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8441. Add MS 52969 T

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'King Blusterbubble, and the demon ogre, or, Harlequin Prince Honorbright and the dwarf king of the ruby mines', pantomime by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 14 December 1857 for performance at the Theatre Royal Birmingham the same day. Keywords: harlequinade, fairies and other supernatural crea...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1857
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1 item

8442. Add MS 52969 U

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'Harlequin and the white cat; or, The princess Blanche Flower and her fairy godmother', Christmas pantomime. Licence sent 14 December 1857 for performance at the Princess’s. Songs included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a number of scenes be omitted from the comi...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1857
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1 item

8443. Add MS 52973 E

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'Nothing venture nothing win', comedy in two acts by J. S. Coyne. Licence sent 31 March 1858 for performance at the Strand. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 35, no. 521. Keywords: aristocracy, French influence, eighteenth-century settings, sport, flirtation, food and dining, military, imprison...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1858
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1 item

8444. Add MS 52974 P

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'Never reckon your chickens before they are hatched', comedy or drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 31 May 1858 for performance at the Grecian Saloon. Cover signed Ro Conquest. Keywords: eighteenth century settings, death, servants, inheritance, law and the legal profession, famil...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1858
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1 item

8445. Add MS 52981 Q

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‘Household words, all the year round’, farce by Sydney J. G. French. Licence sent 11 April 1859 for performance at the Lyceum. Keywords: literary reference, eavesdropping, servants, marital relationships, debt, creditors. ff. 18. Sydney French, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1859-18...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1859
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1 item

8446. Add MS 52982 U

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‘A frightful tragedy in Willow Walk’, farce in one act adapted from the French by Thompson Townsend. Licence sent 17 May 1859 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Copy for George W. Simms. French influence, drinking and drunkenness, military, lodgers and boarding houses, servants, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1859
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1 item

8447. Add MS 52983 V

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‘Annie Monksworth, or, The inheritress of a sister’s shame’, drama in two acts by W. Seaman. Licence sent 14 July 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Keywords: sisters, land, tenants, celebrations, wills, appearance, attempted murder, madhouses, London, India, police, babies, poison, secr...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1859
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1 item

8448. Add MS 52985 E

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‘The great Russian bear, or, Another retreat from Moscow’, farce in one act by Thomas Morton. Licence sent 28 September 1859 for performance at the St. James's. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Paste-in and additions in ink in a different hand to mai...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1859
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1 item

8449. Add MS 52987 C

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‘Paris and pleasure! or, Home and happiness’, 'drama fantastique' in four acts by C. Selby. Licence sent 17 November 1859 for performance at the Lyceum on 28 November 1859. Signed Celeste Elliott, sole lessee. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the theatre licensee should '...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1859
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1 item

8450. Add MS 52987 H

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‘Shameful behaviour’, comedietta in two acts by A. C. Troughton. Licence sent 23 November 1859 for performance at the Strand. Contains words for a song. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 43, no. 639. Keywords: French character names, hotels, widows, servants, flirting, military, letters, nationali...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1859
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1 item