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11. Add MS 53076 L

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Title:
'The teetotallers, or, Maine liquor law', by A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 21 April 1869 for performance at the Alexandra. The script contains extensive annotations and additions throughout in pencil. Nicoll also notes the alternative title 'A teetotal family'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

41 folios.

12. Add MS 53076 B

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Title:
A Breach of Promise, adapted from the French by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Extravagant farce in two acts. Licence sent 7 April 1869 for performance at the Globe. Printed (n.d.). The names of the actors added by hand against the characters they are playing on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

22 folios.

13. Add MS 53076 Q

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Title:
Orphée aux Hades (Orpheus in Hades), translated by C. L. Kenney.
Scope & Content:
Opera bouffe in two acts by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 30 April 1869 for performance at St James's. Printed by J. Mitchell, 33 Old Bond Street. (1869). The date of intended first performance noted as 12 July 1869, at St James's, on folio 1. Dramatis personae on folio 3. In French with a parallel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

41 folios.

14. Add MS 53076 N

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Title:
'The military Billy Taylor, or, The war in Carribou', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Musical comedietta in one act. Licence sent 21 April 1869 for performance at the Royalty. A note on folio 1 describes the play as an adaptation of the incidents in the nautical 'Ballad of William Taylor' to those of military life.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

33 folios.