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9901. Add MS 52971 E

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'A hard struggle', drama in one act by J. W. Marston. Licence sent 13 January 1858 for performance at the Lyceum, 1 February 1858. Stage directions and speaking cues underlined in red. Two different hands appear throughout the manuscript. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 48, no. 707. Keywords...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1858
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1 item

9902. Add MS 52974 B

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'Clean your boots', farce in one act by J. Bruton. Licence sent 8 May 1858 for performance at the Surrey. Final page bears names of Messrs Shepherd and Creswick. Keywords: poverty, politicians, London, working class characters, science and technology. ff. 18. James Bruton, songwriter and d...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1858
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1 item

9903. Add MS 52976 M

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'The little savage', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 26 October 1858 for performance at the Strand. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Also published in Lacy's, vol. 38, no. 557. Keywords: Family relationships, servants, courtship, le...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1858
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1 item

9904. Add MS 52977 R

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La part du diable, opera-comique in three acts; the words by E. Scribe for the music by D. Auber. Printed (C. Tresse; La France dramatique au dix-neuvième siècle: choix de pieces modernes, 1842). French. Licence sent 23 December 1858 for performance at the St. James's. Publisher's advertisi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
23 Dec 1858
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1 item

9905. Add MS 52979 H

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‘Jasper Roseblade, or, The dark deed in the woods', 'founded on the celebrated picture by A. Solomon Esqr. in the Royal Academy entitled "Waiting for the verdict" '.; drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 January 1859 for performance at the City of London. ‘License copy for Messrs. Johnson and ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1859
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1 item

9906. Add MS 52980 K

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‘Never too late to mend' (altered from ‘The golden secret, or, Life in the new world’), a drama 'of woman's faith and man's treachery’, drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 7 March 1859 for performance at the Britannia. Original title crossed out and amended in ink. Cover signe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1859
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1 item

9907. Add MS 52981 I

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‘Vandyke Brown’, farce in one act by A. C. Troughton. Licence sent 23 March 1859 for performance at the Strand. Copied by G. Hastings. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a section of text be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 39, no. 583. Keywords: photography, servants,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1859
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1 item

9908. Add MS 52982 S

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‘Retained for the defence’, farce in one act by J. Oxenford. Licence sent 13 May 1859 for performance at the Olympic. Cuts and amendments in pencil. List of actors’ names next to dramatis personae. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 41, no. 605. Keywords: lawyers, court, literary references, worki...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1859
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1 item

9909. Add MS 52983 E

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‘Mervyn Clitheroe, or, There’s many a slip between cup and lip’, drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 9 June 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Adapted from the serialisation ‘Mervyn Clitheroe’, by W. Harrison Ainsworth. Keywords: literary adaptations, inheritance, wills, medi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1859
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1 item

9910. Add MS 52984 C

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‘Never despair’, opera in one act by H. Drayton, music by F. J. Duggan. Licence sent 26 July 1859 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed words for songs pasted into the MS Keywords: musicians, opera setting, disguise, orphans, Venice, Marseilles, secret marriage, abduction, prison, fathers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1859
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1 item