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9821. Add MS 52969 A

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'Avarice' ('Father Hardbargain'), drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 24 October 1857 for performance at the Surrey. Cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the line, 'It will keep him home at night' be omitted. Keywords...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1857
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1 item

9822. Add MS 52972 A

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'Silver store island, or, The British flag of the South American private', drama in one act. Licence sent 13 February 1858 for performance at the Strand 6 February 1858. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the exclamation 'Oh Lord' be omitted. See also Add. 52971 G, 52971 L, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1858
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1 item

9823. Add MS 52974 I

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'La fille du regiment, or, The daughter of the regiment', opera in two acts, adapted by Horace Wigan. Licence sent 20 May 1858 for performance at the Standard. 'The property of Miss Rebecca Isaacs, 96 New Bond Street' written on cover. The original libretto for Donizetti's music was written ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1858
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1 item

9824. Add MS 52975 G

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Martha, comic opera in four acts (for the music by Flotow), the libretto edited by Manfredo Maggioni. Printed (Brettell, n.d.) Italian with facing English translation. Licence sent 5 July 1858 for performance at the Royal Italian Opera. The original German libretto was written for the first...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
5 Jul 1858
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1 item

9825. Add MS 52975 K

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'Briarly Farm', drama in two acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 7 August 1858 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 9 August 1858. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, manager. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that the word 'God' be substituted with 'Heaven.' Keywords: murder, black...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1858
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1 item

9826. Add MS 52975 U

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'The fatal secret, or, The branded race', drama in three acts by J. P. Wooler. Licence sent 13 September 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Keywords: legend (Don Juan), early modern settings, aristocracy, black characters, Christians and Christianity, false marriage, murder, execution, fall...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1858
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1 item

9827. Add MS 52976 O

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'The fugitives, or, A tale of India', drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 28 October 1858 for performance at the Grecian Theatre 1 November 1858. Title page signed Ro. Conquest. See also Add. 52978L. Keywords: British Empire, Indian Mutiny, Hindus and Hinduism, India, Christian...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1858
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1 item

9828. Add MS 52988 H

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‘Jack and the beanstalk’ ('Jack and the Beanstalk, or, Harlequin Leap-Year and the merry pranks of the “good little people” '), pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. Licence sent 20 December 1859 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Contains comic scenes written 'and invented by H. Bolen...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 item

9829. Add MS 53010 W

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Un père prodigue, comedy in five acts by Alexandre Dumas fils. Printed (Libraire théatrale, 1859). French. Date of licence not listed, almost certainly intended for performance at the St James’s in December 1861. First performed at the Gymnase-Dramatique, Paris, 30 November 1859. Publisher...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1861
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1 item

9830. Add MS 53018 S

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'Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia', burlesque by W. Brough. Licence sent 22 December 1862 for performance at the Haymarket. MS written in more than one hand. Numerous cues in pencil. Appears to be unfinished. Scene six appended. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57, no. 843. ff. 55. William Brough...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item