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Add MS 52931 P
- Record Id:
- 040-002003794
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002003778
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x00023a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52931 P
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‘Minnigrey’, drama in four acts. Licence sent 15 April 1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 15 April 1852. Title page lists Mssrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that a number of phrases be omitted in representation of the text. Two other versions were licensed in April 1852: one by J. B. Johnstone for performance at the Standard (Add. 52931 Q) and one by an unnamed author for performance at the Bower Saloon (Add. 52931 Y). Nicoll lists both plays incorrectly as ‘Minnie Grey.’ Several later plays of the same title were licensed: by an anonymous author for performance at the Pavilion in 1853 (Add. 52941 C); by Sidney Davis, with the subtitle ‘Gus and his Friend’ for performance at Newcastle-on Tyne in March 1856; and by Henry Young and George Robert (‘Robert Walters’) for performance at the Elephant and Castle Theatre in June 1886. Keywords: gypsies, aristocracy, family relationships, science, doctors and medicine, orphans, military, stagecraft, Spanish setting, forest setting.
ff. 65.
London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. City of London Theatre: 'Minnigrey', drama in four acts , script licensed for the City of London Theatre: circa 1852.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002003778
040-002003794 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52931 A-BB : Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 – 1866. March - April 1852.
Add MS 52931 P : ‘Minnigrey’, drama in four acts. Licence sent 15 April 1852 for performance at the City of London Theatre 15 April 1852.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0003]/036-002003778[0016]/040-002003794
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52929-53708
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1852
- End Date:
- 1852
- Date Range:
- 15 Apr 1852
- Era:
- CE
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- City of London Theatre, London