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Add MS 53076 T
- Record Id:
- 040-002359348
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002007113
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000885.0x0002cc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53076 T
- Title:
- Seraphine, or, A Devotee, by D. Boucicault.
- Scope & Content:
- Drama in three acts. Licence sent 30 April 1869 for performance at the Queen's. Acts I, II and III (folios 2-48) are printed (n.d.), with manuscript additions, while Act III (folios 49-58), apparently re-written, is included again in manuscript. Letter to W. B. Donne, dated 26 April 1869, on behalf of the theatre manager E. L. Young introduces the play and gives the date of intended performance as Saturday 1 May 1869 on folio 1. A letter to W. B. Donne, dated 24 April 1869, from E. L. Young concerning the play is to be found on folio i. Further correspondence between the Lord Chamberlain's Office and the theatre is to be found on folios ii and iii. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for several passages of a religious nature to be omitted or amended in performance.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002007113
040-002359348 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 53076 A-U : Lord Chamberlain's Plays: April 1869. (Box 197).
Add MS 53076 T : Seraphine, or, A Devotee, by D. Boucicault. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0148]/036-002007113[0020]/040-002359348
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52929-53708
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- iii + 58 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1869
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- Apr 1869
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bourcicault, Dionysius Lardner, called 'Dion Boucicault'; actor and dramatist