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10021. Add MS 53045 V

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Title:
'Arrah-no-Brogue, or, The girl of the lips', by A. C. Shelley.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 24 October 1865 for performance at Sadler's Wells.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1865
Extent:

21 folios.

10022. Add MS 53048 G

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Title:
'The divorce, or, Better than gold', by E. J. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 January 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name of the theatre proprietor, Morris Abrahams, noted on folio 1. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1866
Extent:

36 folios.

10023. Add MS 53048 J

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Title:
'The casual ward, or, Workhouse life', by J. A. Cave.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 8 February 1866 for performance at the Marylebone. A note from J. A. Cave, to W. B. Donne, (n.d.), introduces the play and gives the date of intended performance as Saturday 10 February 1866 on folio 2. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a considerable number ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1866
Extent:

62 folios.

10024. Add MS 53049 R

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Title:
'True at last, or, Two roads of life', by T. H. Reynoldson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 28 March 1866 for performance at the Marylebone. The alternative title 'The Gitano boy' noted on folio 1, but this appears to have been superseded by the title given above which is listed on folio 1v. A note to W. B. Donne, written on behalf of J....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

50 folios.

10025. Add MS 53050 E

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Title:
'Pike O'Callaghan, or, The Irish patriot', by W. Reeve.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 April 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Swansea. MS in two hands. The script contains sketches of how the stage should be set up on folios 16v and 32. Nicoll notes that the play was subsequently performed in Scarborough on 29 September 1868 and at the S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1866
Extent:

55 folios.

10026. Add MS 53053 F

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Title:
'The king's advocate, or, Love and hate', by G. F. Warde.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 September 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Cambridge. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the line 'By him who died upon the Rood' to be omitted in performance. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:

39 folios.

10027. Add MS 53057 M

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Title:
'Tide and time, or, Mildred's vow', by H. T. Leslie.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 25 February 1867 for performance at the Surrey. Messrs Shepherd and Creswick, lessees of the theatre, noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to H. T. Leslie is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. The play was als...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1867
Extent:

43 folios.

10028. Add MS 53058 W

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Title:
'Ready and willing, a working man's story', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 11 may 1867 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted by the theatre details on folio 1. The attribution of the play to E. Towers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1867
Extent:

26 folios.

10029. Add MS 53059 C

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Title:
'Striking the hour, or, Firematch the trooper', by W. H. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts and a prologue. Licence sent 17 May 1867 for performance at the City of London. The name Morris Abrahams noted by the details of the theatre on folio 1. MS in two hands. The attribution of the play to W. H. Pitt is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1867
Extent:

36 folios.

10030. Add MS 53059 E

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Title:
'Achora Machree, or, Gems of Ould Ireland', by S. Davis.
Scope & Content:
Domestic drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 May 1867 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle. A dramatic sketch of the final scene is included on folio 106. The play is not listed in Nicoll. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a judge's speech containing the words 'sentence of death' to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1867
Extent:

107 folios.