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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Spry, Henry, writer of plays Level [40] File

1. Add MS 52967 N

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Add MS 52967 N
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'Macbeth', burlesque in one act by H. Spry. Licence sent 28 May 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon the same day. Revisions throughout the text. Stage directions, which mention the use of traps among other things, added in a different hand. Nicoll lists the play under ‘unknown author...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1857
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 52970 D

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Add MS 52970 D
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'Peter Wilkins, or, The flying Indians and the wild men of the Loudstone Islands', pantomime by H. Spry and George Conquest. Licence sent 21 December 1857 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 24 December 1857. Cover signed Ro. Conquest, actual and responsible manager. The present text appea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1857
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52999 G

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Add MS 52999 G
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'The blue bird of paradise, or, King Charming and Prince Pigmy', pantomime by G. Conquest and H. Spry. Licence sent 19 December 1860 for performance at the Grecian. Includes comic scenes. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation to omit the last scene comic business: "Now here is Napo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1860
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 53010 F

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Add MS 53010 F
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'The fair one with the locks of gold, or, Harlequin Gorilla and the ring, the giant and the gloomy grotto', pantomime by G. Conquest and H. Spry. Licence sent 19 December 1861 for performance at the Grecian. Includes comic scenes. ff. 52. Henry Spry, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 53018 L

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Add MS 53018 L
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'The spider and the fly, or, Harlequin number pip and the magic toys' ('Number nip'), pantomime by G. Conquest and H. Spry. Licence sent 20 December 1862 for performance at the Grecian. MS written in more than one hand. Comic scenes appended. Underlinings in red pencil on ff. 55r. Listed i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 53038 H

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Add MS 53038 H
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'Punch and Judy, or, Harlequin Prince Valliant and Shallaballa, or, The good little fairy of the wood', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1864 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1. Comic scenes contained separately in folios 24-26. The attribution of the play to Conquest and Spry is taken from Nicoll, the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

26 folios.

7. Add MS 53047 H

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Add MS 53047 H
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'The bottle imp, or, Harlequin , the witch of the woods and the beautiful princess and the five good little fairies', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 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 intended representation - Saturday 23 December 1865. Comic scenes included separately on folios 22-2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

24 folios.

8. Add MS 53064 F

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Add MS 53064 F
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'Harlequin Ric Rac - The Giant of the Mountain, or, The goblin's gift - kingdoms three and the Good Fairy and the pretty princess', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1864 for performance at the Grecian. Comic scenes contained separately in folios 28-31. Nicoll lists the title as 'Harlequin Rik Rak, the Giant of the Mountains, or, The goblin's gift of the kingdoms three, and the Good Fairy and the princess'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1867
Extent:

31 folios.

9. Add MS 53073 O

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Add MS 53073 O
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'The Flying Dutchman, or, Harlequin the Riddle of the Sphinx and the pretty princess who was made by a charm', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1868 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the sole proprietor of the theatre on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Thursday 24 December 1868. The attribution to Conquest and Spr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

47 folios.

10. Add MS 53083 U

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Add MS 53083 U
Title:
'Quasimodo', by H. Spry.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 6 April 1870 for performance at the Grecian. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. Spry under the title 'Quasimodo the Deformed, or, The man with the hump and the Belle of Notre Dame'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

19 folios.

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