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8301. Add MS 52971 T

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'The stock exchange, or, The green business', farce in one act by Charles Dance. Licence sent 12 February 1858 for performance at the Princess's 5 April 1858. Keywords: speculation, widows, food and dining, gambling, businessmen. ff. 18. Charles Dance, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1858
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1 item

8302. Add MS 52974 H

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'The white palfrey, or, The wild boar of the fens' ('Roland and his steed'), equestrian spectacle in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 21 May 1858 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre 24 May 1858. Cover signed William Cooke, lessee and manager and W. West, stage manager. Not listed i...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
21 May 1858
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1 item

8303. Add MS 52975 T

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'What's your game?' comedietta in one act by James Bruton. Licence sent 13 September 1858 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the words "a lamb to the slaughter" be omitted. Revisions added in pencil. Keywords: wards, upper class characters, se...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1858
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1 item

8304. Add MS 52976 G

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'A woman's heart, or, The prisoner of Pignerol' al. 'Life's revenge, or, Two loves for one heart', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 12 October 1858 for performance at the Grecian Saloon. A note on the title page records that the title was changed to the second listed by request ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1858
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1 item

8305. Add MS 52977 G

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'King Comet and Prince Quicksilver, or, Harlequin 'All the world and his wife', pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 20 December 1858 for performance at the City of London. Cover bears names of Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. Revisions and pencilled-in cues throughout text. 'Nelson Lee, 4 ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1858
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1 item

8306. Add MS 52977 L

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'Handy, pandy – sugar and candy, which hand will you have, or, Harlequin Orpheus and his magic lute', original pantomime opening by J. Dolphin. Licence sent 22 December 1858 for performance at the Pavilion. The original title has been so heavily crossed out in ink that only a very few words ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1858
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1 item

8307. Add MS 52977 O

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'Harlequin Baron Munchausen and his comical cream cob cruiser, or, The queen of the fairy steeds' haunt', pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 21 December 1858 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a phrase about the Lord Mayor be omit...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1858
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1 item

8308. Add MS 52994 W

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'The "Queen's" Rifles' (altered from 'The bloomer costume'), farce in one act. Licence sent 13 August 1860 for performance at the Queen's. Signed C. J. James. Contains words for songs. Keywords: servants, feminism, women and military, marital relationships, shopkeepers, music, cross-dressin...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1860
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1 item

8309. Add MS 53018 AA

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'The Duke’s motto' ('The Duke's daughter, or, The hunchback of Paris' al. The Duke's crest') prologue and drama in three acts by J. Brougham. Licence sent 31 December 1862 for performance at the Lyceum. Also indicates licensed by Lord Chamberlain 3 January 1863. MS written in more than one h...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1862
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1 item

8310. Add MS 53038 EE

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Harlequin Gulliver and his wife, or, Three kings, the seven cyclops, and the fairy fauns of the living waters.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1864 for performance at the Adelphi Theatre, Liverpool. Printed by W. McCall, Cartwright Place, Byrom Street, Liverpool. (n.d.). Mr W. S. Branson noted as the sole lessee of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and Nicol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
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18 folios.