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Add MS 52933 O
- Record Id:
- 040-002003849
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002003834
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x00026f
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- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52933 O
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‘The maid and the magpie’, operatic burlesque in one act. Licence sent 2 August 1852 for performance at the Victoria 9 August 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Eliza Vincent. The exact relationship of this text to the libretto of Rossini’s opera La gazza ladra, usually translated in English as ‘The thieving magpie’ is not clear. The opera was first performed in London in 1821. A play under the title ‘The maid and the magpye’,by S. J. Arnold, was performed in 1815. A play of the same title by N. Lee was performed in 1844; by an anonymous author, in 1846; by S. James, in 1848; and by H. J. Byron, in 1858 (Add. 52976 H). Keywords: the supernatural, land and farming, urban-rural contrast, crime, prison and prisoners.
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London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Victoria Theatre, Waterloo Road: 'The maid and the magpie', operatic burlesque in one act , script licensed for the Victoria Theatre: circa 1852.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002003834
040-002003849 - 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 O : ‘The maid and the magpie’, operatic burlesque in one act. Licence sent 2 August 1852 for performance at the Victoria 9… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0005]/036-002003834[0015]/040-002003849
- 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:
- 2 Aug 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Victoria Theatre, Waterloo Road, London