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1. Add MS 53065 A

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Title:
'Old salt', by J. Besemeres.
Scope & Content:
Comic drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 January 1868 for performance at the Strand. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. Besemeres.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

64 folios.

2. Add MS 53065 B

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Title:
The Broken-hearted Club, by J. S. Coyne.
Scope & Content:
Dramatic sketch, or comedietta in one act. Licence sent 10 January 1868 for performance at the Haymarket. Printed (n.d.) with a manuscript cover-sheet containing the title and the dates of receipt and licence.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

4 folios.

3. Add MS 53065 C

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Title:
'The village blacksmith: a Christmas story of joy and sorrow', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in one act. Licence sent 13 January 1868 for performance at the Oriental. Michael Abrahams noted as the theatre manager on folios 1 and 13.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

13 folios.

4. Add MS 53065 D

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Title:
'Coal and coke', by C. Harding and W. H. Swanborough.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 13 January 1868 for performance at the Strand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

30 folios.

5. Add MS 53065 E

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Title:
'A nice mince-pie', by C. Johnson.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 15 January 1868 for performance at the Colosseum, Glasgow. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown and gives the title as 'Nice mince pie'. The author's full name noted on folio 1 as Charles Johnson.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

17 folios.

6. Add MS 53065 F

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Title:
La Vivandiere: True to the Corps!, by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Operatic extravaganza founded on Donizetti's opera 'La Giglia del Regimento'. Licence sent 18 January 1868 for performance at the Queen's. Printed by Matthews Brothers, Liverpool. (1867). W.S. Gilbert noted as the author of 'Dulcamara, or, the Little Duck and the Great Quack' on folio 1, togethe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

18 folios.

7. Add MS 53065 G

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Title:
'Who's to win him', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 20 January 1868 for performance at the Lyceum. The name E. J. Smith is noted on folio 1, and the name of the copyist is recorded as Thomas J. Anderson on folio 2. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. J. William...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

59 folios

8. Add MS 53065 H

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Title:
'The peep show man', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 January 1868 for performance at the Surrey. Messrs Shepherd and Creswick noted as the theatre managers on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. J. Williams with the title corrected to 'The peep-show m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

29 folios.

9. Add MS 53065 I

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Title:
'A sensation hunt', by W. Stephens
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 22 January 1868 for performance at St George's Hall. Folios 1-2 consist of a printed playbill for the evening's entertainment of Friday 24 January 1868 at the St George's, giving details of the productions to be performed by the Wandering Thespians for the ben...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

56 folios

10. Add MS 53065 J

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Title:
'Daddy Grey', by A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 27 January 1868 for performance at the Royalty. Act one is in a separate hand to acts two and three. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to A. Halliday. The drama is sometimes listed with the variant spelling 'Daddy G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

114 folios.