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11721. Add MS 52936 I

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'Wellington and Waterloo', drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 December 1852 for performance at the Marylebone Theatre 27 December 1852. The Examiner of Plays W. B. Donne notes on cover that the events surrounding the funeral of the Duke of Wellington have intervened in the process of licensing...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1852
Extent:
1 item

11722. Add MS 52963 T

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‘The magic mistletoe, or, Harlequin Humbug and the shams of London’, pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1856 for performance at the Strand 3 January 1857. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that two lines be omitted. Keywords: literature and literary reference, doctors and medi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

11723. Add MS 52970 O

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‘Little Jack Horner or, Harlequin ABC’, grand comic pantomime by E. L. Blanchard. First performance at Theatre Royal Drury Lane 26 December 1857; there is no licensing information on the script itself. Comic scenes and songs included in MS. Not listed in LCO Day Book Add. 53073. Keywords: th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 item

11724. Add MS 53038 DD

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Old King Cole, or, Harlequin Hey Diddle-Diddle, the cat and the fiddle, and the four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie, by M. Dutnall.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1864 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Printed by the Theatre Royal Printing Company, Birmingham (n.d.). The name of the manager, Mr H. M. Simpson Jnr, is noted on folio 1. Dramatis personae with the names of the actors taking the roles on foli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

12 folios.

11725. Add MS 53064 M

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'Charles the Second and pretty Nell Gwynne, or, Harlequin Oliver Cromwell and the Little Fairies of the Enchanted Oak', by R. Soutar.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1867 for performance at the Victoria. J. Arnold Cave noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to R. Soutar.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1867
Extent:

17 folios

11726. Add MS 53069 K

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'Fred Frolic, his life and adventures, or, The dark deeds of the devil's grip', by C. Pitt.
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Drama in two acts - the drama being 'founded on the tale of that name published in 'The young men of Great Britain'. Licence sent 20 June 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1868
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22 folios.

11727. Add MS 53099 D

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'Little Prince Poppet; or, Old King Twiddle Twaddle, the Princess and the Naughty Boy and the Pump', by unknown author
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'Little Prince Poppet; or, Old King Twiddle Twaddle, the Princess and the Naughty Boy and the Pump', by unknown author. Licence sent 14 August 1871 for performance at the Bower Theatre, London. 25 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

11728. Add MS 53104 E

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'Lady Godiva; or, Harlequin Peeping Tom of Coventry and St. George and the Dragon', by M.John and G.Sanger
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'Lady Godiva; or, Harlequin Peeping Tom of Coventry and St. George and the Dragon', by M.John and G.Sanger. 23 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

11729. Add MS 53343 G

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Play by F. J. Fargus, called 'H. Conway'; writer of plays; submitted: 1885 Play by J. W. C. Carr, writer of plays; submitted: 1885
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885
Extent:
1 item

11730. Add MS 53029 P

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Add MS 53029 P
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Faust, translated by H. F. Chorley.
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Opera in five acts by MM. Barbier and Carré with music by Charles Gounod. Licence sent 6 February 1864 for performance at Her Majesty's. Printed by Chappell & Co., 50 New Bond Street. (n.d.). The date of the opera's intended performance noted as 23 January 1864 on folio 1. Dramatis personae ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:

24 folios.