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1. Add MS 53041 A-U

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Title:
Lord Chamberlain's Plays: April 1865. (Box 162).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:
21 items (20 plays and 1 index)

2. Add MS 53041 U

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Title:
Index
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office and granted a licence during the month of April 1865, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation. In the hand of William Bodham Donne, Examiner of Plays.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:

1 folio.

3. Add MS 53041 H

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Title:
'Fate'.
Scope & Content:
Described as a 'military drama in three acts' on folio 1. Licence sent 12 April 1865 for performance at Astley's. E. T. Smith noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Easter Monday, 17 April 1865. The name of the dramatist is not rec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:

26 folios.

4. Add MS 53041 G

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Title:
'Calypso and Telemachus'.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 12 April 1865 for performance at Sadler's Wells. A note from Robert Edgar to William Bodham Donne, dated 8 April 1865, states that 'with your kind permission the accompanying burlesque [...] will be produced at the above theatre on Saturday fifteenth day of April 1865'. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:

16 folios.

5. Add MS 53041 P

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Title:
'One Tree Square'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 20 April 1865 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Monday 23 April 1865. The name of the dramat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:

34 folios.

6. Add MS 53041 R

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Title:
'John Wilson, or, The proscribed'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 May 1865 for performance at the Adelphi, Liverpool. Folio 100, in which the manuscript was wrapped prior to being posted, appears to be a fragment from a different play with the name 'Robert Emmet' at the top. The address of William Bodham Donne and a Liverpoo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:

101 folios.

7. Add MS 53041 N

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Title:
'Desolation, by E Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 15 April 1865 for performance at the Effingham. The attribution of the play to E. Towers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:

30 folios.

8. Add MS 53041 O

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Title:
'Captain Macheath', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts founded on the Beggar's Opera. Licence sent 15 April 1865 for performance at the City of London. The name Nelson Lee noted beneath the theatre details on folio 1. The attribution of the play to W. Travers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:

31 folios.

9. Add MS 53041 T

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Title:
'A fair exchange', by G. Reed.
Scope & Content:
Opera di Camera with music by Emile Jonas, adapted from the French. Licence sent 1 May 1865 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. An earlier title, 'Ringing the changes' has been crossed through on folio 2. The songs to be performed are given on folio 10. Nicoll lists the play as autho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:

10 folios.

10. Add MS 53041 F

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Title:
'The demon of darkness', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 12 April 1865 for performance at the Victoria. The names of the theatre lessees noted as Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Easter Monday, 17 April 1865. MS in two hands. The attribution...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:

122 folios.