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11. Add MS 52983 L

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‘The buccaneer’s wife’ (‘The buccaneer’s wife, or, The siege of Dunkerque’), drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Date of licence not given; to be performed on 4 July 1859 at the Grecian. Keywords: French settings, servants, sailors, navy, dreams, letters, illegitimacy, war, orphans, spies, se...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859
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1 item

12. Add MS 52983 Q

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‘A village story, or, The shadows, and sunshine of life’, drama in two acts.. Licence sent 8 July 1859 for performance at the benefit of S. J. Sidney, on 13 July 1859 at the Britannia. Cover signed S. J. Sidney. Back cover signed F. Marchant. Authorship can probably be attributed to Marchan...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1859
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1 item

13. Add MS 52983 E

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‘Mervyn Clitheroe, or, There’s many a slip between cup and lip’, drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 9 June 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Adapted from the serialisation ‘Mervyn Clitheroe’, by W. Harrison Ainsworth. Keywords: literary adaptations, inheritance, wills, medi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1859
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1 item

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‘Ivanhoe’, drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 4 June 1859 for performance at the Queen’s. Signed W. E. Suter at end of acts one and two (crossed out in ink at end of act two). Signed G. Hastings, copyists. Cuts crossed out in ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1859
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1 item

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‘A school for coquettes’, comedietta in two acts by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 4 July 1859 to be performed on 9 July 1859 at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 610. Keywords: aristocracy, artists, widows, flirtation, disguise, servants, urban/rural contrast, marital separation, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
4 Jul 1859
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1 item

16. Add MS 52983 T

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‘Cartouche, or, The six escapes of a robber’, drama in three acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 11 July 1859 for performance at the City of London Theatre. See also Add. 52997 C. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 76, no. 1031. Considerable variation between the MS and Lacy’s versions. Keywords: Fre...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1859
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1 item

17. Add MS 52983 R

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‘Never judge by appearances’, a drawing room opera in one act by Henri Drayton, music composed by E. J. Loder. Licence sent 8 July 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Contains words to songs. Keywords: music, marital relationships, divorce, concealed identity, letters. ff. 24. Henri Dray...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1859
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1 item

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‘The contested election’ al. 'The election', comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 23 June 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Amended in MS to shorter title, under which it also appears in the LCO Day Book Add. 52703. MS contains detailed stage directions, diagr...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1859
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1 item

19. Add MS 52983 W

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‘The children in the woods, or, The fairy birds of the forest’, extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 18 July 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. MS signed Henry J. Byron but attributed to E. L. Blanchard in Nicoll. Numerous cuts and additions in ink. Some actors' names pencilled in next t...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1859
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1 item

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‘The eve of St. John, or, The water spirit and the magic axe’, drama in two acts by William Seaman. Licence sent 9 June 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Keywords: German settings, Spanish influence, legends, superstition, dance, ballet, mothers, sons, spirits, festivals, nobility, wate...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1859
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1 item