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Add MS 52962 G
- Record Id:
- 040-002004686
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002004679
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000726.0x0001af
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52962 G
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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‘Dred, a tale of the great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by __ (name illegible). Licence sent 24 September 1856 for performance at the Victoria 29 September 1856. Request for licence signed J. Johnson Towers. Songs included in MS. Diagrams included. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a few lines be omitted. See also Add. 52961 N, 52961 P, 52962 H, 52962 L, and 52962 U. Nicoll lists the play under unknown authors. Keywords: literature and literary reference, slavery and abolitionism, American South, America, black characters, children, law and the legal profession, execution, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
ff. 104.
London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Victoria Theatre, Waterloo Road: 'Dred, a tale of the great dismal swamp', drama in two acts , script licensed for the Victoria Theatre: 1856.
H. Young, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1864.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002004679
040-002004686 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52962 A-BB : Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. October - November 1856 .
Add MS 52962 G : ‘Dred, a tale of the great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by __ (name illegible). Licence sent 24 September 1856 for… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0034]/036-002004679[0007]/040-002004686
- 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 Sep 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Victoria Theatre, Waterloo Road, London
Young, H, writer of plays