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8041. Add MS 52994 A

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'Handy Andy, or, The lost heir', drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 June 1860 for performance at the Standard. Described as 'a new Irish comic drama … dramatised from S. Lover's tale of that name by Mr Gardiner Coyne, expressly for his own use and performance thereof …', signed by Gardiner Co...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1860
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1 item

8042. Add MS 52996 A

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'John Wapps, or, From information I received', farce in one act by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 13 October 1860 for performance at the Surrey. Front cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit a line of text. Published in Lacy's, vol. 49,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1860
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1 item

8043. Add MS 52997 L

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'Adrienne de Baussé' ('Adrienne, or, The secret of a life'), drama in three acts by Henry T. Leslie. Licence sent 9 November 1860 for performance at the Lyceum. MS written in more than one hand. Entitled, 'Adrienne, or, the secret of a life' in Nicoll, LCO Day Book Add. 52703 and Lacy's, vol...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1860
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1 item

8044. Add MS 52997 R

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'That horrid Biggins', farce in one act by F. Allen. Licence sent 21 November 1860 for performance at the Soho. Cuts marked in ink. Description of costumes. Keywords: courtship, family relationships, salesmen, inheritance, disguise, concealed identity, literature and literary reference, pol...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1860
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1 item

8045. Add MS 52998 C

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The marriage of Georgette (Georgette's wedding), operetta in one act by William Harrison, music by Victor Massé. Printed (Boston, Mass.; J. H. Eastburn, 1855). Licence sent 23 November 1860 for performance at Covent Garden on 24 November 1860. Front cover signed W. Harrison for the Royal Eng...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1860
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1 item

8046. Add MS 52998 J

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'The lion conqueror', oriental spectacle in two acts by W. T. Townsend. Licence sent 29 November 1860 for performance at Astley's on 3 December. Names of William Batty, proprietor and manager and William West, stage manager on front cover. Signed William T. Townsend. Keywords: India, royalt...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1860
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1 item

8047. Add MS 52998 V

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'Ruy Blas', romantic play in four acts by John Colman. Licence sent 12 December 1860 for performance at the Adelphi, Sheffield. MS written in more than one hand. Penny red stamps and Bradford postmark on back cover. For other versions, see Add. 52995 W, 52998 V, 53000 A, and 53008 A. Keywo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1860
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1 item

8048. Add MS 52999 N

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'Harlequin Sindbad (sic) the sailor, or, The fairy of the diamond valley and the little old man of the sea', pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 19 December 1860 for performance at SadlersWells. Includes comic scenes. ff. 15. Francis George Cheatham: Plays by, submitted for licence: ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1860
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1 item

8049. Add MS 53002 D

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'Adversity, or, The rough road tests the mettle', drama in two acts by T. Mead. Licence sent 17 March 1861 for performance at the Grecian on 21 March 1861. Signed B. Conquest, manager. Numerous cues, cuts and amendments in ink including substantial changes to characters' names. ff. 83. Th...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1861
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1 item

8050. Add MS 53003 A

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'Magloire the prestigiater' (sic) (Jocrisse the juggler), drama in a prologue and three acts by T. W. Robertson. Licence sent 30 March 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. Name of B. Webster noted on title page. Adapted from the French play L’escamoteur, by A. d'Ennery and Jules Bresil, pub...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1861
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1 item