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Add MS 52991 C
- Record Id:
- 040-002005382
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002005379
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000770.0x0000ba
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52991 C
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'B. B., or, The Benicia Boy', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. Licence sent 19 March 1860 for performance at the Olympic. The script is based on the famous boxing match between Tom Sayers and the American John Heenan, known as 'the Benicia Boy', which took place on 17 April 1860. For other version, see Add. 52992 L, 52993 B and 52993 D. Published in Lacy's, vol. 45, no. 668. Keywords inns, Northumberland, press, boxing, waiters, servants, landladies, rail travel, mistaken identity, dining, engagement.
ff. 22.
Montagu Williams, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1860-1866.
Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, dramatist and editor of 'Punch': Plays by, submitted for licence: 1860 - 1867: Partly printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002005379
040-002005382 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52991 A-W : Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. March – April 1860 .
Add MS 52991 C : 'B. B., or, The Benicia Boy', farce in one act by F. C. Burnand and M. Williams. Licence sent 19 March 1860 for performance… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0063]/036-002005379[0003]/040-002005382
- 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:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1860
- Date Range:
- 19 Mar 1860
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Burnand, Francis Cowley, Knight, playwright and editor of 'Punch', 1836-1917
Williams, Montagu, writer of plays