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9361. Add MS 53084 N

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Title:
'Honor bright, or, The prompter's story', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 16 April 1870 for performance at the East London. Mr Morris Abrahams noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to E. Towers under the title 'Honor bright: a story of the stage, o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

50 folios.

9362. Add MS 53085 A

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Title:
The Princess of Trebizonde, adapted by C. L. Kennedy.
Scope & Content:
Opera buffa in three acts, adapted from the French libretto of C. H. Mutter and E. Treffeu. Music by J. Offenbach. Licence sent 1870 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed by Boosey & Co., Holles Street, London (n.d.), although folio 1 is manuscript, in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

33 folios.

9363. Add MS 53085 F

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Title:
'The Varsity Boat Race', by C. H. Stephenson.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an absurdity in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 21 April 1870 for performance at the Olympic. An alternative title, 'Boggles at the Varsity Boat Race' has been partially amended to produce the final version. Nicoll attributes the play to Stephenson but in collaboration with F. Ro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

22 folios.

9364. Add MS 53085 Q

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Title:
'The gentleman in black', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in two acts. Licence sent 16 May 1870 for performance at the Charing Cross. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the German word 'sakrament' to be omitted on the grounds that the word, as used in the play, still conveys an objectionable profane exclamation just as it would in English....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

31 folios.

9365. Add MS 53090 D

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Title:
'A flash of lightning', by J. M. Murdoch.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 19 November 1870 for performance at the Grecian. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for all oaths to be omitted in performance together with the line 'and although the Metropolitan Police stop at nothing'. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

32 folios.

9366. Add MS 53091 K

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Title:
Chilperic, or, Le Roi d'Amoureux, by W. F. Vandervell.
Scope & Content:
A sketch. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at the Philharmonic. Printed (n.d) aside from folio 1 which is manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

8 folios.

9367. Add MS 53092 P

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Title:
'Perfect Love; or, Oberon's Triumph', by Robert Reece
Scope & Content:
'Perfect Love; or, Oberon's Triumph', by Robert Reece [E.G.Lankester]. Licence sent 25 February 1871 for performance at the Olympic Theatre, London. 9 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

9368. Add MS 53092 R

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Title:
'The Tale of a Copper', by Unknown Author
Scope & Content:
'The Tale of a Copper', by Unknown Author. Licence sent 25 February 1871 for performance at the Princess Theatre. 28 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

9369. Add MS 53095 N

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Title:
'L'Héritage de M.Plumet', by T.Barriére and E.Capendu
Scope & Content:
'L'Héritage de M.Plumet', by T.Barriére and E.Capendu. Licence sent 6 may 1871 for performance at the Lyceum Theatre, London. 78 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

9370. Add MS 53096 L

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Title:
'L'ile de Tulipatan', by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru
Scope & Content:
'L'ile de Tulipatan', by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru. Licence sent 19 May 1871 for performance at the Lyceum Theatre, London. 20 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item