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1. Add MS 53046 S

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Title:
Index.
Scope & Content:
List of the plays issued a licence by the Lord Chamberlain's Office during the months of November and December 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:
Nov 1865-Dec 1865
Extent:
3 folios

2. Add MS 53046 E

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Title:
'Society', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 7 November 1865 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. The name C. J. James [Charles James James] noted below the details of the theatre on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - Saturday 11 November 1865. Nicoll notes that the play was pe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

50 folios.

3. Add MS 53046 N

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Title:
'Molly Mayden', by C. Furtado.
Scope & Content:
Musical burletta in one act. Licence sent 30 November 1865 for performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll, although the title is given as 'Molly Maydew'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

18 folios.

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Title:
'Bitter cold, or, The secret of the holly bough'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 9 December 1865 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:
17 folios.

5. Add MS 53046 B

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Title:
'A photographical fix', by F. Hay.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 3 November 1865 for performance at the Victoria - the date of intended performance noted as Saturday 4 November 1865 on folio 1. The attribution to F. Hay is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. The play was also published ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

19 folios

6. Add MS 53046 C

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Title:
'Claribel's mystery', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Described as both a love story, and as a drama in a prologue and four acts on folio 1. Licence sent 3 November 1865 for performance at the Effingham . The name Morris Abrahams noted by the details of the theatre on folio 1. The MS is in two hands.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

38 folios.

7. Add MS 53046 D

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Title:
'A cleft stick', by J. Oxenford.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 4 November 1865 for performance at the Olympic.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

112 folios.

8. Add MS 53046 K

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Title:
'Sir Jasper's tenant', by E. Stirling.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 22 November 1865 for performance at Sadler's Wells. The name of the copyist noted as George French on folio 2. A subtitle for the play, 'A young man's folly', noted on folio 3.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

58 folios.

9. Add MS 53046 A

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Title:
'A happy result, or, An Alsatian dialogue', by G. Reed.
Scope & Content:
Opera in one act, adapted from Offenbach. Licence sent 3 November 1865 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

8 folios.

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Title:
'Who killed Cock Robin?', by C. J. Mathews.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 9 November 1865 for performance at the Haymarket. The script is possibly incomplete with Act II ending rather abruptly. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. J. Mathews. The play was also published by Lacy's (vo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

76 folios.