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Add MS 52977 H
- Record Id:
- 040-002005075
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002005067
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000726.0x000325
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52977 H
- Title:
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'Mazeppa' (altered from 'Byron's Mazeppa'), burlesque in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 20 December 1858 for performance at the Olympic. Contains extensive cuts and revisions. Words for songs given in MS. Some songs written in a different hand. The citation in Nicoll refers not to this play but to the later version by the same author, which is not in the Lord Chamberlain's Plays collections; it was performed at the Olympic, 26 December 1859, which is a considerably cut and revised version of the present text. This shorter version was published in Lacy's, vol. 46, no. 690. Keywords: Poland, Tartars, engagements, servants, cross dressing, disguise, concealed identity, animals, aristocracy, popular song, fathers, sons, literature and literary reference.
ff. 91.
Henry James Byron, called 'Nick Nemo'; actor and dramatist: Plays by, submitted for licence: 1857-1865: Partly imperf.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002005067
040-002005075 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52977 A-BB : Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852-1866. December 1858.
Add MS 52977 H : 'Mazeppa' (altered from 'Byron's Mazeppa'), burlesque in one act by H. J. Byron. Licence sent 20 December… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0049]/036-002005067[0008]/040-002005075
- 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:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1858
- Date Range:
- 20 Dec 1858
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Byron, Henry James, actor and dramatist, called Nick Nemo, 1835-1884