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11. Add MS 52982 M

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‘Ivanhoe’ (‘The Lists of Ashby, or, The conquests of Ivanhoe’), equestrian spectacle in three acts by F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at Astley’s on 25 April 1859 (Easter Monday). Signed William Cooke, lessee and manager, and R. Phillips, stage manager. MS written in...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Apr 1859
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1 item

12. Add MS 52982 W

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‘A felon’s bond’, drama in three acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 26 May 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 85, no.1266. Keywords: Italian character names, convicts, sailors, ships, prison, widows, doctors, Malta, Portsmouth, Northumberland, death, gambling, debt...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 May 1859
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1 item

13. Add MS 52982 X

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‘Caught by the ears’, farcical extravaganza in one act by C. Selby. Licence sent 28 May 1859 for performance at the Strand. Copied by G. Hastings. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no.604. Lacy’s edition includes musical excerpts for piano and voices. Keywords: music, operatic references, pop...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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28 May 1859
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1 item

14. Add MS 52982 S

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‘Retained for the defence’, farce in one act by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 13 May 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Cuts and amendments in pencil. List of actors’ names next to dramatis personae. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 605. Keywords: lawyers, court, literary references, worki...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 May 1859
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1 item

15. Add MS 52982 O

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‘The cloud of life, or, The blind man of the Pyrenees’, drama in three acts by T. Mead. Licence sent 9 May 1859 for performance at the Grecian. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records a number of stipulations to omit parts of the text. Keywords: Spanish settings and characters, mountain settings, c...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 May 1859
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1 item

16. Add MS 52982 N

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‘Archy Moore, or, The rat of the hold’, drama in three acts by H. Young. Licence sent 2 May 1859 for performance at the Victoria Theatre on 9 May 1859. Signed Isaac Cohen. Based on ‘The slave, or, Memoirs of Archy Moore’, first published by J. H. Eastburn, Boston, 1836. Keywords: Suriname,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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2 May 1859
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1 item

17. Add MS 52982 R

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‘Under a cloud’, drama in two acts with prologue, by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 9 May 1859 for performance at the Effingham. MS in more than one hand. Actors’ names added in pencil to the list of dramatis personae. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a biblical reference...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1859
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1 item

18. Add MS 52982 V

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‘The talking fish’, sketch in one act by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 25 May 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Alteration of the licensed farce ‘Catching a mermaid’, (Olympic, 20 October 1855). LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths and the exclamation ‘Oh, Lord’, be ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 May 1859
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1 item

19. Add MS 52982 A

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‘Under a cloud’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 15 April 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Based on the serialisation ‘Under a cloud’ by Frederick and James Gr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1859
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1 item

20. Add MS 52982 L

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‘Which of the two!’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 23 April 1859 for performance at the Strand. Signed by the copyists E. and J. Hastings. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 40, no. 589. Keywords: Russian settings and characters, military, prison, twins, inns, royalty, concealed id...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1859
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1 item