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11. Add MS 52974 P

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'Never reckon your chickens before they are hatched', comedy or drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 31 May 1858 for performance at the Grecian Saloon. Cover signed Ro Conquest. Keywords: eighteenth century settings, death, servants, inheritance, law and the legal profession, famil...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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31 May 1858
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1 item

12. Add MS 52974 C

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'Marriage—a lottery', comedy in two acts by Charles Dance. Licence sent 17 May 1858 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy's, vol. 36, no. 526. Keywords: family relationships, servants, letters. ff. 28. Charles Dance, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1858.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17 May 1858
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1 item

13. Add MS 52974 G

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'Love and crime, or, The fatal passion', 'drama of intense interest' in three acts by J. M. Kingdom. Licence sent 20 May 1858 for performance at the Royal Grecian 24 May 1858. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. Keywords: Spain, Spanish interest, aristocracy, family re...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 May 1858
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1 item

14. Add MS 52974 S

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Luisa Miller, opera in three acts, for the music by G. Verdi. Printed, with MS additions. Italian, with facing English translation by C. Jefferys. Licence sent 12 June 1858 for performance at Her Majesty's Theatre. Songs and music included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipula...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1858
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1 item

15. Add MS 52974 R

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'The flower of the flock', drama in three acts, adapted from the story by P. Egan. Licence sent 12 June 1858 for performance at the Victoria. Request for licence written by Isaac Cohen. Cover signed Wm. Thompson Townsend. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1858
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1 item

16. Add MS 52974 I

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'La fille du regiment, or, The daughter of the regiment', opera in two acts, adapted by Horace Wigan. Licence sent 20 May 1858 for performance at the Standard. 'The property of Miss Rebecca Isaacs, 96 New Bond Street' written on cover. The original libretto for Donizetti's music was written ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1858
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1 item

17. Add MS 52974 B

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'Clean your boots', farce in one act by J. Bruton. Licence sent 8 May 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Final page bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick. Keywords: poverty, politicians, London, working class characters, science and technology. ff. 18. James Bruton, songwriter and d...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1858
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1 item

18. Add MS 52974 N

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'The bride of Abydos, or, The prince, the pirate and the pearl', 'original oriental burlesque extravaganza' by Henry J. Byron. Licence sent 26 May 1858 for performance at the Strand. Final page signed 'B. T. Fairbrother, 11 Little Queen Street, High Holborn, W.C, copyist'. LCO Day Book Add. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1858
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1 item

19. Add MS 52974 L

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'Dying for love', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 24 May 1858 for performance at the Princess's. Nicoll cites 28 June 1858 as the date of production. Published in Lacy's, vol. 36, no. 536. Keywords: doctors and medicine, food and dining, travel, illness. ff. 17. John Maddis...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1858
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1 item

20. Add MS 52974 M

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'Going to the bad', original comedy in two acts by "John Roakes" (i.e., Tom Taylor). Licence sent 24 May 1858 for performance at the Olympic. Actors' names listed alongside the dramatis personae. Revisions and annotations throughout text. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 37, no. 541. Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1858
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1 item