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10091. Add MS 53046 R

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Title:
'Jessie, the Mormon's daughter', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 9 December 1865 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio1. 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:
Dec 1865
Extent:

18 folios.

10092. Add MS 53047 K

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Title:
'Prometheus, or, The man on the rock', by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a gigantic anachronism' on folio 1. Licence sent 21 December 1865 for performance at the Royalty. The MS contains considerable annotations and amendments throughout. The attribution of the play to R. Reece is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the scrip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

29 folios.

10093. Add MS 53050 M

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Title:
'Found in a four-wheeler!', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 23 April 1866 for performance at the Royalty.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1866
Extent:

54 folios.

10094. Add MS 53050 P

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Title:
'The Fast Family', by B. Webster, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in four acts. Licence sent 30 April 1866 for performance at the Adelphi. The name of the theatre manager Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted above the details of the theatre on folios 1, 45 and 97. The attribution of the play to B. Webster, the younger, is taken from Nicoll, the name o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1866
Extent:

156 folios.

10095. Add MS 53051 L

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Title:
'Britomarte, or, The man hater', by W. M. Schofield.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 9 June 1866 for performance at the Marylebone. The name J. Arnold Cave is noted on folio 1, together with the date of intended production - Monday 11 June 1866. The attribution of the play to W. M. Schofield is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not bein...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1866
Extent:

20 folios.

10096. Add MS 53052 Q

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Title:
'Waiting for the underground', by L. H. du Terreaux.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 25 August 1866 for performance at the Strand. '£1.1.0 paid 21.8.66' noted at the top of folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1866
Extent:

25 folios.

10097. Add MS 53052 R

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Title:
'The last link of love, or, Stolen in childhood'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 August 1866 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1, together with a note saying one pound has been paid. Nicoll lists no play with this title for 1866 but 'The last link of love' does appear as a play performed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1866
Extent:

14 folios.

10098. Add MS 53053 C

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Title:
'Give a dog a bad name', by J. B. Johnstone.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts and four tableaux. Licence sent 14 September 1866 for performance at the Colosseum, Liverpool. Letter to W. B. Donne dated 12 September 1866 introducing the play from the theatre manager Thomas Theodore Heath on folio 2. Nicoll notes an alternative title 'England and Australia'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:

i + 40 folios.

10099. Add MS 53054 H

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Title:
'Ethel, or, Only a life', by B. Webster, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 9 October 1866 for performance at the Adelphi. The name B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to B. Webster, the Younger.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

105 folios.

10100. Add MS 53054 R

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Title:
'Adele d'Escars, the picklock of Paris', by Mrs H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in prologue and three acts. Licence sent 26 October 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown and gives the title as 'Adèle d'Escars, the picklock of Paris'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

44 folios.