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11. Add MS 53008 H

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'A terrible secret', farce in one act by F. S. Coyne. Licence sent 26 October 1861 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Signed E. J. Smith, lessee. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 782. ff. 29. Joseph Stirling Coyne, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1864: Partly incomplet...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Oct 1861
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1 item

12. Add MS 53008 L

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'Is it the king?' (altered from 'King or queen?'), drama in two acts by T. L. Greenwood. Licence sent 6 November 1861 for performance at the Strand. ff. 21. Thomas Langdon Greenwood, dramatist and theatre manager: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1861
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1 item

13. Add MS 53008 A

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'Ruy Blas', grand opera in four acts by William H. Glover. Licence sent 16 October 1861 for performance at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, on 21 October. Based on the play by Victor Hugo. Cover signed W. Harrison, manager. Cues and stage directions underlined in red ink. Contains w...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1861
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14. Add MS 53008 N

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'Peep o' day, or, Savourneen Deelish', drama in four acts by Edmund Falconer. Licence sent 7 November 1861 for performance at the Lyceum 11 November 1861. Nicoll cites an untraced Lacy’s edition. It was privately printed by an unknown London publisher. ff. 93. Edmund Falconer, theatre-mana...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1861
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1 item

15. Add MS 53008 F

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'The widow's sons', drama in two acts by J. H. Wilkins. Licence sent 26 October 1861 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted on script. Numerous cuts in pencil. ff. 53. John Henry Wilkins, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1866.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1861
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1 item

16. Add MS 53008 D

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'Cora, or, The octoroon slave of Louisiana', drama in five acts by J. T. Douglass. Licence sent 25 October 1861 for performance at the Pavilion. ff. 59. John Thomas Douglass, called 'James Willing'; actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1861-1867: Partly incomplete.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1861
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1 item

17. Add MS 53008 O

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'Our American cousin', comic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent November 1861 for performance at the Haymarket, but a note on the back of the title page includes both the name of the manager Benjamin Webster, and the date October 6th 1852. It is just possible that this is the text ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1861
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1 item

18. Add MS 53008 I

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'The octoroon', drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 28 October 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. First performed at the Winter Garden, New York on 6 December 1859. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 65, no. 963. Keywords: slaves, judges, America, family relationships, mixed-race ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1861
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1 item

19. Add MS 53008 C

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'Wooing one's wife', comedietta in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 18 October 1861 for performance at the Olympic. Actors’ names listed next to dramatis personæ in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 52, no. 778. Bound with two songs, ff. 34-36: 'Mama won't buy me out', by William Broug...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1861
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1 item