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Add MS 53022 T
- Record Id:
- 040-002006154
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002006134
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000770.0x00039f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53022 T
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'Finesse, or, Spy and counter spy', comedy in three acts by Helen S. Sheridan. Licence sent 14 May 1863 for performance at the Haymarket. Original title 'Finesse; or, A busy day in Messina' on the front cover of Act I. MS written in more than one hand. Numerous corrections, notes and amendments in ink and pencil in more than one hand. Stage directions added in red ink. Dramatis personæ written in pencil and inserted after front cover. Notes in black ink also contain critical commentary and suggestions for development as well as additions and corrections. Cuts and cues in pencil. The author listed in Nicoll under her title Countess of Gifford.
ff. 60.
Helen Selina Hay, formerly Blackwood née Sheridan; widow of Price, 4th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye, and George, Earl of Gifford: Play by, submitted: 1863.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002006134
040-002006154 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 53022 A-DD : Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852 - 1866. April - May 1863 .
Add MS 53022 T : 'Finesse, or, Spy and counter spy', comedy in three acts by Helen S. Sheridan. Licence sent 14 May 1863 for performance at… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0094]/036-002006134[0020]/040-002006154
- 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:
- 1863
- End Date:
- 1863
- Date Range:
- 14 May 1863
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hay, Helen Selina, née Sheridan, composer, poet and author, 1807-1867