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Add MS 52933 EE
- Record Id:
- 040-002003865
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002003834
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x00027f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52933 EE
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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‘Life’s seasons, or, Hearts and homes’, drama in four acts, almost certainly by John Courtney (torn page obscures author’s name.) Licence sent 4 September 1852 for performance at the Surrey. Names of Mssrs. Shepherd and Creswick appear on title-page as theatre licensees, obscured, like the author’s name, by damage to the page. Songs included in MS. Keywords: urban-rural contrast, land and farming, poverty, widows, property, debt and its consequences, family relationships, murder.
ff. 55.
John Courtney, actor and dramatist: London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Surrey Theatre: 'Life's seasons, or, Hearts and homes', drama in four acts by John Courtney, script licensed for the Surrey Theatre: 1852.
John Courtney, actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1861: ?.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002003834
040-002003865 - 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 EE : ‘Life’s seasons, or, Hearts and homes’, drama in four acts, almost certainly by John Courtney (torn page obscures… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0005]/036-002003834[0031]/040-002003865
- 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:
- 4 Sep 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Courtney, John, actor and dramatist
Surrey Theatre, London