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Add MS 52933 C
- Record Id:
- 040-002003837
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002003834
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x000263
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52933 C
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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‘A novel expedient’, farce in one act by B. N. Webster. Licence sent 25 June 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 26 June 1852. Request for licence unsigned, but apparently in the author’s hand, as is part of the text itself. Performed as ‘Book the third, chapter the first’, at the Court Theatre, 12 June 1857 (Add. 52967 U). For a French version see Add. 52938 N. Keywords: fashion, spinsters, literature and literary references, adultery, duelling.
ff. 34.
Benjamin Nottingham Webster, actor, theatre manager, and dramatist: 'A novel expedient', farce in one act: circa 1852.
Benjamin Nottingham Webster, actor, theatre manager, and dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1859: Partly printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002003834
040-002003837 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52933 A-HH : Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 - 1866. June - September 1852 .
Add MS 52933 C : ‘A novel expedient’, farce in one act by B. N. Webster. Licence sent 25 June 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0005]/036-002003834[0003]/040-002003837
- 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:
- 25 Jun 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Webster, Benjamin Nottingham, actor theatre manager and dramatist