Add MS 52931 Y

‘Minnigrey, the gypsy girl’, drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 April 1852 for performance at the Bower Saloon 21 April 1852. For other versions, see Add. 52931 P and 52931 Q. The LCO Day Book Add. 53703 does not record any stipulations about changes to this version; contrast the changes required to Add. 52931 P. Nicoll incorrectly lists the title as ‘Minnie Grey, the gypsey girl.’ Two other versions were licensed in April 1852: one by an anonymous author for performance at the City of London (Add. 52931 P) and another by J. B. Johnstone for performance at the Standard (Add. 52931 Q). 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.

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London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Bower Saloon: 'Minnigrey, the gypsy girl', drama in two acts , script licensed for the Bower Saloom: circa 1852.