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040-002003712

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032-002003539

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. CLXXIII (ff. 1009). Sept.- Nov. 1851.

(1) 'King Liberty or the Devil in the Heart'. ff. 3-59.

(2) 'The Forest Rose' ('The Forest Rose and the Yankee Ploughboy'), by S. Woodworth. ff. 60-94b.

(3) 'Emma Hardy or the Murder of Leyburn Mill'. ff. 95-145 b.

(4) 'Dreaming and Waking', by M. Barnett and A. B. Reach. ff. 146- 164b.

(5) 'The Alderman's Gown or a Trip to Paris', by H. Abrahams. ff. 165- 182.

(6) 'The Vegetarians' altered from 'Travelers (sic) beware' and from 'Excursionists beware'. ff. 183-197b.

(7) 'Fanny Wild the Thieftaker's Daughter', by T. G. Blake. ff. 198-222.

(8) 'The Corsican Brothers', by 'D. Boucicault'. ff. 223-253.

(9) 'Bloomerism or Follies of the Day', by J. H. Nightingale and C. Millward. ff. 254-269.

(10) 'Caught in his Own Trap', by Elizabeth Phillips. ff. 270-283.

(11) 'Darby and Joan or the True Way to be Happy', by W. Rogers. ff. 284-323.

(12) 'The Game of Speculation', by 'S. Lawrence'. ff. 324-361.

(13) 'The Erl King's Daughter or the Fairy Reformed', by Mary Cleaver. ff. 362-398.

(14) 'The Bloomer Costume', by C. S. James. Autograph (?). ff. 399- 423.

(15) 'The Ship Launch or the Dumb Boy of Toulon'. ff. 424-464b.

(16) 'The Magic Bracelet or Chi Cho Ali the Charmed Pirate' altered from 'The Magic Bracelet or Cha Chu Ali', [by G. D. Pitt?]. Autograph (?). ff. 465-510b.

(17) 'The Bloomer Costume! or Brother Jonathan in England!', by C. A. Somerset. Autograph. ff. 511-526.

(18) 'Amy Laurence the Freemason's Daughter, a Tale of an Old Man's Love', by Adelaide H. Biddles. ff. 527-547b.

(19) 'The Marble King', by C. S. James. Autograph (?). ff. 548-622b.

(20) 'The Bosjesman or Bush Rangers, Last of the African Settlers'. ff. 623-632b.

(21) 'Azael or the Prodigal in London', by G. H. B. Rodwell. ff. 633- 643 b.

(22) 'The Bloomer Wives or the Birds of Bloomsbury Bower'. ff. 644- 650b.

(23) 'The Two Bloomers', by J. Courtney. ff. 651 -664.

(24) 'The Slaves of London or the Battle with the World'. ff. 665- 720b.

(25) 'Tilbury Fort or the Black Knight of Chelmsford', by G. Glynn and C. Beet. ff. 721-763b.

(26) 'The Wolf of Hornsey Wood'. ff. 764-791.

(27) 'Thetis and Peleus' ('Thetis and Peleus or a Chain of Roses'), by W. P. Hale and F. Talfourd. ff. 792-810b.

(28) 'Love and Murder', by M. Barnett. ff. 811-827b.

(29) 'Counter Attraction or Strolling and Stratagem', by W. H. Tilbury. ff. 828-845 b.

(30) 'The Queen and Mortimer the Royal Favourite or Evil to him who Evil thinks'. Licence refused. ff. 846-892b.

(31) 'Pride or the Curse', by J. Hillyard. ff. 893-908b.

(32) 'The Life and Death of Guy Fawkes or Gunpowder Treason', by C. A. Somerset. ff. 909-931.

(33) 'The Bloomers' ('The Original Bloomers'), by A. Phillips. ff. 932- 939b.

(34) 'Catch 'em Alive, oh!', by G. Wild. ff. 940-954.

(35) 'A Squib for the Day, Entitled The Fifth of November', by A. S. Mayhew and H. S. Edwards. ff. 955-975.

(36) 'The Greek Slave or the Spectre Gambler', by E. Fitzball. ff. 976- 1009.

includes:

f. 60 Benjamin Nottingham Webster, actor and dramatist: Letters to J. M. Kemble: 1841-1851.
ff. 60-94b Samuel Woolworth: Play by: submitted 1851.
ff. 146-164b Angus Bethune Reach, journalist: Plays by: submitted 1846-1851.
ff. 146-164b, 811-827b Morris Barnett, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1830-1851.
ff. 165-182 Henry Abrahams: Play by: submitted 1851.
ff. 198-222 Thomas G. Blake: Plays by: submitted 1841-1851.: Some imperf.
ff. 223-253 Dionysius Lardner Bourcicault, called 'Dion Boucicault'; actor and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1839-1851.
ff. 254-269 Joseph Henry Nightingale: Play by: submitted 1851.
ff. 254-269 Charles Millward, dramatist: Play by: submitted 1851.
ff. 270-283 Elizabeth Phillips, wife of Alfred P Phillips: Plays by: submitted 1848-1851.
ff. 284-323 William Rogers: Plays by: submitted 1844-1851.
ff. 324-361 George Henry Lewes, called 'Slingsby Lawrence' and 'Frank Churchill'; playwright: Plays by: submitted 1849-1851.
ff. 362-398 Mary Cleaver, actress: Play by: submitted 1851.
ff. 399-423, 548-622b Charles Stanfield James: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1845-1851.: Some autogr. (?).
ff. 465-510b George Dibdin Pitt, actor and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1834-1851.: Some autogr. (?). Some imperf.
ff. 511-526, 909-931 Charles A. Somerset, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1828-1851.: Some autogr. Some imperf.
ff. 527-547b Adelaide Helen Biddles, afterwards Calvert; actress; wife of Charles Alexander Calvert: Play by: submitted 1851.
ff. 633-643b George Herbert Buonaparte Rodwell, author and musician: Plays by: submitted 1824-1851.
ff. 651-664 John Courtney, actor and dramatist: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1843-1851.
ff. 721-763b Gordon Glynn: Plays by: submitted 1849-1851.
ff. 721-763b C. Beet: Play by: submitted 1851.
ff. 792-810b William Palmer Hale, barrister and playwright: Plays by: submitted 1850-1851.
ff. 792-810b Francis Talfourd, dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1848-1851.
ff. 828-845b William Harries Tilbury, actor: Play by: submitted 1851.
ff. 893-908b J. Hillyard: Play by: submitted 1851.
ff. 932-939b Alfred Phillips: Play by: submitted 1851.
ff. 940-954 George Wild, manager of the Olympic Theatre: Play by: submitted 1851.
ff. 955-975 Augustus Mayhew, writer of plays: Plays by: submitted 1851.
ff. 955-975 Henry Sutherland Edwards, musical critic and dramatist: Plays by: submitted 1851.
ff. 976-1009 Edward Fitzball, formerly Ball; dramatist and writer: Plays by, and attrib. to: submitted 1824-1851.: Some printed. Some autogr.

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Add MS 42865-43038 C : Plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office for licensing under the provisions of the Acts regulating the performance…

Add MS 43037 : LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS. Vol. CLXXIII (ff. 1009). Sept.- Nov. 1851. (1) 'King Liberty or the Devil in the Heart'. ff.…

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Latin

Start Date:

1851

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1851

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Sep 1851-Nov 1851

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Names:

Abrahams, Henry
Barnett, Morris, actor and dramatist, 1800-1856
Beet, C.
Biddles, Adelaide Helen, afterwards Calvert; actress; wife of Charles Alexander Calvert
Blake, Thomas G.
Bourcicault, Dionysius Lardner, called 'Dion Boucicault'; actor and dramatist
Cleaver, Mary, actress
Courtney, John, actor and dramatist
Edwards, Henry Sutherland, author, journalist and dramatist, 1828-1906
Fitzball, Edward, dramatist and writer, 1792-1873
Glynn, Gordon, playwright, fl 1849-1851
Hale, William Palmer, barrister and playwright, fl 1850-1852
Hillyard, J.
James, Charles Stanfield, of Add MS 42987
Lewes, George Henry, called 'Slingsby Lawrence' and 'Frank Churchill', playwright
Mayhew, Augustus, writer of plays
Millward, Charles, dramatist
Nightingale, Joseph Henry
Phillips, Alfred, of Add MS 43037
Phillips, Elizabeth, wife of Alfred P Phillips
Pitt, George Dibdin, actor and dramatist
Reach, Angus Bethune, journalist
Rodwell, George Herbert Buonaparte, author and musician
Rogers, William, of Add MS 42927
Somerset, Charles A, dramatist
Talfourd, Francis, dramatist
Tilbury, William Harries, actor
Webster, Benjamin Nottingham, actor and dramatist
Wild, George, manager of the Olympic Theatre
Woolworth, Samuel