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Add MS 52983 M
- Record Id:
- 040-002005219
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002005206
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000726.0x0003af
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52983 M
- Title:
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‘The masked mother, or, The hidden hand’ (‘Capitola, or, ‘The masked mother and the hidden hand’), drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 1 July 1859 to be performed on 4 July 1859 at the Surrey. Letter from the Licensor stating that ‘a copyist for this play will be sent to the L.C. office on Monday next.' Cuts made to text in ink. Cut-outs from a printed periodical version pasted in and edited. Signed by the copyist, Adelaide Calvert. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 70, no. 1047. Considerable variation between the MS and Lacy’s versions. Based on the novel The hidden hand, or, Capitola the madcap, by E. D. E. N. Southworth, (New York, 1859). Keywords: literary adaptations, shipwrecks, family relationships, children, inheritance, death, kidnapping, Dublin, appearance, poverty, paperboys and girls, orphans, cross-dressing, wards, counterfeiting, smugglers, disguise, attempted murder, courtship, abduction, pictures.
ff. 87.
Calvert, playwright: Play by (?), submitted for licence: 1859.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002005206
040-002005219 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52983 A-W : Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. June - July 1859 .
Add MS 52983 M : ‘The masked mother, or, The hidden hand’ (‘Capitola, or, ‘The masked mother and the hidden hand’), drama in two acts by… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0055]/036-002005206[0013]/040-002005219
- 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:
- 1859
- End Date:
- 1859
- Date Range:
- 1 Jul 1859
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Calvert, —, playwright