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1. Add MS 53090 A-W

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Add MS 53090 A-W
Title:
Lord Chamberlain's Plays: October - December 1870. (Box 211).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Oct 1870-Dec 1870
Extent:

23 items (22 plays and 1 index)

2. Add MS 53090 W

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Add MS 53090 W
Title:
Index
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office during the months of November and December 1870, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870-Dec 1870
Extent:
2 folios.

3. Add MS 53090 O

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Title:
'The elixir of love'.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 1 December 1870 for performance at the Opera Comique. The name of the author is not noted on the script. Nicoll lists the play under the title 'the elixir of life' but again with no author being cited.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:
16 folios.

4. Add MS 53090 R

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Title:
'Whittington and his cat'.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 13 December 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Bradford. The name of the author is not noted on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:
50 folios.

5. Add MS 53090 L

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Add MS 53090 L
Title:
'Écarté', by Lord Newry.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 30 November 1870 for performance at the Globe. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for all oaths, the exclamations 'Lord' and 'God', and allusions to the Prince of Wales be omitted. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

136 folios.

6. Add MS 53090 C

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Add MS 53090 C
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.

7. 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.

8. Add MS 53090 U

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Add MS 53090 U
Title:
'Coeur de Lion', by J. S. Strachan.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 17 December 1870 for performance at the Strand. Nicoll cites the title as 'Coeur de Lion revised, and his enemies corrected'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

34 folios.

9. Add MS 53090 Q

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Add MS 53090 Q
Title:
'Faust in a fog', by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 5 December 1870 for performance at the King's Cross. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the 'objectionable final song' and the announcement of the can can dance to be omitted. The attribution of the play to R. Reece is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

9 folios.

10. Add MS 53090 D

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Add MS 53090 D
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.