue. Acts one and two by Wilkie Collins. Licence sent 1 August 1857 for performance at the Olympic 10 August 1857. Keywords: nautical interest, death, ghosts, dreams, Cornwall, murder, illness. ff. 28. London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1857
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1 item

14. Add MS 52967 D

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'L'orgue de Barbarie', opérette in one act. French. Licence sent 20 June 1857 for performance at the St. James’s. Cover signed J. Mitchell. Does not appear to be listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: musicians, theatre, French influence, the press. ff. 18. London; Secular Institut...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
20 Jun 1857
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1 item

15. Add MS 52967 R

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'Quadroona, or, The blot upon humanity', romantic drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 July 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon the same day. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52965 AA. Keywords: slavery and abolitionism, nautical interest, mixed race...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1857
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1 item

16. Add MS 52967 A

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'The struggles of the poor, or, Love, poverty and wealth', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 16 June 1857 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Does not appear to be listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1857
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1 item

17. Add MS 52967 CC

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'How it's to be done', comic drama in two acts. Licence requested for performance on Tuesday, 18 August 1857, but refused. Note on cover states that the MS was referred to the Lord Chamberlain 24 August 1857. Nicoll lists a play of the same title under ‘unknown authors’ with a first performan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1857
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 52967 K

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'Victims', original comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 5 July 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 8 July 1857. Each act appears to have been posted separately. Actors’ names included alongside dramatis personae. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 32, no. 475. Keywords: ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item

19. Add MS 52967 BB

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'The life of a weaver, his trials and his struggles, or, The web of destiny', in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 21 August 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 28 November 1859. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. For other versions, see Add. 52967 Z. Keywords: poverty, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1857
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1 item

20. Add MS 52967 P

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'Drat that comet', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 16 July 1857 for performance at the Strand 16 August 1857. “Leicester Buckingham, 13 Clements Lane” written on cover. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the phrases 'led like a lamb to the slaughter' and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1857
Extent:
1 item