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1. Add MS 53077 Z

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Title:
Index.
Scope & Content:
List of plays granted a licence by the Lord Chamberlain's Office during the months of May and June 1869, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation. In the hand of William Bodham Donne, Examiner of Plays.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869-Jun 1869
Extent:
1 folio.

2. Add MS 53077 M

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Title:
The Admiral's Daughter.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in two acts. Licence sent 22 May 1869 for performance at the Corn Hall, Maidstone. Printed by Grundy, Maidstone. (n.d.). The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and the play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:
10 folios.

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Title:
'Barber Blue', by F. Leon.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 20 May 1869 for performance at the St George's. The author is noted as being a member of 'Kelly and Leon's Minstrels, New York' on folio 1. A detailed list of props is included on folio 1v. MS in several hands.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:

8 folios.

4. Add MS 53077 Y

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Title:
Barbe-Bleue, by C. L. Kenney.
Scope & Content:
Opera bouffe in three acts with music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 14 June 1869 for performance at St James's. Printed by J. Miles and Co., 122 Wardour Street, Oxford Street. (1869). Dramatis personae together with the names of the performers on folio 3. In French with a parallel English text. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

45 folios.

5. Add MS 53077 P

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Title:
'Edendale', by C. S. Cheltnam.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 June 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross. Messrs E. W. Bradwell and W. R. Field are noted as the lessees of the theatre on folio 1. MS in two hands. The attribution of the play to C. S. Cheltnam is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

88 folios.

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Title:
'Under two flags, or, Race for life through flood and flame'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 12 May 1869 for performance at the Surrey. Messrs Shepherd and Creswick, the lessees of the theatre, noted on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:
96 folios.

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Title:
Coming of Age, by J. E. Carpenter.
Scope & Content:
Operatic Sketch with music by E. L. Hime. Licence sent 2 June 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross. Printed, by Buller and Thomas, 182 Upper Thames Street, (n.d.), but with considerable manuscript annotations. The lessees of the theatre noted as Messrs E. W. Bradwell and W. R. Field on foli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

ii + 24 folios.

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Title:
'The pretty druidess', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 11 June 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross. Charles Northcote noted as the copyist on folio 37.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

37 folios.

9. Add MS 53077 B

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Title:
'A mysterious disappearance', by J. Barwell.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 4 May 1869 for performance at St Andrew's Hall, Norwich. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:

32 folios.

10. Add MS 53077 G

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Title:
'Eve', by B. Webster, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 11 May 1869 for performance at the Olympic. Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to B. Webster, the younger, but with the Adelph...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:

69 folios.