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21. Add MS 52953 U

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'George Vernet, or, The life of a cabman', drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 2 April 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 9 April 1855. Signed with unidentifiable signature. Signed by Ro. Conquest, manager. The script is addressed to W. B. Donne, London Library, St. Ja...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1855
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1 item

22. Add MS 52953 O

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'Past midnight', farce in one act by G. Conquest. Licence sent 26 March 1855 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 24 March 1855. Elaborate description of setting. Nicoll does not attribute this play to Conquest. Keywords: bachelors. ff. 23. George Augustus Conquest, acrobat, pantomimist,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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26 Mar 1855
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1 item

23. Add MS 52953 Y

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'The falling star, or, Poor Andrew of the Tyrol', “drama of interest” in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 13 April 1855 for performance at the City of London 13 April 1855. Signed by Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: French influence...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Apr 1855
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1 item

24. Add MS 52953 C

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'It runs in the family', farce in one act by C. C. Harding. Licence sent 2 March 1855 for performance at the Marylebone 5 March 1855. Signed by J. William Wallack, manager. Keywords: disguise, debt and its consequences, crime. ff. 19. Charles Colbert Harding, writer of plays: London. Secula...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1855
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1 item

25. Add MS 52953 S

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'The new (Hay-) market spring meeting', extravaganza in one act by J. R. Planché. Licence sent 31 March 1855 for performance at the Haymarket 9 April 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 22, no. 317. Keywords: thea...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1855
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1 item

26. Add MS 52953 X

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'King Queer and his daughters three', extravaganza burlesque in one act by J. Halford and C. J. Collins. Licence sent 4 April 1855 for performance at the Strand 9 April 1855. Songs included in MS. Keywords: literature and literary reference, family relationships, aristocracy, London, suicide...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1855
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1 item

27. Add MS 52953 F

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'Betty Martin' ('The clockmaker's hat'), farce in one act by T. W. Robertson, based on ‘Le chapeau d’un horologer’ by Mme. Emile de Girardin. Licence sent 5 March 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 12 March 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Later performed at...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1855
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1 item

28. Add MS 52953 M

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'The cricket on the hearth', drama in one act and three tableaux adapted from Dickens's Christmas tale by Joseph Halford. Licence sent 16 March 1855 for performance at the Strand 19 March 1855. Keywords: literature and literary reference, festivals and celebration, working class characters, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1855
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1 item