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Add MS 53091 R
- Record Id:
- 040-002356247
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002007396
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000827.0x000337
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53091 R
- Title:
- 'Harlequin Nimble Nip, or, The pig who went to market and the pigs who stayed at home', by F. Marchant.
- Scope & Content:
-
Pantomime. Licence sent 31 December 1870 for performance at the Victoria. Partly printed (n.d.). Comic scenes included separately between folios 46-49. A playbill for the Victoria which gives the title of the play as 'Harlequin Nimble Nip, or, The pig who went to market, the pigs who stayed at home and the little elves of the lily lake' included on folios 50-51. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Marchant although citing the date of first performance as 24 December 1871. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for references to 'great Henderson', 'The Marquis of Lorne' and 'Princess Louise' be omitted in performance.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002007396
040-002356247 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 53091 A-Y : Lord Chamberlain's Plays: December 1870. (Box 212).
Add MS 53091 R : 'Harlequin Nimble Nip, or, The pig who went to market and the pigs who stayed at home', by F. Marchant. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0163]/036-002007396[0022]/040-002356247
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52929-53708
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
51 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1870
- Date Range:
- Dec 1870
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Marchant, Frederick, writer of plays