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Add MS 52936 A
- Record Id:
- 040-002003918
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002003917
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x0002b1
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52936 A
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'Slave life, from Uncle Tom's Cabin', drama in three acts by 'John Roakes' (i.e Tom Taylor) and Mark Lemon. Licence sent 15 November 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 22 November 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Extensive revisions throughout. Diagram at the beginning of act two. For other versions see those written in 1852 by J. Courtney (Add. 52934 K); Edward Fitzball (2 other versions, Add. 52934 G, 52935 R, and 52936 Q); H. Young (Add. 52935 FF); G. D. Pitt (Add. 52935 I); William Brough (Add. 52935 J); 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: slavery and abolition, land and farming, black characters, education, crime, dance, family relationships, food and dining, American characters, United States, American frontier, illness, murder.
ff. 158.
Mark Lemon, editor of 'Punch': Tom Taylor, called 'John Roakes', dramatist and editor of 'Punch': 'Slave life, from Uncle Tom's cabin', drama in three acts by 'John Roakes' and Mark Lemon: circa 1852.
Tom Taylor, called 'John Roakes', dramatist and editor of 'Punch': Plays by, submitted: 1852-1867: Partly printed.
Mark Lemon, editor of 'Punch': Plays by, submitted: 1852-1867.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002003917
040-002003918 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52936 A-EE : Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852-1866. November - December 1852.
Add MS 52936 A : 'Slave life, from Uncle Tom's Cabin', drama in three acts by 'John Roakes' (i.e Tom Taylor) and Mark Lemon.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0008]/036-002003917[0001]/040-002003918
- 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:
- 15 Nov 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Lemon, Mark, editor of 'Punch'; playwright, 1809-1870
Taylor, Tom, called 'John Roakes' dramatist and editor of 'Punch', 1817-1880