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11921. Add MS 53016 G

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'Jessie Brown, or, The siege of Lucknow'('Jessie Brown, or, The relief of Lucknow'), drama in four acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 11 September 1862 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. MS written in more than one hand. First performed as 'Jessie Brown, or, The relief of L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1862
Extent:
1 item

11922. Add MS 53019 L

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'Jeanie Deans, or, The heart of Midlothian' ('The trial of Effie Deans'), drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault. Licence sent 23 January 1863 . No details of theatre given on script, but Nicoll records first British performance at Astley's, 26 January 1863. Letter signed [illegible] and E. S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1863
Extent:
1 item

11923. Add MS 53047 J

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Harlequin Blue Beard, the Great Bashaw and his Seven Headless Wives, or, Harlequin Selim and his Lovely Fatima, by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1865 for performance at the Pavilion. The script is in three parts. Folios 1-16 printed by E. J. Bath, Whitechapel. (n.d.). Dramatis personae on folios 14 and 14v. Folios 17-23 manuscript comic scenes. Folios 24-30, printed proofs of the play.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:
30 folios.

11924. Add MS 53056 K

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'Prince Pippo and the Fair Mayde of Islington, or, Harlequin, the fairy magpie and the 12 magic spoons', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the Alexandra. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:
21 folios.

11925. Add MS 53089 C

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Un Soir qu'il Neigeait (one Snowy Night); Les Prés Saint Gervais (The Meadows of saint Gervais); 'Les Forfaits de Pipermans (Piperman's Predicaments), translated by J. R. Ware.
Scope & Content:
English translations of three plays (respectively a comedy in one act, a farce-comedy in two acts and a farce in one act). 'Licence for French versions of the plays sent October 27', noted on folio 1 in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays. Licence issued for performance at the Opera Comiq...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1870
Extent:

17 folios.

11926. Add MS 53090 V

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'Mr and Mrs Gulliver, or, Little Boy Blue, the Land of Lilliput and the home of the giants', by C. H. Horsman.
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Pantomime. Licence sent 19 December 1870 for performance at the Alexandra Opera House, Sheffield. A covering letter addressed to William Bodham Donne and dated 15 December 1870 introduces the play and notes that payment has been enclosed, is included on folio i. The name of the author appears on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

i + 68 folios.

11927. Add MS 53064 W

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No Thoroughfare, by C. Dickens and W. W. Collins.
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 3 January 1868 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed by C. Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand. (1867).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

40 folios

11928. Add MS 53102 M

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'Les Folies Dramatiques', by Dumanoir and Clairville
Scope & Content:
'Les Folies Dramatiques', by Dumanoir and Clairville. Licence sent 21 November 1871 for performance at St.James's Theatre. 8 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

11929. Add MS 53128 A

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'Renee of France and the Huguenots', by Paolo Giacometti
Scope & Content:
'Renee of France and the Huguenots', by Paolo Giacometti. No licence details available. 43 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

11930. Add MS 53031 F

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Title:
'A blighted home, a true tale of Erin's Isle', by J. B. Howe.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 April 1864 for performance at the Pavilion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1864
Extent:

26 folios