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1. Add MS 53038 A-GG

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Add MS 53038 A-GG
Title:
Lord Chamberlain's Plays: December 1864. (Box 159)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:
33 items (32 plays and 1 index)

2. Add MS 53038 GG

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Add MS 53038 GG
Title:
Index
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office in December 1864, together with the name of the theatres of intended representation. In the hand of William Bodham Donne, Examiner of Plays.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

1 folio.

3. Add MS 53038 I

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Title:
An address on a farewell benefit.
Scope & Content:
'Address intended to be spoken on Friday 16th [1864] on the occasion of the farewell benefit of Mr Singleton', noted on folio 1. Licence sent 17 December 1864 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) lists the piece as 'Address to be delivered at the Theatre ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

10 folios.

4. Add MS 53038 D

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Title:
Punchinello, by H. B. Farnie.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act. Licence sent 15 December 1864 for performance at Her Majesty's. Printed (n.d.). The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. B. Farnie, also mentioning W. C. Levy as the composer of the music.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

14 folios.

5. Add MS 53038 K

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Title:
'Old Dame Trott and her comical cat, or, Harlequin Little Boy Blue that lost his sheep'.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1864 for performance at the Queen's. The name C. J. James [Charles James James] noted on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Saturday 24 December 1864. MS in two hands. Comic scenes contained separately in folios 25-26. The nam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

26 folios.

6. Add MS 53038 U

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Title:
'Hercules and Omphale', by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 21 December 1864 for performance at St James's. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Brough under the title 'Hercules and Omphale, or, The power of love'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

30 folios.

7. Add MS 53038 EE

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Add MS 53038 EE
Title:
Harlequin Gulliver and his wife, or, Three kings, the seven cyclops, and the fairy fauns of the living waters.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1864 for performance at the Adelphi Theatre, Liverpool. Printed by W. McCall, Cartwright Place, Byrom Street, Liverpool. (n.d.). Mr W. S. Branson noted as the sole lessee of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and Nicol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

18 folios.

8. Add MS 53038 CC

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Title:
'The Knotting 'em Brothers', by J. S. Coyne.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 24 December 1864 for performance at the Adelphi. The name of the theatre manager, Mr B. Webster (Benjamin Webster), is noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to J. S. Coyne is taken from Nicoll where the title is given as 'Dark doings in the closet by the Kn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

57 folios

9. Add MS 53038 S

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Add MS 53038 S
Title:
'A lesson in love', by C. S. Cheltnam.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 19 December 1864 for performance at St James's. MS in two separate hands. The play was also published by Lacy's (Vol 64).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

54 folios.

10. Add MS 53038 G

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Add MS 53038 G
Title:
'The grin bushes', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
New and original burlesque in one act. Licence sent 17 December 1864 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors taking the roles on folio 2. Nicoll lists the play as 'The "Grin" Bushes, or, Missis Brown of the "Missis"sippi'. The play was published by ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

43 folios