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11. Add MS 52968 W

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'Pedrillo, or, A search for two fathers', drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Marylebone 16 November 1857. Cover of each act signed J. B. Johnstone. Acts appear to have been posted separately to the Lord Chamberlain’s Office by George Cla...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
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1 item

12. Add MS 52968 X

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'Lime Tree Chateau', drama in three acts. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Marylebone the same day. Keywords: aristocracy, French influence, festival and celebration, poverty, Paris, dance, doctors and medicine, sport, entertainment, illness, murder. ff. 49. London; Secul...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
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1 item

13. Add MS 52968 U

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'Deadly reports', comedietta in one act by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 19 October 1857 for performance at the Olympic 26 October 1857. Cover signed ‘Lessees Messrs. Robson and W.S. Emden.’ Keywords: the supernatural, widows, ghosts, law and the legal profession, military. ff. 17. London; S...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1857
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1 item

14. Add MS 52968 V

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'The drapery question, or, Who's for India', apropos sketch in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 28 October 1857. ‘Proprietor, Benjamin Webster’ written on title page. Includes some later additions to text. Includes songs. Keywords: fashio...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
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1 item

15. Add MS 52968 D

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'Our traviata', burlesque in one act by W. F. Vandervell. Licence sent 5 September 1857 for performance at the Surrey 14 September 1857. Cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Songs included in MS. For other versions see Add. 52966 R, 52967 T, and 52968 B. Keywords: literature and lit...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1857
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1 item

16. Add MS 52968 S

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'The war trail, or, The white horse of the prairie', grand Mexican equestrian spectacle in three acts by W. T. Townsend. Licence sent 15 October 1857 for performance at Astley's.Royal Amphitheatre. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager, and W. West, stage manager. Keywords: Mexico, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1857
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1 item

17. Add MS 52968 A

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'What will they say at Brompton?', farce in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 31 August 1857 for performance at the Olympic 23 November 1857. Cover signed Stirling Coyne but crossed out. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Revisions throughout text. LCO Day Book Add. 53073...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1857
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1 item

18. Add MS 52968 R

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Wanted, an errand boy; or, Maid of all work, farce in one act (not translated from the French) by James Bruton. Printed. Licence sent 15 October 1857 for performance at the Surrey the same day. Cover signed Mr. N. Smith, acting manager. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1857
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1 item

19. Add MS 52968 K

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'The phantom brides', farce in one act by L. S. Buckingham. Licence sent 30 September 1857 for performance at the Strand 1 October 1857. Cover signed Leicester Buckingham, 14 Clements Inn. Keywords: poverty, theatre, German characters, family relationships, French characters, dance. ff. 53....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1857
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1 item

20. Add MS 52968 Z

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Il ritorno di Columella, melodrama buffo in three acts. Printed. Italian. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the St James’s. Publisher's list at back. Keywords; Italian settings, doctors, servants, peasants, weddings, letters, Padua, familiy relationships, madhouses, madness, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
Extent:
1 item