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21. Add MS 52941 J

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'Three cheers for charity, or, A night’s wonders!', petit drama in one act, written for, and presented to, the Spitalfields Benevolent Society under the patronage of the Knights of Trafalgar, by Andrew Campbell. Licence sent 2 July 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 6 July 1853. Signe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1853
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1 item

22. Add MS 52941 R

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'What! No cab?!!', a ‘striking sketch’ in one act by Capt. H. R. Addison. Licence sent 5 August 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 8 August 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Keywords: literature and literary reference, elopement, working class characters, dis...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1853
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1 item

23. Add MS 52941 M

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'Sardanapalus, or, The fast king of Assyria', burlesque in one act by G. Abbott à Beckett and Mark Lemon. Licence sent 16 July 1853 for performance at the Adelphi 21 July 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Keywords: aristocracy, polygamy, literature and literar...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1853
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1 item

24. Add MS 52941 A

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Louise de Lignerolles, drama in five acts by Prosper Dinaux and Ernest Legouvé. Printed (Paris; Tresse, 1852). French. Licence sent 18 June 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre Français 6 June 1838. Publishers' advertising at back. For an Engl...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
18 Jun 1853
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1 item

25. Add MS 52941 S

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'The chevalier de St George!', a drama in two acts adapted by C. A. Somerset from the French of ‘Monsieur Mélesville’ (i.e. Baron A. H. J. Duveyrier) and Roger de Beauvoix. Licence sent 16 August 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 22 August 1853. Stage directions and speaking cues und...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1853
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1 item

26. Add MS 52941 H

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Benvenuto Cellini, lyric play in three acts (for the music by Hector Berlioz). Printed (Brettell, n.d.). Libretto (by L. de Wailly and A. Barbier) in Italian with English translation. Licence sent 25 June 1853 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. Passages to be omitted...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
25 Jun 1853
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1 item