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11101. Add MS 53067 M

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Add MS 53067 M
Title:
'No throughfair beyond Highbury, or, The maid, the mother and the malicious mountaineer', by H. C. Hazlewood, Jnr.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 14 April 1868 for performance at the Alexandra. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. C. Hazlewood, Jnr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1868
Extent:

27 folios.

11102. Add MS 53073 W

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Add MS 53073 W
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'Bluffe King Hal, or, Herne the Hunter and the miller's daughter of the River Dee', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1868 for performance at the Victoria. Mr J. A. Cave [Joseph Arnold Cave] noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. MS in two hands. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Marchant with the spelling of 'Bluff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

59 folios.

11103. Add MS 53091 C

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Add MS 53091 C
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'Deedle Deedle Dumpling and the eleven dancing princesses, Little Tom Tittlemouse and the silver frog', by T. Greenwood.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime with comic scenes. Licence sent 19 December 1870 for performance at Astley's. Nicoll lists the play under the title 'Little Tom Tittlemouse and the eleven dancing princesses'. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play as 'Harlequin Deedle Deedle Dumpling and the eleven dancing princes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

37 folios.

11104. Add MS 52932 K

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Add MS 52932 K
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Scope & Content:
‘Sea and land’, drama in three acts by Mark Lemon. Licence sent 13 May 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 17 May 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions to text throughout. Large numbers pencilled in throughout. Keywords: disabled characters, nautical d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1852
Extent:
1 item

11105. Add MS 52935 X

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Add MS 52935 X
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Scope & Content:
'The woman I adore’, farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 9 October 1852 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 9 October 1852. Request for licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Revisions not the work of the Examiner of Plays appear throughout text. LCO Day Boo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1852
Extent:
1 item

11106. Add MS 52941 W

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Add MS 52941 W
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Scope & Content:
'Mary Price, or, The memoirs of a servant maid', domestic drama in two acts by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 26 August 1853 for performance at the City of London 26 August 1853. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. For another version see Add. 52935 Y. This version published in Lacy’s,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1853
Extent:
1 item

11107. Add MS 52942 H

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Add MS 52942 H
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Scope & Content:
'The second will and the way', drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 13 September 1853 for performance at the Pavilion. Title page reads 'The dark shall be right and the wrong shall be made right'. Written in two different hands. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1853
Extent:
1 item

11108. Add MS 52942 J

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Add MS 52942 J
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Scope & Content:
'St. James and St Giles', drama in three acts by John H. Wilkins. Licence sent 19 September 1853 for performance at the City of London 3 October 1853. Signed by Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the word 'damned' be omitted. Keywords: debt ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1853
Extent:
1 item

11109. Add MS 52945 Q

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Add MS 52945 Q
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Scope & Content:
'A good run for it', farce in one act by J. V. Bridgeman. Licence sent 11 February 1854 for performance at Sadlers Wells 13 February 1854. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the word 'damn' be omitted as well as one other phrase. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 14, no. 198. Keyw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1854
Extent:
1 item

11110. Add MS 52945 W

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Add MS 52945 W
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Scope & Content:
'Gin versus water', drama in two acts by G. D. Pitt. Licence sent 21 February 1854 for performance at the Pavilion the same day. Listed in Nicoll under ‘unknown author’. For other versions, see Add. 52945 C and 52945 W. Keywords: drinking and drunkenness, poverty, working class characters,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1854
Extent:
1 item