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21. Add MS 52954 CC

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Les droits d'homme, comédie in two acts by Jules de Prémaray. Printed (1855). French. Licence sent 7 July 1855 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Odéon 6 November 1854. Signed by J. Mitchell. Publisher's list on back cover. Keywords: politicians, widows...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
Date Range:
7 Jul 1855
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1 item

22. Add MS 52954 Q

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'Only a halfpenny', farce in one act by John Oxenford. Licence sent 31 May 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 31 May 1855. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 22, no. 329. Keywords: festivals and celebration, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 May 1855
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1 item

23. Add MS 52954 U

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'Helping hands', domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 9 June 1855 for performance at the Adelphi 20 June 1855. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 325. Keywords: lodgers and boarding houses, musicians, illness, pove...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1855
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1 item

24. Add MS 52954 Z

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'Buckstone's adventure with a Polish princess', original farce in one act by 'Slingsby Lawrence, Esq.' [i.e. G. H. Lewes]. Licence sent 29 June 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 4 July 1855. 'G. H. Lewes, 7 Clarence Row, East Sheen, Surrey' appears on title page. Some revis...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1855
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1 item

25. Add MS 52954 F

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'The actress of Padua', play in four acts by John Brougham. Licence sent 3 May 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 4 May 1855. First performed at the Broadway, New York 12 May 1852. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records t...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1855
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1 item

26. Add MS 52954 Y

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'The angel at Islington, or, The merrie days of Shakespeare and Queen Bess', romantic and historical drama in two acts by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 25 June 1855 for performance at the Britannia Saloon 5 June 1855. Signed by Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: literature and literary refere...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1855
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1 item

27. Add MS 52954 C

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'Still waters', drama in three acts by 'John Roakes' [i.e., Tom Taylor]. Licence sent 25 April 1855 for performance at the Olympic 14 May 1855. Published in Lacy's, vol. 22, no. 319, under the title ‘Still waters run deep’. Keywords: musicians, literature and literary reference, businessmen,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1855
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1 item

28. Add MS 52954 W

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Deux profonds scélérats, pochade in one act by C. V. Varin and E. Labiche. Printed (1853). French. Licence sent 14 June 1855 for performance at the St. James’s 15 June 1855. Original first performance at Théâtre du Palais-Royal 24 February 1854. Signed by J. Mitchell. Publisher's advertis...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
14 Jun 1855
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1 item

29. Add MS 52954 J

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'Temptation', drama in three acts by Josh Redworth. Licence sent 16 May 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Birmingham 16 May 1855. Signed by M. H. Simpson. Listed by Nicoll under ‘unknown authors’. Keywords: discipline, pubs and inns, murder, the supernatural, crime. ff. 25. London...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1855
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1 item

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Love's martyrdom, play in five acts by John Saunders. Printed (1854). Licence sent 4 June 1855 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 6 June 1855. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. There are handwritten revisions throughout, as well as those added on separat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1855
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1 item