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Add MS 52979 G
- Record Id:
- 040-002005124
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002005117
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000726.0x000354
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52979 G
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‘Catherine Howard, or, Woman’s ambition’, drama in three acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 20 January 1859 for performance at the Grecian. Back cover signed B. O. Conquest, manager. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that a number of oaths and references to God be omitted. Incorrectly attributed to W. E. Suter by Nicoll. See also Add. 52968 G and 52975 I. There is an earlier version based on the Dumas, by W. E. Suter, published in Lacy’s, vol. 37, no. 548. Keywords: French influence, Early Modern settings, royalty, nobility, adultery, treason, secret marriage, trials, poison, alchemy, death, Christianity, Scotland, court politics, stagecraft, music, tableaus.
ff. 51.
George Augustus Conquest, acrobat, pantomimist, and dramatist: Plays by, submitted for licence: 1853-1867: Partly incomplete.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002005117
040-002005124 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52979 A-U : Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. January 1859 - February 1859 .
Add MS 52979 G : ‘Catherine Howard, or, Woman’s ambition’, drama in three acts by George Conquest. Licence sent 20 January 1859 for… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0051]/036-002005117[0007]/040-002005124
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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:
- 1859
- End Date:
- 1859
- Date Range:
- 20 Jan 1859
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Conquest, George Augustus, acrobat pantomimist and dramatist