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9051. Add MS 52999 F

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Add MS 52999 F
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'The pretty princess and the ugly beast, or, Harlequin King of Coin Castle', (altered from 'Harlequin King Moneygrabber, or, The pretty princess and the ugly beast') ('Pretty Blue Belle and the ugly beast'), pantomime by C. H. Hazlewood. Licence sent 19 December 1860 for performance at the Mar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1860
Extent:
1 item

9052. Add MS 52999 M

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Add MS 52999 M
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'Cinderella, or, Harlequin and the fairy of the little glass slipper', pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1860 for performance at the Surrey. Actors' names listed next to dramatis personæ. Includes comic scenes. ff. 23. Edward Litt Leman Blanchard, called 'Francisco Frost'; writer: Play...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1860
Extent:
1 item

9053. Add MS 53039 U

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Add MS 53039 U
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Play by Leicester Silk Buckingham, dramatist; youngest son of J. S. Buckingham; submitted for licence: 1865
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

9054. Add MS 53051 E

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'Celestina, or, The child of the air and the charmed forget-me-not' ('La fille de l'air').
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Burlesque. Licence sent 21 May 1866 for performance at Cremorne. Alternative title of 'La fille de l'air' noted on folio 44v, together with the name E. T. Smith. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play under the title 'La fille de l'air'. The play is not recorded in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1866
Extent:

44 folios.

9055. Add MS 53110 N

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'Medea', by H.S.Wells
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'Medea', by H.S.Wells. Licence sent 2 July 1872 for performance at the Lyceum Theatre, London. 27 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

9056. Add MS 53128 I

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Add MS 53128 I
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'Les Sceptiques', by Fèlicien Mallefille
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'Les Sceptiques', by Fèlicien Mallefille. Play read 17 October 1873 for a licence to perform at the Holborn Theatre, London. 75 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 item

9057. Add MS 53048 F

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Add MS 53048 F
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'Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, or, Love rules the world'.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 January 1866 for performance at the City of London. The playwrights Messrs F. Marchant and W. Travers noted beneath the details of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1866
Extent:
19 folios.

9058. Add MS 53051 G

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Add MS 53051 G
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'Bluebeard re-paired, a worn out subject done up anew', by H. Bellingham.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 1 June 1866 for performance at the Olympic. Pencil annotations on folio 1 give the surnames of some of the minor cast members. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the work to H. Bellingham and notes the play as being adapted from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1866
Extent:

80 folios.

9059. Add MS 53061 O

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Add MS 53061 O
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A wife well won, or, My Grand-Uncle's legacy, by E. Falconer.
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Drama in three acts. Licence sent in August 1867 (the exact date is not noted either on the script or in the LCO Day Book - Add MS 53704) for performance at the Haymarket.. Printed (n.d.) with manuscript amendments on the final page. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'A wife well won, or, My ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1867
Extent:

64 folios.

9060. Add MS 53086 T

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Add MS 53086 T
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'The Lady of Lucre, or, The cad's conquest and the proud patrician'.
Scope & Content:
The date of the licence being issued is not noted on the script, nor is the play recorded in either the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) or in Nicoll. The index to this selection of plays (Add MS 53086 Y) does list the play as being for performance at the Bijou Theatre, Bayswater.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:
46 folios.