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Add MS 52969 W
- Record Id:
- 040-002004914
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002004891
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000726.0x00028c
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 52969 W
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'Harlequin Billy Taylor, or, Britannia rules the waves', pantomime by G. H. George. Licence sent 15 December 1857 for performance at the Effingham Saloon 26 December 1857. Includes comic scenes. Title pages of script and comic scenes signed ‘Manager, Mr. Morris Abrahams.’ Songs included in MS. Title page of comic scenes signed ‘Mr E. Smith, 91 Charlotte St, Fitzroy Square’. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that a scene including the Prince and Princess of Wales be omitted. Keywords: harlequinade, nautical interest, fairies and other supernatural creatures, dance, military, British Empire, food and dining, fashion, working class characters, poverty, industrialization.
ff. 44.
G. H. George, writer of plays: Stepney; Middlesex Effingham Saloon: 'Harlequin Billy Taylor, or, Britannia rules the waves', pantomime by G. H. George, script licensed for the Effingham Saloon: 1857.
G. H. George, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1857.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002004891
040-002004914 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52969 A-X : Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. October - December 1857 .
Add MS 52969 W : 'Harlequin Billy Taylor, or, Britannia rules the waves', pantomime by G. H. George. Licence sent 15 December 1857 for… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0041]/036-002004891[0023]/040-002004914
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52929-53708
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 15 Dec 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- George, G H, writer of plays, fl 1852-1874
Middlesex Effingham Saloon, Stepney