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1. Add MS 53037 A

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Title:
'My wife's bonnet', by J. M. Morton.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 28 October 1864 for performance at the Olympic. A cast list including the names of the actors taking the roles, the playwright Robert Soutar among them, on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1864
Extent:

47 folios.

2. Add MS 53037 B

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Title:
'Helvellyn', by J. Oxenford.
Scope & Content:
Opera in four acts. Licence sent 31 October 1864 for performance at Covent Garden. An address label headed 'From William Mackenzie, Bookseller and Publisher, 47 Howard Street, Glasgow' addressed to 'G. A. Macfarren, 11 Alpha Road, London N.W.' with two Penny Red stamps included on folio 80. Nico...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1864
Extent:

80 folios.

3. Add MS 53037 C

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Title:
'The Baronet abroad and the rustic prima donna', by F. L. Horne.
Scope & Content:
Musical drama in one act. Licence sent 31 October 1864 for performance at St James's. The copyist noted as 'Thomas Joseph Anderson, The Cottage, Elliot's Row, St George's Road, Southwark' on folio 1v. The play was published by Lacy's (vol 65).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1864
Extent:

21 folios.

4. Add MS 53037 D

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Title:
'You know who', by J. M. Morton.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 31 October 1864 for performance at Her Majesty's. A note to William Bodham Donne from Mr Harrison, theatre manager, with the date of proposed performance mentioned as Monday November 7th 1864 included on folio 1v.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1864
Extent:

44 folios.

5. Add MS 53037 E

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Title:
'Marriage bells, or, The cottage on the cliff', by W. J. Archer.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 16 November 1864 for performance at the Effingham.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1864
Extent:

30 folios.

6. Add MS 53037 F

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Title:
'Snowdrop, or, The seven mannikins and the magic mirror', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
An original extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 16 November 1864 for performance at the Royalty. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 64).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1864
Extent:

49 folios.

7. Add MS 53037 G

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Title:
'Don Giovanni', by J. C. Brennan.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 17 November 1864 for performance at Sadler's Wells. The name of the theatre manager noted as Robert Edgar on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Monday 21st November 1864. Nicoll comments that this is almost certainly the same b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1864
Extent:

9 folios.

8. Add MS 53037 H

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Add MS 53037 H
Title:
'A young lad from the country', by J. Oxenford.
Scope & Content:
An original farce in one act. Licence sent 17 November 1864 for performance at Drury Lane. Published by Lacy's (vol 64).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1864
Extent:

46 folios.

9. Add MS 53037 I

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Add MS 53037 I
Title:
'The workmen of Paris'.
Scope & Content:
A drama in nine tableaux. Licence sent 23 November 1864 for performance at the Adelphi. 'Mr Benjamin Webster, New Theatre Royal, Adelphi, Strand', noted on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) enters the play as 'The working men of Paris'. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1864
Extent:

163 folios.

10. Add MS 53037 J

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Title:
'Marie de Méranie'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 24 November 1864 for performance at the Amphitheatre, Liverpool. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1864
Extent:

100 folios.