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11. Add MS 52993 D

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'The champion's belt, or, The ring and its moral', 'a drama of the times, written to discountenance the brutal practice of prize-fighting', in two acts, possibly by W. Travers. Licence sent 8 May 1860 for performance at the City of London Theatre. See Add. 52991 C, 52992 L and 52993 B. Base...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 May 1860
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1 item

12. Add MS 52993 L

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Thrice married (A personation piece), farce in one act by H. M. Paul. Licence sent 16 May 1860 for performance at the Princess's. Printed, possibly the Lacy's edition. Published in Lacy's, vol. 45, no. 665, as A personation piece. This is an English version of the play La femme aux oeufs d...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 May 1860
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1 item

13. Add MS 52993 Q

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'Appearances', comedy in two acts by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 25 May 1860 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy's, vol. 47, no. 692. Keywords: artists, painting, shopkeepers, lodgers, class, babies, concealed identity, inheritance, family relationships, adoptive parents, lette...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1860
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1 item

14. Add MS 52993 G

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'Deeds of darkness', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 8 May 1860 for performance at the Queen's on 12 May 1860. Cover signed C. J. James. Each act signed W. E. Suter. Cuts made in ink. Acts bound in reverse order. Contains words to songs. Keywords: treason, political revolu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1860
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1 item

15. Add MS 52993 M

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'Shoals and quicksands of youth, or, Deeds and doings in the world of London', drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 22 May 1860 for performance at the Victoria on 4 June 1860. Note of application for licence signed 'I. Cohen' for J. Johnson Towers, the theatre manager. On cover page....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1860
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1 item

16. Add MS 52993 P

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'The house in the valley', drama in three acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 25 May 1860 for performance at the Grecian Saloon on 28 May. Text bears name of B. Conquest, manager. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that two biblical references be omitted. Keywords: rural sett...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1860
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1 item

17. Add MS 52993 O

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'So the world goes', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 24 May 1860 for performance at the Effingham Saloon. Name of Morris Abrahams, the theatre manager, noted on cover. Unusual underlining of stage directions in ink in Act One, Scene four. Act Two copied and signed by W. E. Su...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1860
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1 item

18. Add MS 52993 A

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Le demi-monde, comedy in five acts by Alexandre Dumas fils. Printed (Michel Levy Frères; 6ème éd., 1855). French. Licence refused 24 May 1860. First performed at the Gymnase-Dramatique, Paris, 20 March 1855. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 52703 or ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
24 May 1860
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1 item

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'It's an ill wind that blows nobody good', comedy in three acts by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 12 May 1860 for performance at the Adelphi. Cover of each act signed John Oxenford. List of actors' names next to dramatis personae on front and back cover. Cuts made in ink. Keywords: Stock Exchan...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1860
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1 item

20. Add MS 52993 I

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'Le mariage aux lanternes', operetta in one act by MM. Michel Carré and Léon Battu (for the music by J. Offenbach.) French. Licence sent 10 May 1860 for performance at the Lyceum. MS in French. First performed in a concert version as 'Le trésor à Mathurin' at the Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, 1...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
10 May 1860
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1 item