Search

032-002003716

8631. Add MS 52971 C

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52971 C
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The poor stroller', drama in three acts by Watts Phillips. Licence sent 13 January 1858 for performance at the Adelphi 18 January 1858. Cover signed 'With Mr Webster's compliments'. There are two different title pages identifying two different authors: Joseph Chavigny and Watts Phillips. K...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1858
Extent:
1 item

8632. Add MS 52971 L

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52971 L
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The island of silver store, or, The pirates of the Caribbees', drama in two acts by William Travers. Licence sent 30 January 1858 for performance at the City of London. Cover signed Messrs Johnson and Nelson Lee. See Add. 52971 G, 52971 M, 52972 A and 52972 D. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1858
Extent:
1 item

8633. Add MS 52972 M

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52972 M
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Double dummy', farce in one act by Edmund Yates and N. H. Harrington. Licence sent 4 March 1858 for performance the previous day at the Lyceum. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths and the exclamation 'Oh Lord' ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1858
Extent:
1 item

8634. Add MS 52972 P

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52972 P
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The life and death of a drunkard', temperance drama in three acts by John Tyrer. Licence sent 12 March 1858 for performance at the Rechabites Hall, Blackburn 13 March 1858. Cover signed John Tyrer. Text written in an exercise book and in alternating red and black inks. Songs included in MS...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1858
Extent:
1 item

8635. Add MS 52974 S

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52974 S
Title:
Scope & Content:
Luisa Miller, opera in three acts, for the music by G. Verdi. Printed, with MS additions. Italian, with facing English translation by C. Jefferys. Licence sent 12 June 1858 for performance at Her Majesty's Theatre. Songs and music included in MS. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipula...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1858
Extent:
1 item

8636. Add MS 52976 B

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52976 B
Title:
Scope & Content:
'My aunt's husband', original farce in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 27 September 1858 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy's, vol. 37, no. 554. MS version contains more detailed stage directions, text and business than the version printed in Lacy's. Keywords: family re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1858
Extent:
1 item

8637. Add MS 52976 Q

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52976 Q
Title:
Scope & Content:
Friends and foes, original comedy in two acts by Tom Roberts. Printed (Chatham; R. Taylor, n.d.). Licence sent 28 April 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Rochester. Dedicated to Mrs. Parker. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the word 'damn' be omitted wherever it...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1858
Extent:
1 item

8638. Add MS 52977 B

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52977 B
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Harlequin Father Thames, or, The River Queen and the great Lord Mayor of London' by C. J. Collins. Licence sent 10 December 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Detailed comic scenes included in MS. Contains cuts and paste in additions. Words for songs given. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1858
Extent:
1 item

8639. Add MS 52987 E

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52987 E
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Paul Clifford, or, The ladies' pet’, 'burlesque operatic drama founded on Bulwer Lytton’s novel of the same name' in one act by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 19 November 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Cover signed Samuel Lane, proprietor. Keywords: public houses, literary adaptation...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1859
Extent:
1 item

8640. Add MS 52987 F

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52987 F
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘The chatter-box’, comedietta in two acts by Blanchard Jerrold. Licence sent 22 November 1859 for performance at the St. James’s. Keywords: servants, fashion, gossip, family relationships, drinking and drunkenness, food and eating, courtship, marital relationships. ff. 46. William Blanchard...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1859
Extent:
1 item