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Add MS 52962 H
- Record Id:
- 040-002004687
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002004679
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000726.0x0001b0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52962 H
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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‘Dred, a tale of the dismal swamp, or, Poor Uncle Tiff’, drama in two acts. Licence listed on cover of play and in LCO Day Book Add. 53703 as sent 26 September 1856 for performance at the Britannia, but a note on the cover of the play states ‘suspended till further notice. K. 24 September 1856 by private letter’. Add. 53703 does not contain any notes or letters in reference to this play. See also Add. 52961 N, 52961 P, 52962 G, 52962 L, and 52962 U. Keywords: death, black characters, children, slavery and abolitionism, American South, America, literature and literary reference, murder, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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Hoxton; Middlesex Britannia Theatre alias Britannia Saloon: 'Dred, a tale of the dismal swamp, or, Poor Uncle Tiff', drama in two acts , script licensed for the Britannia Saloon: 1856.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002004679
040-002004687 - 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 H : ‘Dred, a tale of the dismal swamp, or, Poor Uncle Tiff’, drama in two acts. Licence listed on cover of play and in LCO Day… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0034]/036-002004679[0008]/040-002004687
- 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:
- 26 Sep 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Britannia Theatre alias Britannia Saloon, Hoxton, Middlesex