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Add MS 52948 W
- Record Id:
- 040-002004295
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002004272
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000726.0x000036
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52948 W
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'There's nothing like a friend at court when a man's in search of relations', ‘entirely original Eastern musical comic drama’ in one act by Thomas Prest. Licence sent 26 July 1854 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. 'W. B. Donne, London Library, St James Sq' written on last page. Songs included in MS. Keywords: poverty, Muslims and Islam, Baghdad, family relationships, working class characters.
ff. 28.
Thomas Peckett Prest, writer of plays: 'There's nothing like a friend at court when a man's in search of relations', drama in one act: 1854.
Thomas Peckett Prest, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1854-1855.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002004272
040-002004295 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52948 A-DD : Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. June - August 1854 .
Add MS 52948 W : 'There's nothing like a friend at court when a man's in search of relations', ‘entirely original Eastern musical… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0020]/036-002004272[0023]/040-002004295
- 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:
- 1854
- End Date:
- 1854
- Date Range:
- 26 Jul 1854
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Prest, Thomas Peckett, writer of plays