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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53086 A-Y Level [40] File

11. Add MS 53086 K

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Title:
The Robust Invalid, by C. Reade.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts, adapted to the stage from the 'Malade Imaginaire', by Molière . Licence sent 14 June 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed by William Clowes and Sons, 14 Charing Cross, London (1857). The script contains manuscript annotations throughout and the original title, 'The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

30 folios.

12. Add MS 53086 L

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Title:
'Uncle's will', by S. T. Smith.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 18 May 1870 for performance at the Haymarket. Possible prompt copy with the stage directions undelined in purple.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

42 folios.

13. Add MS 53086 M

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Title:
'Little Nell', by W. Roberts.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts, adapted from Charles Dickens's novel The Old Curiosity Shop. Licence sent 20 June 1870 for performance at the Olympic.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

17 folios.

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Title:
'Taking the veil, or, The harsh step-father', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 26 June 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The alternative title 'The broken promise, or, The man with an iron will' has been crossed through on folio 1. The name of the author is not noted on the script ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

21 folios.

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Title:
'Sharps and flats, or, The race course of life', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and two acts. Licence sent 25 June 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Marchant.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

21 folios.

16. Add MS 53086 P

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Title:
'Romance and reality', by H. Folkard.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a musical piece of extravagance in one act', on folio 1. Licence sent 28 June 1870 for performance at the Royalty. The name William Offord [copyist?] noted on folio 21. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. Folkard under the title...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

21 folios.

17. Add MS 53086 Q

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Title:
'The lost air', by H. M. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama. Licence sent 30 June 1870 for performance at the Victoria. A note in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, records the play being licensed to the Victoria under the title 'Paul Clifford, or, The highway of life', on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play under the title 'Paul Clifford, or, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

54 folios.

18. Add MS 53086 R

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Title:
Helen's Love.
Scope & Content:
Tragedy in five acts. Licence sent 30 June 1870 for performance at the Haymarket. Folio1 is manuscript, printed thereafter (n.d.). The name of the author is not noted on the script. Nicoll notes an alternative title of 'Helen Douglas' but no authorial attribution is made.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:
27 folios.

19. Add MS 53086 S

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Title:
'Ambition', by H. Walford.
Scope & Content:
Drama. Licence sent 30 June 1870 for performance at the Bijou Theatre, Bayswater.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:
64 folios.

20. Add MS 53086 T

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Title:
'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.