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9861. Add MS 52939 F

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'Love's disguises’, domestic drama in two acts by H. H. Paul. Licence sent 9 April 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 13 April 1853. Published in Lacy's (vol. 11, no. 153) under the title The mob cap. Keywords: fashion, musicians, urban-rural contrast, family relationships...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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9 Apr 1853
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1 item

9862. Add MS 52940 G

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'St Marc—a husband's sacrifice', drama in five acts by John H. Wilkins. Licence sent 31 May 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 6 June 1853. Signed by E. L. Smith. Keywords: Italy, aristocracy, death, illness, military, divorce, dance, festival and celebration, adultery, pri...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
31 May 1853
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1 item

9863. Add MS 52941 B

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'Chesterfield Thinskin', a farce in one act by J. M. Maddox. Licence sent 20 June 1853 for performance at the Princess’s 20 July 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the words 'God' and 'damn' be omitted. Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 167. Keywords: spinsters, age a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1853
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1 item

9864. Add MS 52941 E

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'The new Tontine, or, The gold seekers of Carpentara' ('The gold seekers'), drama in four acts by Thomas H. Webb. Licence sent 23 June 1853 for performance at the Queen's 27 June 1853. Signed by C. F. James, lessee and manager. Written in different hands and on different styles of paper. So...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1853
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1 item

9865. Add MS 52942 C

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'My wife's cousin', farcical sketch in one act by R. E. Phillips. Licence sent 30 August 1853 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 31 August 1853. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: sta...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1853
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1 item

9866. Add MS 52942 K

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'The gambler's wife', drama in two acts by John Courtney. Licence sent 22 September 1853 for performance at the Surrey 3 October 1853. Noted to be from Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick on title page. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Keywords: gambling,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1853
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1 item

9867. Add MS 52942 U

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'Wrath's whirlwind, or, The neglected child, the vicious youth and the degraded man', in two acts. Licence requested for performance at the Britannia Saloon 13 October 1853 but refused because the piece might 'lower the morals and excite the passions of the classes who frequent saloons’. Lette...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1853
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1 item

9868. Add MS 52943 A

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'The Lancers, or, The gentleman's son', drama in three acts by Capt. Leicester Vernon. Licence sent 11 October 1853 for performance at the Princess’s 1 November 1853. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Almost certainly based on Un fils de famille, by J. F. A. Bayard and C....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1853
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1 item

9869. Add MS 52943 O

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'Pierre', a musical sketch by Henri Drayton. Licence sent 7 November 1853 for performance at the St. James’s 5 November 1853. Includes prose introduction titled 'Necessity is the parent of invention'. Songs included in MS. Keywords: illness, doctors and medicine, French influence, widows, m...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1853
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1 item

9870. Add MS 52943 Z

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'The sailor of France, or, The republicans of Brest', drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone, possibly in collaboration with J. Courtney. Licence sent 22 November 1853 for performance at the Surrey 28 November 1853. Published in Lacy's, vol. 17, no. 244. Keywords: age and ageing, French Revolu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1853
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1 item