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21. Add MS 52950 G

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'Bona fide travellers, a romance of the new Beer Bill', dramatic sketch in one act by William Brough. Licence sent 27 October 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 30 October 1854. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 239. Keywords: pub...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1854
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1 item

22. Add MS 52950 Y

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'A comical countess', farce in one act by William Brough. Licence sent 24 November 1854 for performance at the Lyceum 27 November 1854. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vol. 52, no. 769. Keywords: aristocracy, French influence, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1854
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1 item

23. Add MS 52950 F

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Additional act and introduced speeches in the drama of ‘Edward the Black Prince'. Licence sent 26 October 1854 for performance at the Queen's, 30 October 1854. Signed by C. J. James. Keywords: festival and celebration, Spanish influence, prison and prisoners, kidnapping, military, aristocrac...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1854
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1 item

24. Add MS 52950 H

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'The battle of the Alma', grand military spectacle in two acts by J. H. Stocqueler. Licence sent 21 October 1854 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 23 October 1854. Signed by William Cooke, lessee and manager and W. West, stage manager. Songs included in Add. MS 52952 W. Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1854
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1 item

25. Add MS 52950 K

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'Paul Periwinkle, or, The horrors of the press gang', drama in two acts adapted from the popular nautical work of the same name by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 31 October 1854 for performance at the City of London the same day. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 537...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1854
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1 item

26. Add MS 52950 S

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Le premier coup de Canif, comédie-vaudeville in two acts by ‘MM. Anicet-Bourgeois et Édouard Brisebarre’ (i.e. A. A. Bourgeois and É. L. A. Brisebarre). Printed (Paris; Théâtre contemporain illustré, n.d.). French. Licence sent 14 November 1854 for performance at the Soho Theatre. Original ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
14 Nov 1854
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1 item

27. Add MS 52950 Z

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'Pierre the foundling', drama in two acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 2 December 1854 for performance at the Adelphi 7 December 1854. Request for licence written in a hand that appears to be Benjamin Webster's. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the words 'Lord' and 'O...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1854
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1 item

28. Add MS 52950 E

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'Who's a traveller?' farce in one act by J. Howard and F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 25 October 1854 for performance at the Strand 1 November 1854. Signed on back cover. Keywords: transport, travel, pubs and inns, debt and its consequences. ff. 17. Frederick Fox Cooper, dramatist and newspape...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1854
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1 item

29. Add MS 52950 N

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'Where's Cruvelli?' farce in one act by J. Howard and F. F. Cooper. Licence sent 6 November 1854 for performance at the Strand the same day. Signed. Keywords: theatre, French influence, working women, London, musicians, science and technology. ff. 13. Frederick Fox Cooper, dramatist and ne...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1854
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1 item

30. Add MS 52950 O

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Un mari qui prend du ventre, comédie-vaudeville in one act by ‘MM. Labiche et Marc-Michel’ (i.e., E. Labiche and M. A. A. Michel). Printed (Paris; Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1854). French. Licence sent 6 November 1854 for performance at the Soho 9 November 1854. Original firs...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Nov 1854
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1 item