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9781. Add MS 53028 F

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Scope & Content:
'Harlequin Friar Bacon and Grim John of Gaunt, or, The enchanted lance of Robin Goodfellow', pantomime by 'F. Frost' (i.e. E. L. Blanchard). Licence sent 19 December 1863 for performance at Astley's. MS written in more than one hand. Name of E. T. Smith, lessee, noted on the script. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1863
Extent:
1 item

9782. Add MS 53031 G

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Add MS 53031 G
Title:
'Kate Kearney, or, The spirit of Killarney', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 April 1864 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager on folio 2, together with the date of intended performance - 4 April 1864.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1864
Extent:
32 folios.

9783. Add MS 53038 P

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Title:
'King Pumpkin, or, Harlequin King Richard ye Lion Heart', by M. Dutnall.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1864 for performance at the Surrey. Comic scenes included separately in folios 38-47. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to M. Dutnall under the title'Harlequin King Pumpkin'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

47 folios.

9784. Add MS 53041 Q

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'A fashionable fallacy, or, The peasant's wife', by R. S. Samuel.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 24 April 1865 for performance at the Standard. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:

81 folios.

9785. Add MS 53048 P

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Add MS 53048 P
Title:
'Who wins?, or, The outcast's bride', by C. Horsman.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 23 February 1866 for performance at the Princess's Theatre, Edinburgh. The play noted as 'The sole property of Mr Clarence Holt, 31 Carlton Road, Maida Vale, Paddington Street' on folio 1. The playwright, Charles Horsman, noted as 'of the Lyceum Theatre London',...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1866
Extent:

106 folios.

9786. Add MS 53056 O

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Title:
'Harlequin Cock Robin and the children of the wood', by W. R. Osman.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1866 for performance at the Victoria. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton noted as the lessees on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a reference to the Hyde Park riots be omitted. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

139 folios

9787. Add MS 53064 N

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Title:
'Wat Tyler, or, Harlequin Peace, Love and War', by N. Lee Jnr.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1867 for performance at the City of London. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to N. Lee, Jnr with the title amended to 'Wat Tyler, or, Harlequin Love, War and Peace'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1867
Extent:

35 folios.

9788. Add MS 53065 F

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Title:
La Vivandiere: True to the Corps!, by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Operatic extravaganza founded on Donizetti's opera 'La Giglia del Regimento'. Licence sent 18 January 1868 for performance at the Queen's. Printed by Matthews Brothers, Liverpool. (1867). W.S. Gilbert noted as the author of 'Dulcamara, or, the Little Duck and the Great Quack' on folio 1, togethe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

18 folios.

9789. Add MS 53065 Q

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Title:
'The Express, or, A brother's sacrifice', by A. Masson.
Scope & Content:
Serio-comic drama in three acts. Licence sent 12 February 1868 for performance at St George's. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to A. Masson.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1868
Extent:

73 folios.

9790. Add MS 53070 S

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Title:
'Wild Will, or, The pirates of the Thames', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 September 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The play is not mentioned in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1868
Extent:

27 folios.