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Add MS 52959 X
- Record Id:
- 040-002004619
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002004595
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000726.0x00016f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52959 X
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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William Tell; or, The strike of the Cantons, burlesque pantomime preceded by a prologue entitled The library of time, by Tom Taylor, A. R. Smith, F. Talfourd and W. P. Hale. Printed (1856), with MS additions. Licence sent 24 May 1856 for performance at the Lyceum 2 June 1856. Pseudonyms or other contributors’ names are listed on the title page. Each printed page is mounted on larger paper with corrections, additions and song titles added. Actors’ names appear alongside the dramatis personae. Keywords: British Empire, Switzerland, science and technology.
ff. 16.
William Hale White, alias 'Mark Rutherford'; writer: Tom Taylor, called 'John Roakes', dramatist and editor of 'Punch': Albert Richard Smith, author: Francis Talfourd, dramatist: London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Lyceum Theatre: 'William Tell, or, The strike of the Cantons', burlesque pantomime preceed by the prologue 'The library of time' by Tom Taylor, Albert Richard Smith, Francis Talfourd and William Hale White, script licensed for the Lyceum: 1856.
Tom Taylor, called 'John Roakes', dramatist and editor of 'Punch': Plays by, submitted: 1852-1867: Partly printed.
Albert Richard Smith, writer and lecturer: Plays by, submitted: 1854-1856: Partly printed.
includes:
- ff. 2 - 7 Charles William Shirley Brooks, Editor of 'Punch': Plays by, submitted for licence: 1853 - 1864: Partly printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002004595
040-002004619 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52959 A-EE : Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. March - June 1856 .
Add MS 52959 X : William Tell; or, The strike of the Cantons, burlesque pantomime preceded by a prologue entitled The library of time, by Tom… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0031]/036-002004595[0024]/040-002004619
- 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:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 24 May 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Brooks, Charles William Shirley, Editor of Punch, 1816-1874
Lyceum Theatre, London
Smith, Albert Richard, author
Smith, Albert Richard, writer and lecturer
Talfourd, Francis, dramatist
Taylor, Tom, called 'John Roakes' dramatist and editor of 'Punch', 1817-1880
White, William Hale-, K.B.E.; physician and novelist, alias Mark Rutherford, 1857-1949