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Add MS 52936 B
- Record Id:
- 040-002003919
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002003917
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x0002b2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52936 B
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- Scope & Content:
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Six comic scenes to be performed at Astley's Amphitheatre: 'Moses tailors and outfitters, and Rose's tea mart' (ff. 1 – 4); 'Quiet street, quiet lodgings and boot makers' (ff. 5 – 6); 'Pantaloon's model parlour for 1853' (ff. 7 – 8); 'Outside of a fishmonger's shop. Betting office' (ff. 9 – 10); 'High Hill ferry' (ff. 11 – 14); and, 'Toy shop and hairdressers' (ff. 15 – 17). None appear to be listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53703. On each script 'Astley's Pantomime Comic Business, November 18th', written and signed by W. B. Donne, the Examiner of Plays. Keywords: (for 'Moses tailors') fashion, Commedia dell'Arte, emigration; (for 'Quiet street') Commedia dell'Arte, lodgers and boarding houses, cross dressing, working class characters, servants, street musicians, flirtation; (for 'Pantaloon's model parlour') art and artists, Commedia dell'Arte, food and dining, police, electric lighting, stagecraft; (for 'Outside of a fishmonger's shop') Commedia dell'Arte, working class characters, murder, police; (for 'High Hill Ferry') sport, food and dining, Commedia dell'Arte; (for 'Toy shop') Commedia dell'Arte, children, black characters, twins, Christians and Christianity, police.
Six scenes, bound together; ff. 17.
includes:
- 1-4 London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Astley's Amphitheatre: 'Moses tailors and outfitters, and Rose's tea mart', comic scene , script licensed for Astley's Amphitheatre: circa 1852.
- 5-6 London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Astley's Amphitheatre: 'Quiet street, quiet lodgings and boot makers', comic scene , script licensed for Astley's Amphitheatre: circa 1852.
- 7-8 London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Astley's Amphitheatre: 'Pantaloon's model parlour for 1853', comic scene , script licensed for Astley's Amphitheatre: circa 1852.
- 9-10 London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Astley's Amphitheatre: 'Outside of a fishmonger's shop. Betting office', comic scene , script licensed for Astley's Amphitheatre: circa 1852.
- 11-14 London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Astley's Amphitheatre: 'High Hill ferry', comic scene , script licensed for Astley's Amphitheatre: circa 1852.
- 15-17 London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Astley's Amphitheatre: 'Toy shop and hairdressers', comic scene , script licensed for Astley's Amphitheatre: circa 1852.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002003917
040-002003919 - 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 B : Six comic scenes to be performed at Astley's Amphitheatre: 'Moses tailors and outfitters, and Rose's tea mart'… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0008]/036-002003917[0002]/040-002003919
- 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:
- 1847
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- c 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Astley's Amphitheatre, London