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21. Add MS 52964 T

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'A wicked wife', comedy in one act by John Courtney. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 16 February 1857. Some revisions to text. Published in Lacy's, vol. 30, no. 445. Keywords: French influence, Revolutionary France, family relationships, revolution, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
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1 item

22. Add MS 52964 A

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'Bird in hand', drama in three acts by F. L. Phillips. Licence sent 2 January 1857 for performance at the Surrey 19 January 1857. List of dramas licensed in January 1857 bound in with this MS. Keywords: eighteenth-century settings, military, servants, death, Yorkshire, inheritance, landlords...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1857
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1 item

23. Add MS 52964 V

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'A sheep in wolf's clothing', domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Olympic 19 February 1857. Revisions throughout the text. Published in Lacy's, vol. 37, no. 549. Keywords: the press, execution, treason, murder, Restoration England, Some...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
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1 item

24. Add MS 52964 Z

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'My friend from Leatherhead', farce in one act by N. H. Harrington and E. Yates. Licence sent 8 April 1857 for performance at the Lyceum 23 February 1857. Published in Lacy's, vol. 30, no. 437. Keywords: Pop Goes the Weasel, speculation, entertainment, working class characters. ff. 17. N. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1857
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1 item

25. Add MS 52964 O

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'Ding dong Will, or, The Ashbrooke blacksmith', village tale in one act, founded on a story in the Christmas number of Household Words. Licence sent 10 February 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Nicoll gives the date of the first performance ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1857
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1 item

26. Add MS 52964 B

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'A night at Notting Hill', farcical sketch in one act by N. H. Harrington and E. Yates. Licence sent 17 January 1857 for performance at the Adelphi 5 January 1857. Request for licence signed Benjamin Webster. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy's, vol. 29, no. 428. Keywords: Notting Hi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1857
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1 item

27. Add MS 52964 Q

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The black book, romantic drama in three acts, altered and adapted from the French by G. C. Bentinck and J. P. Simpson. Printed (1856). Licence sent 7 April 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 2 February 1857. Actors' names listed alongside dramatis personae. Listed in Nico...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1857
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1 item

28. Add MS 52964 U

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'The marble bride, or, Nymphs of the forrest', magical drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 1 March 1857 for performance at the Britannia Saloon that month. Published in Lacy's, vol. 32, no. 479. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural creatures, German influence, rustics, spo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1857
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1 item

29. Add MS 52964 E

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'Ruth Oakley', drama in three acts by A. G. Harris. Licence sent 17 January 1857 for performance at the Marylebone 15 January 1857. Published in Lacy's, vol. 29, no. 431. Attributed in Nicoll jointly to Harris and T. J. Williams. Keywords: working class characters, trains and rail travel, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item