Search

Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53085 A-Y Language English

11. Add MS 53085 M

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53085 M
Title:
'The wager', by J. A. Kappey.
Scope & Content:
Comic operetta in one act. Licence sent 30 April 1870 for performance at the Marine Barracks, Chatham. A letter from the dramatist to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, dated 25 April 1870 introducing the play included on folio i. Nicoll gives the date of the Chatam performance as 20 June 1871, wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

i + 27 folios.

12. Add MS 53085 N

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53085 N
Title:
'The enchanted wood, or, The three transformed princes', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 4 May 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. The name B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

46 folios.

13. Add MS 53085 P

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53085 P
Title:
'Beggars' uproar', by H. J. Morice.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 7 May 1870 for performance at the Surrey.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

54 folios

14. Add MS 53085 Q

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53085 Q
Title:
'The gentleman in black', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in two acts. Licence sent 16 May 1870 for performance at the Charing Cross. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the German word 'sakrament' to be omitted on the grounds that the word, as used in the play, still conveys an objectionable profane exclamation just as it would in English....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

31 folios.

15. Add MS 53085 R

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53085 R
Title:
The Manager in Love, or, Lady D'Arcy, by B. H. Hilton.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 14 May 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. Printed (n.d.). Nicoll lists the play 'Lady D'Arcy' as being by B. H. Hilton and performed in Bristol on 25 May 1870 while the play 'The manager in love', also performed in Bristol but on 14 May 1870, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

35 folios.

16. Add MS 53085 S

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53085 S
Title:
The Baronets, or, How will it End?, by B. H. Hilton.
Scope & Content:
Play in four acts. Licence sent 14 May 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Printed by D. Marples, Melville Chambers, Lord Street, Liverpool (n.d.). Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

31 folios.

17. Add MS 53085 T

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53085 T
Title:
Honour, or, The Count D'Abreu, by B. H. Hilton.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 14 May 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. Printed (1870). Nicoll lists the play as author unknown but under the title 'Honour, or, The Count D'Alren'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

28 folios.

18. Add MS 53085 U

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53085 U
Title:
'Wooing one's wife'.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 14 May 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. LCO day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the line 'Moses did see his promised Land at least' to be omitted in performance. 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:
May 1870
Extent:
31 folios.

19. Add MS 53085 V

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53085 V
Title:
'Loving hearts, or, Loving hearts and buried diamonds', by G. F. Neville.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 17 May 1870 for performance at the Strand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

70 folios.

20. Add MS 53085 X

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53085 X
Title:
Put Yourself in his Place, by C. Reade.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 14 May 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, Charing Cross (n.d.). Nicoll cites the play as being performed in Leeds with this title on 11 March 1870 and then at the Adelphi on 28 May 1870 under the title 'Free ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

43 folios.