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8881. Add MS 52929 K

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‘Pretty Poll of Paddington, or, The sailor’s logbook of life’, drama in three acts by Henry Coleman. Licence sent 31 January 1852 for performance at the Marylebone 9 February 1852. Author’s signature appears on title page. Revisions throughout. Only the first act of this play has been preserv...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1852
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1 item

8882. Add MS 52929 P

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‘Tancred, or, The triumph of the Crusaders’, spectacle in two acts by John M. Kingdom. Licence sent 9 February 1852 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 1 March 1852. Elaborate stage directions for battle scenes including horses. Title page states ‘property of Dow. Batty.’ Keyword...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1852
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1 item

8883. Add MS 52930 F

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‘A matrimonial prospectus’, farce in one act by J. P. Simpson. Licence sent 27 February 1852 for performance at the Strand 4 March 1852. Published as Matrimonial prospectuses in Lacy's, vol. 6, no. 81. Keywords: the press, bachelors, lodgers and boarding houses, servants, debt and its conseq...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1852
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1 item

8884. Add MS 52930 H

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‘An address, expressly for Court Loyal Exchange, to be spoken by Mr. Milborne, written by Nelson Lee on behalf of the Ancient Order of Foresters.’ Licence sent 26 February 1852 for performance at the City of London 2 March 1852. Keywords: philanthropy, poverty. f. 1. Richard Nelson Lee, act...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1852
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1 item

8885. Add MS 52930 I

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‘The last of the fairies’ (‘Alice Brooke’, ‘The fairy of the castle’), drama in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 28 February 1852 for performance at the Royal Olympic 4 March 1852. Signed by manager, W. Farren. Names of actors pencilled in on dramatis personae. Revisions throughout....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1852
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1 item

8886. Add MS 52930 T

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‘The ragged school’, drama in one act by Edward Stirling. Licence sent 12 March 1852 for performance at the Strand 15 March 1852. According to Nicoll, published in Duncombe, but reference not verified. Keywords: poverty, education, orphans, cross dressing, street musicians, children. ff. 15...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1852
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1 item

8887. Add MS 52930 U

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‘Annie Tyrell, or, The tempter and the tempted’, domestic drama in three acts by T. J. Serle. Licence sent 12 March 1852 for performance at the Surrey. Actors’ names pencilled in next to the dramatis personae. Many revisions throughout text which do not appear to have been made by the Examin...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1852
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1 item

8888. Add MS 52931 AA

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‘The lost husband’, drama in two acts, adapted from the French by Charles Reade. Licence sent 23 April 1852 for performance at the Strand 26 April 1852. Title page lists W. R. Copeland as lessee. Small number of revisions, usually in pencil. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 6, no. 86. There were ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1852
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1 item

8889. Add MS 52931 E

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‘The working man, or, The pearl and the diamond’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 29 March 1852 for performance at the City of London 29 March 1852. Title page lists Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. Keywords: working women, Paris, French influence, drinking and drunkenness, working class cha...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1852
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1 item

8890. Add MS 52932 A

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‘The pearl of Rouen, or, Two in one’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 26 April 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, 24 April 1852. Each act lists ‘34 North Bank’ on first page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that two short phrases in French be omitted. Key...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1852
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1 item