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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53054 A-V Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 53054 A

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Title:
'The wrong box', by W. H. Swanborough.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 2 October 1866 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

24 folios

2. Add MS 53054 B

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Title:
'Der Freischutz, or, A good cast for a piece', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 2 October 1866 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. Nicoll notes that the music for the piece was composed by F. Musgrave.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

47 folios

3. Add MS 53054 C

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Title:
'Professor of what?', by J. Oxenford.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 3 October 1866 for performance at the St James's. Dramatis personae together with faint pencil annotations giving the names of selected cast members on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

21 folios.

4. Add MS 53054 D

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Title:
'Der Frieschutz', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 4 October 1866 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. The lessee of the theatre, C. J. James [Charles James James], noted on folio 1 together with the date of intended representation - Monday 8 October 1866. Nicoll lists the play with the longer title: 'Der ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

38 folios.

5. Add MS 53054 E

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Title:
'Tweedleton's tailcoat', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 6 October 1866 for performance at the Lyceum. Letter to W. B. Donne written on behalf of Charles Fechter and dated 3 October 1866 noting the date of intended representation as Monday 8 October 1866 on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script bu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

12 folios.

6. Add MS 53054 F

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Title:
'The great strike', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 October 1866 for performance at the Pavilion. The name H. Powell noted above the details of the theatre on folio 31v. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:
31 folios.

7. Add MS 53054 G

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Title:
'The marble maiden', by W. E. Suter.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 8 October 1866 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager of the theatre on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

25 folios.

8. Add MS 53054 H

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Title:
'Ethel, or, Only a life', by B. Webster, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 9 October 1866 for performance at the Adelphi. The name B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to B. Webster, the Younger.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

105 folios.

9. Add MS 53054 I

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Title:
'Faust', by W. B. Bernard.
Scope & Content:
Demonic drama in four acts adapted from the poem of Goethe. Licence sent 16 October 1866 for performance at Drury Lane. A letter, sent to W. B. Donne on behalf of J. B. Chatterton and dated 11 October 1866, introducing the manuscript and giving the date of intended performance as 20 October 1866...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

97 folios.

10. Add MS 53054 J

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Title:
'Megs Diversion!', by H. T. Craven.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 16 October 1866 for performance at the Royalty. Nicoll lists the play with the title amended to 'Meg's Diversion'. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 73).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

66 folios.