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Add MS 52933 BB
- Record Id:
- 040-002003862
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002003834
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x00027c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52933 BB
- Title:
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‘The life of a betting boy, or, His widow’s hope and a lover’s fear’, drama in two acts by H. Young. Licence sent 25 August 1852 for performance at the Bower Saloon 25 August 1852. Title page annotated and initialled by the Examiner of Plays, W. B. Donne, ‘One scene was directed to be struck out of this mss and was accordingly cancelled.’ Back cover appears to be addressed to a ‘Mr. J.S. Bic — ’(writing is unclear), presumably for alteration of scene. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 does not mention omission of scene. For other versions see Add. 52933 P, 52933 U, and 52933 V as well as a collection of supplemental scenes, Add. 52834 D. See also ‘The betting boy’ performed at the Adelphi, Edinburgh, and another version, performed at the Victoria 16 September 1852, neither of which appear to have had a licensed script preserved in the LC Plays collection. Keywords: London, working class characters, poverty, gambling, convicts and transportation, crime, prison and prisoners, debt and its consequences.
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H. Young, writer of plays: 'The life of a betting boy, or, His widow's hope and a lover's fear', drama in two acts: circa 1852.
H. Young, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1864.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002003834
040-002003862 - 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 BB : ‘The life of a betting boy, or, His widow’s hope and a lover’s fear’, drama in two acts by H. Young. Licence sent 25… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0005]/036-002003834[0028]/040-002003862
- 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 Aug 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Young, H, writer of plays