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8891. Add MS 52932 X

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‘Alice May, or, The last appeal’, domestic drama in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 12 June 1852 for performance at the Surrey 21 June 1852. Title page lists Mssrs. Shepard and Creswick. According to Nicoll, published in Lacy’s and Duncombe’s, but neither reference has been verifie...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1852
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1 item

8892. Add MS 52933 FF

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‘Mont St. Michel, or, The fairy of the sands’, drama in two acts by W. B. Bernard. Licence sent 6 September 1852 for performance at the Princess’s. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Songs included in MS. Keywords: British Empire, French influence, military, Normandy, sea...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1852
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1 item

8893. Add MS 52935 N

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‘A.H., My daughter’s intended’, farce in one act by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 18 October 1852 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 25 October 1852. Signature of a Mr Smith and one other appear on title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Two dif...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1852
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1 item

8894. Add MS 52935 Y

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'Mary Price, or, The memoirs of a servant girl’, drama in two acts by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 1 November 1852 for performance at the Bower Saloon 1 November 1852. 'Founded on the popular work by G. W. M. Reynolds.' For another version see Add. 52941 W. According to Nicoll, published in...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1852
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1 item

8895. Add MS 52936 F

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'Right and might', play in five acts. Licence sent 2 December 1852 for performance at Sadlers Wells 6 December 1852. Occasional detailed stage directions. Keywords: Russia, Russian empire, political revolution, aristocracy, treason, Tartars, Tartary, Muscovy, servants, disguise, stagecraft. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1852
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1 item

8896. Add MS 52937 A

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‘Uncle Tom’s cabin’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 3 January 1853 for performance at the City of London 3 January 1853. [italics]Signed[/italics] by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that certain omissions be made, and notes that the play lice...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1853
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1 item

8897. Add MS 52937 B

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‘Gold’, drama in five acts, by Charles Reade. Licence sent 5 January 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 10 January 1853. Plays of the same title were performed in 1851 and 1880. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 11, no. 152, and in Dick’s Standard Plays, no. 1053, in 1896. ff. 92...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1853
Extent:
1 item

8898. Add MS 52937 E

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‘The rising of the tide’, ‘melodrame’ in two acts by Edward Fitzball. Licence sent 14 January 1853 for performance at the Marylebone 24 January 1853. Keywords: nautical drama, age and ageing, law and legal profession, crime, suicide, family relationships, death, Cornwall, seaside settings, st...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1853
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1 item

8899. Add MS 52938 O

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'The school for kings’, drama in three acts by Charles A. Somerset. Licence sent 2 March 1853 for performance at Theatre Royal Drury Lane 7 March 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'God' be omitted. Keywords: medieval settings, festivals and celebration, food...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1853
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1 item

8900. Add MS 52938 V

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'The tender chord, or, How to touch the ladies' hearts’, a vaudeville in one act adapted from the French by Charles A. Somerset. Licence sent 23 March 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 28 March 1853. Signed by manager, but name illegible. Songs included in MS. For a French version ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 item