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1. Add MS 53032 A

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Title:
'The poor of London', by J. B. Johnstone.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 5 May 1864 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - 9 May 1864. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

27 folios

2. Add MS 53032 B

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Title:
'The Bard and his birthday', by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
Described as a 'new allegorical, musical, comical, satirical, phantasmagorical, tercentennial séance [...], a Shakespearian reverie' on folio 2. Licence sent 5 May 1864 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Folio 2 is a printed note, glued to folio 1v, giving the details of the product...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

11 folios.

3. Add MS 53032 C

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Title:
'The fox chase', by D. Boucicault
Scope & Content:
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 10 May 1864 for performance at St James's. Act 5 appears to be incomplete. MS in three separate hands. The author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to D. Boucicault, noting further that the play was performed under the title 'The fox hunt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

66 folios

4. Add MS 53032 D

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Title:
'Esperanza, or, The stranger in black', by G. Conquest.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 11 May 1864 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - 16 May 1864. The attribution to G. Conquest is taken from Nicoll, the na...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

33 folios

5. Add MS 53032 E

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Title:
'Maid of Honor', by J. P. Wooler.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 11 May 1864 for performance at the Strand. The date of intended performance noted as 9 May 1864 on folio 1. Nicoll and the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) both list the title as 'Maid of Honour'. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 63).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

24 folios.

6. Add MS 53032 F

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Title:
'Timothy to the rescue', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 11 May for performance at the Strand. The date of proposed performance is noted as Monday 16 May 1864 on folio 1. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors taking the roles on folio 1v. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

27 folios

7. Add MS 53032 G

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Title:
'The police spy', by E. Stirling
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 12 May 1864 for performance at Astley's. The name E. J. Smith noted by the details of the theatre on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play with the alternative title 'The spy of the Republic'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

53 folios.

8. Add MS 53032 H

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Title:
'Lashed to the helm, or, The strike at the mill and the mutineers', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 14 May 1864 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1, together with an alternative title 'Wife, children and friends' has been crossed through. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

27 folios.

9. Add MS 53032 I

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Title:
'Such is life', by H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 14 May 1864 for performance at the Effingham. The name of the theatre manager, Mr Morris Abrahams, noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to H. Young is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

31 folios.

10. Add MS 53032 J

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Title:
'Mark Winslow, a tale of the Cornish Coast', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 14 May 1864 for performance at the Standard.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

18 folios.