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11. Add MS 53040 K

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Title:
'Twenty straws', by Mrs H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 March 1865 for performance at the Effingham.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

37 folios.

12. Add MS 53040 L

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Title:
'Going to the dogs', by W. Brough and A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'A new and entirely original farce in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 7 March 1865 for performance at Drury Lane. MS in two hands. Dramatis personae with the surnames names of the actors taking the roles added in pencil on folio 1v. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 65).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

31 folios.

13. Add MS 53040 M

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Title:
'The three furies', by G. Roberts.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 8 March 1865 for performance at St James's. The copyist noted as George French on folio 1. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 66).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

20 folios.

14. Add MS 53040 N

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Title:
'An ample apology', by G. Roberts.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 10 March 1865 for performance at the Princess's. The attribution to G. Roberts is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

16 folios.

15. Add MS 53040 O

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Title:
'A dark night's work, or, The murder at Dead Man's Pool', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 March 1865 for performance at the City of London. Mr Nelson Lee, the lessee of the theatre, noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to F. Marchant is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

19 folios.

16. Add MS 53040 P

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Title:
'Woman in mauve', by W. Phillips.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 10 March 1865 for performance at the Haymarket. Nicoll lists the play as previously performed at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool in December 1864. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 76).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

60 folios.

17. Add MS 53040 Q

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Title:
'The assassins at the road side inn, or, The road side inn, or, Auberge des Ardets', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 9 March 1865 for performance at the Standard. Nicoll lists the play with the title as either 'Assassins of the roadside' or 'Assassins of the roadside inn'. The LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) lists the play under the title 'The road side inn' but records the play a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

43 folios.

18. Add MS 53040 R

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Title:
'A peculiar family', by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
An entertainment. Licence sent 14 March 1865 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Folio 1v contains a list of 'Illustrations' which features, opposite the names of the characters, the names of both Mr and Mrs German Reed. Nicoll attributes the play to German Reed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

23 folios.

19. Add MS 53040 S

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Title:
'Cross purposes', by J. Parselle.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in one act. Licence sent 16 March 1865 for performance at the Strand. A list of characters together with the names of the actors taking the roles is included on folio 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

31 folios.

20. Add MS 53040 T

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Title:
Christmas Eve, by M. E. Browne.
Scope & Content:
An operetta or masque in one act with music composed by Charles Deffell. Licence sent 16 March 1865 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by Robert K. Burt, Crystal Palace Printing Office (n.d.). The original place of performance, Crystal Palace, has been crossed through as has the original ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

8 folios.