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9131. Add MS 53004 F

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'The angel of death' (altered from 'Life, death, and immorality'), drama in four acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 15 May 1861 for performance at the Grecian. Signed B. Conquest, manager. There is some confusion over authorship of the various versions of this play. The Lacy edition of T...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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15 May 1861
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1 item

9132. Add MS 53010 X

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Rédemption, comedy in five acts and a prologue by Octave Feuillet. Printed (Michel Lévy Frères, 1861). French. Date of licence not listed, almost certainly intended for performance at the St James’s in December 1861. First performed at the Vaudeville, Paris, 19 October 1860. Publisher’s adv...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1861
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1 item

9133. Add MS 53018 G

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'The fate of Mary Edmondson' (‘Mary Edmonstone’), drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 16 December 1862 for performance at the Britannia. Name of Samuel Lane, proprietor, noted in the text. ‘A drama founded on facts’ on front cover. The unfortunate title character, the daughte...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1862
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1 item

9134. Add MS 53018 V

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'Goody Two Shoes, or, Harlequin Cock Robin', pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 23 December 1862 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. MS written in more than one hand. Lengthy comic scenes appended. "Harlequin King Humpty Dumpty" written on back cover. ff. 76. Edward ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1862
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1 item

9135. Add MS 53018 Z

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'The Sleeping Beauty', pantomime by R. Soutar. No date for licence for performance at Theatre Royal, Brighton, but LCO Day Book Add. 52703 lists licence sent 23 December 1862 . Signed H. Nye Chart. MS appears unfinished; transformation scenes are missing. Numbers added in pencil. ff. 50. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1862
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1 item

9136. Add MS 53021 C

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'Misplaced affections', drama in one act by Edward Draper. Licence sent 18 March 1863 for performance at the Princess's. Amendments in ink. No attribution given in Nicoll. ff. 26. Edward Draper, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1863.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1863
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1 item

9137. Add MS 53022 K

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'Goggin's gingham' (altered from 'Groggin's Gingham'), farce in once act by H. Wigan. Licence sent 30 April 1863 for performance at the Strand. Additional part of scene two appended. This is written in a different hand and is clearly not part of this MS as it refers to a character "Tatty" wh...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1863
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1 item

9138. Add MS 53022 X

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'The Burgomaster's daughter; or, The fog fiend and the fairy mountain' ('The barge master's daughter'), extravaganza in one act by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 21 May 1863 for performance at the Marylebone. "Property of T. H. Cave, Marylebone theatre" on front cover. LCO Day Book Add. 52703...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1863
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1 item

9139. Add MS 52929 A

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‘My sister from India’, farce in one act by Charles Selby. Licence sent 31 December 1851 for performance at the Strand 1 January 1852. Includes performances of the songs ‘Youth in wrinkles’, and ‘Soldiers, comrades.’ The latter is noted in the text to be from the play Frederick of Prussia, a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1851
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1 item

9140. Add MS 52929 DD

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‘The advocate and his daughter’, drama in two acts by Joseph Ebsworth. Licence sent 23 February 1852 for performance at the Royal Olympic 26 February 1852. Manager: W. Turner. Also performed at the Adelphi in Edinburgh in 1856. For the original French version of this play, by Marguerite Anc...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1852
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1 item