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    "language": "en-GB",
    "last_substantive_revision": "2026-11-05",
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    "count": 18,
    "notice": "Public export of The New English Archive, a curated archive that is not an independent source. Records marked attributed_only carry their qualification and must be quoted together with it. Crawler or download access is not a licence to reuse the material."
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  "note": "A ticket or poster proves an advertisement, not that a performance took place. This is a selection, not a count of every show.",
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      "city": "Woolwich",
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        "B01"
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          "source_id": "B01",
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      "id": "G03",
      "entity_id": "the-new-english",
      "date": "1986-11-15",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "date_label": "15 November 1986",
      "venue": "The Harlequin",
      "venue_note": null,
      "city": "Peckham",
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      "evidence_status": "retrospective_only",
      "evidence_label": "Later account",
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        "B01"
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          "source_id": "B01",
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      "page_url": "https://thenewenglish.org/#gig-G03"
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      "id": "G04",
      "entity_id": "the-new-english",
      "date": "1987-02-03",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "date_label": "3 February 1987",
      "venue": "Mad Hatters",
      "venue_note": null,
      "city": "Southport",
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      "evidence_label": "Later account",
      "publication_status": "attributed_only",
      "qualification": "Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it.",
      "date_claims": [],
      "source_ids": [
        "B01"
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        {
          "source_id": "B01",
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          "title": "The New English on EverybodyWiki",
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      "id": "G05",
      "entity_id": "the-new-english",
      "date": "1987-02-23",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "date_label": "23 February 1987",
      "venue": "Le Beat Route",
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      "city": "London",
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      "evidence_label": "Reviewed",
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      "qualification": null,
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        "A09"
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          "source_id": "A09",
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          "title": "Le Beat Route review, 23 February 1987",
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      "date_label": "15 May 1987 (year attributed)",
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        "B01"
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          "source_id": "A06",
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          "title": "Reading poster for 15 May",
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          "source_id": "B01",
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      "id": "G07",
      "entity_id": "the-new-english",
      "date": "1987-06-15",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "date_label": "15 June 1987",
      "venue": "Le Beat Route",
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      "evidence_label": "Later account",
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        "B01"
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          "source_id": "B01",
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      "entity_id": "the-new-english",
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      "date_label": "11 July 1987",
      "venue": "Wimbledon Festival",
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          "title": "Publicity sheet with trio photograph",
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      "id": "G09",
      "entity_id": "the-new-english",
      "date": "1987-07-25",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "date_label": "25 July 1987",
      "venue": "Sir George Robey",
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      "city": "Finsbury Park",
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      "evidence_status": "retrospective_date_promotional_support",
      "evidence_label": "Later account",
      "publication_status": "attributed_only",
      "qualification": "Date and venue from a later chronology. The publicity sheet claims support slots with Frank Chickens and the Brilliant Corners but names no venue.",
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        "A12",
        "B01"
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        {
          "source_id": "A12",
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          "title": "Publicity sheet with trio photograph",
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          "source_id": "B01",
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      "id": "G10",
      "entity_id": "the-new-english",
      "date": "1987-08-16",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "date_label": "16 August 1987",
      "venue": "Dingwalls",
      "venue_note": null,
      "city": "Camden",
      "city_note": null,
      "evidence_status": "retrospective_only",
      "evidence_label": "Later account",
      "publication_status": "attributed_only",
      "qualification": "Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it.",
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      "source_ids": [
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      "citations": [
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          "source_id": "B01",
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      "entity_id": "the-new-english",
      "date": "1987-08-27",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "date_label": "27 August 1987",
      "venue": "The Old White Horse",
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      "city": "Brixton",
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      "evidence_status": "retrospective_only",
      "evidence_label": "Later account",
      "publication_status": "attributed_only",
      "qualification": "Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it.",
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      "source_ids": [
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          "source_id": "B01",
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      "entity_id": "the-new-english",
      "date": "1987-10-16",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "date_label": "16 October 1987",
      "venue": "Edge Hill College",
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      "city": "Ormskirk",
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      "evidence_label": "Later account",
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      "qualification": "Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it.",
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          "source_id": "B01",
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      "entity_id": "the-new-english",
      "date": "1987-11-07",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "date_label": "7 November 1987",
      "venue": "Sipson Community Hall",
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      "evidence_status": "retrospective_only",
      "evidence_label": "Later account",
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      "qualification": "Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it.",
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      "source_ids": [
        "B01"
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      "citations": [
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          "source_id": "B01",
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          "title": "The New English on EverybodyWiki",
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      "page_url": "https://thenewenglish.org/#gig-G13"
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      "id": "G14",
      "entity_id": "the-new-english",
      "date": null,
      "date_precision": "unresolved",
      "date_label": "Date unresolved",
      "venue": "St David’s Hall",
      "venue_note": null,
      "city": "Reading",
      "city_note": null,
      "evidence_status": "conflicting_dates",
      "evidence_label": "Date unresolved",
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          "title": "Reading preview in What’s Happening?",
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          "source_id": "B01",
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          "source_id": "B01",
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      "citations": [
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          "source_id": "B02",
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          "title": "The New English on Wikibin",
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