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1. Add MS 53090 A

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Title:
'Nell, or, The Old Curiosity Shop', by A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 17 November 1870 for performance at the Olympic. The play noted as 'The property of Mr Liston, Olympic' on folio 1. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

90 folios.

2. Add MS 53090 C

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Title:
A Bone of Contention, by C. Harding.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 17 November 1870 for performance at the St George's. Printed by Eyre & Co, 4 Bouverie Street, Fleet Street (1866). The dramatist is noted on the title-page as also being the author of 'It runs in the family', 'Going to see the fireworks', 'The Bride of Alb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

10 folios.

3. Add MS 53090 D

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Title:
'A flash of lightning', by J. M. Murdoch.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 19 November 1870 for performance at the Grecian. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for all oaths to be omitted in performance together with the line 'and although the Metropolitan Police stop at nothing'. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

32 folios.

4. Add MS 53090 E

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Title:
'In the holly, or, Man's mercy', by W. H. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 November 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. H. Pitt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

18 folios.

5. Add MS 53090 F

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Title:
'The deer slayer', by W. H. Pitt and C. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 November 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The names of the authors are not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W.H. Pitt and C. Pitt, giving the play's title as 'The deer slayers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

14 folios.

6. Add MS 53090 G

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Title:
Elizabeth, or, The Invisible Armada, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 2 November 1870 for performance at the Vaudeville. Printed by Tinsley Brothers, Catherine Street, Strand (1870). Nicoll lists the title as 'E-liz-abeth, or, The don, the duck, the Drake and the invisible armada'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

29 folios.

7. Add MS 53090 H

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Title:
'The man of mystery, or, The mysterious waiter', by H. A. Major.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a romantic, realistic, demonistic, farcical, melodrama in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 23 November 1870 for performance at the Grecian. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

21 folios.

8. Add MS 53090 I

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Title:
'Marlborough, or, The three phases of a life', by W. Phillips.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 23 November 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for one passage with strong scriptural overtones to be omitted in performance.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

76 folios.

9. Add MS 53090 J

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Title:
'Wealth got and lost', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 November 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

41 folios.

10. Add MS 53090 K

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Title:
'East Lynne', by A. Dampier.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 25 November 1870 for performance at the Alfred (formerly, and subsequently, the Marylebone). The author's name is noted on folio 21. Penny Red stamp on folio 53v. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

53 folios.