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1. Add MS 53074 V

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Title:
Index
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office during January and February 1869, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869-Feb 1869
Extent:
1 folio.

2. Add MS 53074 K

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Title:
'Arda'.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a grand ballet d'action' on folio 1. The play was intended for performance at the St James's on Saturday 6 February 1869. No details of a licence being granted are noted on the script and the play is not mentioned in the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704), possibly because the performance...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:
7 folios.

3. Add MS 53074 N

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Title:
Complete Repetoire of Plantation Melodies performed by Christy's Minstrels.
Scope & Content:
'Plantation melodies'. Licence sent 9 February 1869 for performance at St George's Hall. Printed by Matthews Brothers, Paradise Street, Liverpool (n.d.). Theatre proprietors noted as Messrs Wilsom and Montague on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the performance under the heading 'Christ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:
25 folios.

4. Add MS 53074 O

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Title:
'Fettered', by W. Phillips.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 12 February 1869 for performance at the Holborn. A note to Mr W. B. Donne from L. B. Bennett indicates that the play is intended for performance on the 'twelfth day of February 1869' included on folio 2v. MS in three hands. The play was published by Lacy's (vol ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

97 folios.

5. Add MS 53074 P

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Title:
'Not guilty', by W. Phillips.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 12 February 1869 for performance at the Queen's. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) notes that the title was later changed to 'Back from the hand of yesterday'. MS in two hands. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Ph...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

66 folios.

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Title:
'The homewreck', by J. S. Coyne.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 1 February 1869 for performance at the Surrey. The names of the theatre lessees, Messrs Shepherd and Creswick, noted on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. S. Coyne, although completed by J. Dennis. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

45 folios.

7. Add MS 53074 B

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Title:
Something Like a Nugget, by 'Lyulph'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts and an epilogue. Licence sent 7 January 1869 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Norwich. Printed by W. Rayner, 26 Brydges Street, Covent Garden. (1868). LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for references to prayers be removed, together with the word 'God'. Nicoll lists the pla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

22 folios.

8. Add MS 53074 M

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Title:
'The very Grand Dutch-s', by C. Bernard.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an operatic extravaganza' on folio 1. Licence sent 9 February 1869 for performance at St George's Hall. The names of the theatre proprietors, Messrs G. Wilsom and H. Montague noted on folio i. A printed playbill is included on folio 39 announcing the appearance of the Royal Origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

i + 39 folios.

9. Add MS 53074 C

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Title:
'School', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in four acts. Licence sent 13 January 1869 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. A note from C. J. James [Charles James James] on folio 2 states that the play is intended for representation on January 16 1869. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

70 folios.

10. Add MS 53074 A

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Title:
'Gertrude's money box', by H. Lemon.
Scope & Content:
Serio-comic sketch in one act. Licence sent 9 January 1869 for performance at Sadler's Wells. The script, which is dated May 21 1868 on folio 48, contains numerous amendments and deletions throughout. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 83).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

48 folios.