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8351. Add MS 52988 T

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‘Harlequin Billy Taylor and the fairies of the elfin grove’, pantomime by Thomas Mowbray. Licence sent 23 December 1859 for performance at the Soho Theatre. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a line of text be omitted. Includes comic scenes ‘invented and under the entire di...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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23 Dec 1859
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1 item

8352. Add MS 52996 M

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'The lost bride of Garryowen, or, St. Patrick's eve', drama in two acts by Charles Horsman "from Gerald Griffin's novel of The Collegians". Licence sent 30 October 1860 for performance at the Queen's, Manchester. For other versions of the story, see Add. 52995 B and T, 53002 M, 53003 S, 53005...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1860
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1 item

8353. Add MS 53004 J

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Souvenirs de voyage, comedy in one act by Amédée Archard. Printed.(Michel Lévy Frères; Bibliotheque dramatique , 1853.) French. Licence sent 18 May 1861 for performance at the St James’s. First performed at the Française, Paris, 16 March 1853. Publisher’s advertisement on front and back c...
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Western Manuscripts
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French
Date Range:
18 May 1861
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1 item

8354. Add MS 53012 L

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'Fashionable intelligence', comedy in three acts by John Oxenford. Licence sent 14 March 1862 for performance at the Olympic. Cuts in ink. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records that, "the title of this comedy was subsequently changed to that of 'The world of fashion' ". From the French drama 'Les...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1862
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1 item

8355. Add MS 53015 N

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'Barrington, or, A hundred years ago' ('Barrington, the gentleman pickpocket'), drama in two acts by F. Marchant. Licence sent 18 August 1862 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted in the text. Long printed excerpt of text glued diagonally across the front c...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1862
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1 item

8356. Add MS 53020 C

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"Brumley’s wife"; or, the "sensation scene" ', farce in one act by Miss Eliza Sturrock. Licence sent 17 February 1863 for performance at the Princess's, Glasgow. Initials "E.O.S." on front cover. No attribution given in Nicoll. ff. i + 29. Eliza O. Sturrock, writer of plays: Plays by, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1863
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1 item

8357. Add MS 53025 U

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'The scarlett letter, or, Lost in the snow' (altered from 'Lover's leap; or, Lost in the snow') (al. 'The scarlet letter, or, The branded brow'), domestic drama in three acts by A. Rayner. Licence sent 30 September 1863 for performance at the Grecian. Front cover of final act explains title ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1863
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1 item

8358. Add MS 53028 BB

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'Fanchette', musical farce by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 31 December 1863 for performance at the Royal English Opera,Covent Garden, for performance on 4 January 1864. Fragile MS. Identifies W. Harrison. Attributed to W. C. Levey in Nicoll. ff. 37. John Maddison Morton, dramatist: Plays b...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1863
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1 item

8359. Add MS 53028 G

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'Harlequin Dick Whittington and his cat', pantomime by Robert Soutar. Licence sent 19 December 1863 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. Signed Henry [illegible], lessee. Cues and minor corrections added in pencil. ff. 47. Robert Soutar, the younger; actor and dramatist: Plays b...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1863
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1 item

8360. Add MS 53028 L

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'Jolly King Christmas, or, Harlequin Jack and the Giant and the beanstalk', pantomime by F. Marchant. No details of licence sent for performance at Marylebone, but LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the date of licence as 22 December 1863. Cut front cover. MS written in more than one hand. ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1863
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1 item