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1. Add MS 53075 A

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Title:
'A day's fishing', by J. M. Morton.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 6 March 1869 for performance at the Adelphi. Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. Details of authorship are taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. The play was also published by Lacy's (vo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

26 folios.

2. Add MS 53075 B

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Title:
'Life for life', by J. W. Marston.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 6 March 1869 for performance at the Lyceum. Dramatis personae on folio 2 with the names of some of the actors noted in pencil. A plan of how the stage should look at the opening of the play is included on folio 2v. The MS contains considerable pencil annotations ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

127 folios.

3. Add MS 53075 C

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Title:
'My Lady Clara', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 11 March 1869 for performance at the Alexandra, Liverpool. Printed (n.d.) but with the title added by hand. An alternative title, 'Dreams' is also noted. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the scri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

46 folios.

4. Add MS 53075 D

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Title:
Black and White, by W. W. Collins and C. Fechter.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a love story in three acts' on folio 1. Licence sent 18 March 1869 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed by C. Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand (1869). Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. Nicoll notes the play being performed subsequently in E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

31 folios.

5. Add MS 53075 E

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Title:
'Man of two lives', by W. B. Bernard.
Scope & Content:
Drama in prologue and two acts. Licence sent 18 March 1869 for performance at Drury Lane. MS in four different hands. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 85).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

194 folios.

6. Add MS 53075 F

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Title:
'Biddy O'Neil, a story of Erin', by W. H. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 March 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. H. Pitt under the title 'Biddy O' Neil, or, the Daughter of Erin'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

16 folios.

7. Add MS 53075 G

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Title:
'Minnie, or, Leonard's Love', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 25 March 1869 for performance at the Globe. MS in three different hands. The date of intended production noted as Monday 29 March 1869 on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

88 folios.

8. Add MS 53075 H

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Title:
'No cards', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Musical comedietta in one act. Licence sent 24 March 1869 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. The date of intended production noted as Monday 29 March 1869 on folio 1. Nicoll notes the music as by L. Elliott.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

16 folios.

9. Add MS 53075 I

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Title:
'Julias Caesar', by H. M. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 27 March 1869 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Sheffield. The date of intended production noted as Easter Monday 1869 on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Julius See-Saw, or, Dauntless Decius, the doubtful Decemvir'. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

46 folios.

10. Add MS 53075 J

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Title:
'Won by a head, or, Fore-warned, fore-armed', by T. Taylor.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 25 March 1869 for performance at the Queen's. An alternative title 'The secret mission' has been crossed through on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. Taylor under the title 'Won by a head, or, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

50 folios.