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1. Add MS 53046 A

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Title:
'A happy result, or, An Alsatian dialogue', by G. Reed.
Scope & Content:
Opera in one act, adapted from Offenbach. Licence sent 3 November 1865 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

8 folios.

2. Add MS 53046 B

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Title:
'A photographical fix', by F. Hay.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 3 November 1865 for performance at the Victoria - the date of intended performance noted as Saturday 4 November 1865 on folio 1. The attribution to F. Hay is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. The play was also published ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

19 folios

3. Add MS 53046 C

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Title:
'Claribel's mystery', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Described as both a love story, and as a drama in a prologue and four acts on folio 1. Licence sent 3 November 1865 for performance at the Effingham . The name Morris Abrahams noted by the details of the theatre on folio 1. The MS is in two hands.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

38 folios.

4. Add MS 53046 D

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Title:
'A cleft stick', by J. Oxenford.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 4 November 1865 for performance at the Olympic.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

112 folios.

5. Add MS 53046 E

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Title:
'Society', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 7 November 1865 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. The name C. J. James [Charles James James] noted below the details of the theatre on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - Saturday 11 November 1865. Nicoll notes that the play was pe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

50 folios.

6. Add MS 53046 F

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Title:
'Who killed Cock Robin?', by C. J. Mathews.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 9 November 1865 for performance at the Haymarket. The script is possibly incomplete with Act II ending rather abruptly. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. J. Mathews. The play was also published by Lacy's (vo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

76 folios.

7. Add MS 53046 G

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Title:
'The kidnapper, or, London at night', by F. Fenton and W. R. Osman.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and four acts. Licence sent 10 November 1865 for performance at the Victoria. The script is imperfect, lacking most of Act I. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) asks for a reference to the (late) prime minister Lord Palmerston be omitted. The attribution to Fenton and Osman is taken...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

145 folios.

8. Add MS 53046 H

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Title:
Ida, or, The Guardian Storks, by J. P. Simpson.
Scope & Content:
Opera in three acts with music by Henry Leslie. Licence sent 10 November 1865 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by Chappell & Co., 50 New Bond Street. (1865). The date of proposed representation noted as Wednesday 15 November 1865 on folio 2, together with the name Edward Murray, act...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

19 folios.

9. Add MS 53046 I

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Title:
'L'Africaine, or, The Queen of the Cannibal Islands', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 13 November 1865 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:
Nov 1865
Extent:

46 folios.

10. Add MS 53046 J

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Title:
Dido, The Celebrated Widow, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 22 November 1865 for performance at the Royalty. Printed by Thomas Hailes Lacy, Theatrical Publisher, London. (n.d.). An extensive list of the dramatist's previous works included on folio 2. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folios 2v and 3.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

18 folios.