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8971. Add MS 52973 I

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'The giant's tomb and Eleanor the accursed, or, The sin and sorrow of 20 years', romantic drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Listed in Nicoll as 'The giant's tomb, or, Eleanor the accursed, or The sins and sorrows of twenty years'. No date is cited in connection with the issue of the licence, but...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
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1 item

8972. Add MS 52974 R

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'The flower of the flock', drama in three acts, adapted from the story by P. Egan. Licence sent 12 June 1858 for performance at the Victoria. Request for licence written by Isaac Cohen. Cover signed Wm. Thompson Townsend. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1858
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1 item

8973. Add MS 52979 G

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‘Catherine Howard, or, Woman’s ambition’, drama in three acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 20 January 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Back cover signed B. O. Conquest, manager. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a number of oaths and references to God be omitted. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1859
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1 item

8974. Add MS 52979 L

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‘Where’s Brown? or, An hour’s romance’, farce in one act by Henry Shield. Licence sent 1 February 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. Miscellaneous, unrelated notes written on the back of cover by the Examiner, W. B. Donne. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipul...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1859
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1 item

8975. Add MS 52979 N

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‘Where’s Brown?, or, Brown, Jones and Robinson in Brighton’ ('Has anyone seen Mr Brown?'), farce in one act. Licence sent 9 February 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton on 12 February 1859. Nicoll confuses this farce with Add, 52989 E, ‘Has anybody seen Mrs Brown?’, attributin...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1859
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1 item

8976. Add MS 52979 O

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‘Cromwell, or, The conspiracy’, drama in three acts by F. L. Phillips. Licence sent 10 February 1859 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a biblical reference be omitted. Cover bound in unidentified French newspaper. Keywords: English Civil Wa...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1859
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1 item

8977. Add MS 52980 F

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‘The young mother’, drama in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 25 February 1859 for performance at the Haymarket on 28 February 1859. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 39, no. 574. The Lacy’s version contains variations from the MS text and more detailed stage directions. Keywords: lodging hou...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

8978. Add MS 52984 T

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‘The railroad of life, or, A parliamentary express’, drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 23 September 1859 for performance at the Effingham. Keywords: gipsies, family relationships, widows, servants, poverty, popular song, Portsmouth, trains and rail travel, ships as settings,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1859
Extent:
1 item

8979. Add MS 52989 A

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'The warrior's career, or, The emperor's decree', drama in two acts by R. Phillips. Licence sent 14 January 1860 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre. Keywords: horses, royalty, servants, Russian settings and characters, family relationships, exile, Circassians, soldiers, battle scenes, w...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1860
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1 item

8980. Add MS 52989 I

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'The destiny, or, The broken heart', drama in three acts. Licence sent 30 January 1860 for performance at the Victoria. Note of application for licence signed 'I. Cohen' for J. Johnson Towers, the theatre manager. Nicoll attributes authorship to E. Towers. Keywords: inheritance, class cont...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1860
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1 item