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21. Add MS 53056 X

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Title:
The Golden Cask, the princess! the page!! and the pageant!!!, or, Harlequin and Queen Grumble, by A. J. O'Neil.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque and pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1866 for performance at Sadler's Wells. Printed (folios 1-20) by J. W. Last, Heathcock Court, 414 Strand (n.d.). Folios 21-25 are manuscript and contain the comic scenes. Mr R. Edgar [Robert Edgar] noted as the sole lessee, and Miss Marriott note...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

25 folios.

22. Add MS 53056 Q

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Title:
Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves, or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Arabian Nights!, by G. A. À Beckett
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1866 for performance at Covent Garden. Folios 1-13 Printed (n.d.). The date of first performance noted as 26 December 1866 on folio 1. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. Folios 14-22 are manuscript, containing the comic scenes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

22 folios.

23. Add MS 53056 K

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Title:
'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.

24. Add MS 53056 E

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Title:
'The devil on two sticks, or, Harlequin the golden tree, bird and apple, or, The princess and the fairy fiancée', by G. Conquest.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager on folio 1. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the playwright not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:
37 folios.

25. Add MS 53056 V

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Title:
'Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well, or, Harlequin, the old woman who lives in a shoe', by N. Lee, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the City of London.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

22 folios.

26. Add MS 53056 Z

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Title:
Sinbad the Sailor, or, Harlequin Old Man of the Sea, the Emperor, the Ogre, the Good Fairy and the Princess, by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 27 December 1866 for performance at the Pavilion. Printed (folios 1-2; 5-16) by E. J. Bath, 26 High Street, Whitechapel (n.d.). Folios 3-4 and 17-18 are manuscript, being a letter from Henry Powell, lessee of the theatre, to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, dated 27 Decembe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:
18 folios.

27. Add MS 53056 Y

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Title:
'Hushaby baby on the tree top', by C. Millward and W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1866 for performance at Astley's. A note from Mr Liston, acting manager, to the Lord Chamberlain's Office and dated 24 December 1866 introduces the play on folio 2. Comic scenes contained separately in folios 45-56. The names of the dramatists are not recorded...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

56 folios.