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

21. Add MS 53086 U

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Title:
'Undine', by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a grand spectacular romance in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 29 June 1870 for performance at the Olympic. W. H. Liston noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. Dramatis personae on folio 3 with the names of the actors added in a separate hand. The name of the copyist is recorde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

41 folios.

22. Add MS 53086 V

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Title:
'Absent man', by G. Roberts.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 30 June 1870 for performance at the Holborn. C. J. Burleigh noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to G. Roberts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

24 folios.

23. Add MS 53086 W

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Title:
'The victims, or, The fatal night', by A. Faucquez.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and two acts. The theatre of intended performance was the Grecian but the licence was refused. Note in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, comments 'The Victim, licence refused June 29 1870' on folio 33v.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

47 folios.

24. Add MS 53086 X

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Title:
'The wife's tragedy', by Mrs E. Thomas
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 27 June 1870 for performance at the Standard. Mrs Edward Thomas also noted as the authoress of 'The merchant's daughter of Toulon' on folio 1. The name of the copyist is noted as 'Edw. [Edward] Hastings' on folio 90.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:
90 folios.

25. Add MS 53086 Y

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Title:
Index.
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office in May and June 1870, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870-Jun 1870
Extent:
2 folios.