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1. Add MS 52941 A-Y

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Title:
Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. June - August 1853 .
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Jun 1853-Aug 1853
Extent:
25 items

2. Add MS 52941 Y

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Scope & Content:
Index. ff. 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52941 U

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'Wanted—a situation', a farce in one act by Francis Talfourd. Licence sent 25 August 1853 for performance at the Olympic 29 August 1853. Title page lists Francis Talfourd's address: 67 Russell Square. Signed by Edward Murray and W. Farren. Stage directions pencilled in. Keywords: lodgers a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1853
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52941 D

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'Spirit rappings and table movings, or, The mahogany polka', farce in one act. Licence sent 22 June 1853 for performance at the City of London 27 June 1853. Signed by William Serle. For analogues see Add. 52940 R and 52941 G. Keywords: spiritualism, the supernatural, ghosts, science and tec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1853
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52941 T

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'Jupiter's decree and the fall of Phaeton, or, The fiery courses of the sun', grand burlesque spectacle in two acts by W. E. Suter. Licence sent 21 August 1853 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 27 August 1853. Signature of W. Cooke, lessee and manager, and unidentified signature ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1853
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52941 X

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'The betrothal' ('The betrothed'), play in five acts by G. H. Baker. Licence sent 26 August 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal Birmingham 26 August 1853. Songs included in MS. Keywords: Italian influence, Tuscany, aristocracy, orphans, family relationships, illness, poisoning. ff. 60...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1853
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52941 I

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'The merchant of Venice preserved' ('Shylock, a Jerusalem hearty-joke'), burlesque in one act. Licence sent 1 July 1853 for performance at the Olympic 4 July 1853. Signed by W. Farren, manager. Revisions throughout. Songs included in MS. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 11, no. 159, and there att...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1853
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52941 C

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'Minnigrey', a romantic drama in two acts by James Elphinstone, ‘adapted from the tale lately publishing in the London Journal’. Licence sent 23 June 1853 for performance at the Pavilion 25 June 1853. Signed by J. C. Morgan, prompter. Three other versions were licenced in April 1852; one by ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1853
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 52941 K

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'Sambodampalus', burlesque in one act by J. H. Tully. Licence sent 4 July 1853 for performance at the Strand circa 7 July 1853. Annotation asking for the grant of a licence signed by J. W. Allcroft. Songs included in MS. Keywords: black characters, English characters, Africa, aristocracy, t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jul 1853
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52941 N

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'The spirit trapper! Or, The rapparee's mystery, a romance of the Eve of All Hallows' ('The rapparee's vengeance'), drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 July 1853 for performance at the Victoria 18 July 1853. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. Keywords: the supernatural, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1853
Extent:
1 item