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11. Add MS 52979 N

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‘Where’s Brown?, or, Brown, Jones and Robinson in Brighton’ ('Has anyone seen Mr Brown?'), farce in one act. Licence sent 9 February 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton on 12 February 1859. Nicoll confuses this farce with Add, 52989 E, ‘Has anybody seen Mrs Brown?’, attributin...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1859
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1 item

12. Add MS 52979 O

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‘Cromwell, or, The conspiracy’, drama in three acts by F. L. Phillips. Licence sent 10 February 1859 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a biblical reference be omitted. Cover bound in unidentified French newspaper. Keywords: English Civil Wa...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1859
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1 item

13. Add MS 52979 J

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‘I’ve written to Browne’ (altered from 'A needless stratagem'), farce in one act by T. J. WilliaMS Licence sent 29 January 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Letter from M. E. Conway to the Examiner regarding the title change bound in with front cover. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 lists it as a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
29 Jan 1859
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1 item

14. Add MS 52979 H

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‘Jasper Roseblade, or, The dark deed in the woods', 'founded on the celebrated picture by A. Solomon Esqr. in the Royal Academy entitled "Waiting for the verdict" '.; drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 January 1859 for performance at the City of London. ‘License copy for Messrs. Johnson and ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1859
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1 item

15. Add MS 52979 D

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‘Ben Lightwave, or, The foundling of the sea’ ('The foundling of the sea, or, The outcast son'), drama in two acts by A. Rayner. Possibly imperfect. Licence sent 13 January 1859 for performance at the Victoria on 10 January 1859. Listed in Nicoll as ‘The foundling of the sea, or, The outcast...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1859
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1 item

16. Add MS 52979 Q

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‘Zaida the pearl of Granada’, opera in four acts by O. Summers, music by W. M. Lutz. Licence sent 12 February 1859 for performance at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool on 14 February 1859. Signed Mr. R. Copeland, manager. Final page signed J. L. Angel, copyist. Detailed stage directions and...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1859
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1 item

17. Add MS 52979 A

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‘The Borgia ring’, drama in two acts by A. R. Slous. Licence sent 5 January 1859 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Cover signed Benjamin Webster. Eighteenth century settings, Salisbury, wills, inheritance, orphans, family relationships, treason, Jacobites, balls, lower-class characters, b...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1859
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1 item

18. Add MS 52979 K

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‘A dream and a reality, or, The jewel casket’, drama in three acts by Henry Shield. Licence sent 31 January 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. Contains numerous cuts and amendments in pencil and ink. Keywords: wards, courtship, servants, debt, Irish characters, dr...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1859
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1 item

19. Add MS 52979 T

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‘Man's evil spirit’, drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 24 February 1859 for performance at the Queens. Final page signed W. E. Suter. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit all oaths. Contains unusually detailed stage directions. Keywords: stagecraft, lawyers,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1859
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1 item

20. Add MS 52979 E

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‘The lord and the lout’, drama in three acts, by W. H. Pitt. Licence sent 17 January 1859 for performance at the Victoria on 24 January 1859. Cover signed J. J. Towers. Based on the novel, ‘Transmutation, or, The Lord and the Lout’, by ‘N. or M.’, i.e. Mrs Catherine G. F. Gore, 1854. Keywor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1859
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1 item