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11. Add MS 53089 R

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Title:
'The veiled prophet of Khorassan, or, The maniac, the mystery and the Malediction', by Miss H. L. Walford.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 15 November 1870 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for puns on the names of various politicians to be omitted.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:
37 folios.

12. Add MS 53089 G

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Title:
'The magic whisper', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 November 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

21 folios.

13. Add MS 53089 I

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Title:
'Joe Sterling', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 November 1870 for performance at the Victoria. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood under the title 'Joe Sterling, or, A ragged fortune'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

58 folios.

14. Add MS 53089 E

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Title:
'David Copperfield, or, Little Emily Micawber', by G. F. Rowe.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 4 November 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Croydon. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play under the title 'Little Emily Micawber'. The play is not listed in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

33 folios.

15. Add MS 53089 M

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Title:
'The willow pool, or, The shadow of death', by D. Stewart.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a romantic legendary drama in two acts' on folio 1. Licence sent 14 November 1870 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - 14 November 1870. Nico...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

18 folios.

16. Add MS 53089 A

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Title:
'The headsman's axe', by G. H. Macdermott.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 20 October 1870 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1 together with the date of the play's intended performance - Monday 24 October 1870. Nicoll cites the title as 'The hea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1870
Extent:

25 folios.

17. Add MS 53089 D

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Title:
'Vicar of Wakefield', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 31 October 1870 for performance at the Standard. An alternative title, 'Vicar Primrose, the Vicar of Wakefield' is noted on folio 1v. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) also lists the play under the alternative title and asks for the line 'But a fine girl is worth all t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1870
Extent:

101 folios.

18. Add MS 53089 F

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Title:
'The lost wife, or, The husband's confession', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 November 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood, giving the date of performance as 7 August 1871. The p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

30 folios

19. Add MS 53089 K

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Title:
'An English gentleman, or, the empty pocket', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 8 November 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. A letter (n.d.) to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, from the author apologising for the late submission of his play is included on folios i-ii. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for all ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

ii + 90 folios.

20. Add MS 53089 C

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Title:
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.