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11. Add MS 52987 I

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‘Harlequin and Robin Redbreast, or, Prince Cock Sparrow’, pantomime by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 25 November 1859 for performance at the Queen’s, Manchester. Signed by the copyist J. H. Doyne (?), Manchester. Contains words for songs. Keywords: forest settings, animals, popular song, r...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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25 Nov 1859
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12. Add MS 52987 C

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‘Paris and pleasure! or, Home and happiness’, 'drama fantastique' in four acts by C. Selby. Licence sent 17 November 1859 for performance at the Lyceum on 28 November 1859. Signed Celeste Elliott, sole lessee. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the theatre licensee should '...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17 Nov 1859
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1 item

13. Add MS 52987 H

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‘Shameful behaviour’, comedietta in two acts by A. C. Troughton. Licence sent 23 November 1859 for performance at the Strand. Contains words for a song. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 639. Keywords: French character names, hotels, widows, servants, flirting, military, letters, nationali...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Nov 1859
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1 item

14. Add MS 52987 E

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‘Paul Clifford, or, The ladies' pet’, 'burlesque operatic drama founded on Bulwer Lytton’s novel of the same name' in one act by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 19 November 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: public houses, literary adaptation...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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19 Nov 1859
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1 item

15. Add MS 52987 F

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‘The chatter-box’, comedietta in two acts by Blanchard Jerrold. Licence sent 22 November 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. Keywords: servants, fashion, gossip, family relationships, drinking and drunkenness, food and eating, courtship, marital relationships. ff. 46. William Blanchard...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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22 Nov 1859
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1 item

16. Add MS 52987 D

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‘A base imposter' al. ‘A bass imposter’, comedietta in one act by Horace Wigan. Licence sent 23 November 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Contains various set designs, stage positions, cues, properties list and pencilled-in cast list. Keywords: music, servants, French character names, mu...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1859
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1 item

17. Add MS 52987 N

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‘The tempter’, drama in three acts by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 1 December 1859 for performance at the City of London. Keywords: gambling, debt, India, family relationships, military, navy, superstition, ghosts, robbery, murder, burglary, disguise, inheritance, duelling, disabled characters, i...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1859
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1 item

18. Add MS 52987 O

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‘Harlequin and the little mouse who built his house in a Christmas cake’, pantomime by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 14 December 1859 for performance at the Marylebone. Includes comic scenes. Front cover signed J. Cave, lessee, comic scenes signed Harry Bolton. Keywords: food, drinking, fai...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1859
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1 item

19. Add MS 52987 P

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‘Victorine’, opera in three acts by Edmund Falconer, music by A. Mellon. Licence sent 14 December 1859 for performance at Covent Garden on 19 December 1859. Extensive cuts noted in ink. Contains words to songs. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, French character names and settings, pove...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1859
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1 item

20. Add MS 52987 Q

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‘Puss in boots’, pantomime by J. V. Bridgeman. Licence sent 14 December 1859 for performance at Covent Garden on 26 December 1859. Stage directions underlined in red ink. Bound with three separate sets of comic scenes: ‘A perfectly original comic scene, Lion Inn and (?) pawnbrokers’, by Nels...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1859
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1 item