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Add MS 52935 I
- Record Id:
- 040-002003892
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002003883
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x000298
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52935 I
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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‘Uncle Tom’s cabin; a nigger drama’, drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 9 October 1852 for performance at the Pavilion 9 October 1852. This text appears to contain at least three if not four different sections incorrectly bound together. For other versions see those written in 1852 by J. Courtney (Add. 52934 K); Edward Fitzball (3 versions, Add. 52934 G, 52935 R, and 52936 Q); H. Young Add. 52935 FF); William Brough (Add. 52935 J); Tom Taylor and Mark Lemon (Add. 52936 A), and by unnamed authors (Add. 52934 C and 52934 F). Further versions in 1853 by C. Hermann and by an unnamed author Add. 52937 A; in 1878 by G. F. Rowe; in 1882 by an unnamed author; and in 1887 by A. Dampier and J. F. Sheridan. Keywords: black characters, slavery and abolitionism, American characters, animals, debt and its consequences, property, family relationships, murder, land and farming, Native Americans.
ff. 43.
George Dibdin Pitt, actor and dramatist: 'Uncle Tom's cabin, a nigger drama', drama in two acts: circa 1852.
George Dibdin Pitt, actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1857: Partly imperfect.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002003883
040-002003892 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52935 A-GG : Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 - 1866. October - November 1852 .
Add MS 52935 I : ‘Uncle Tom’s cabin; a nigger drama’, drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 9 October 1852 for performance at… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0007]/036-002003883[0009]/040-002003892
- 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:
- 9 Oct 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Pitt, George Dibdin, actor and dramatist