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2. Add MS 53079 T
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53079 T
- Title:
- Never despair
- Scope & Content:
- Drama in four acts. Licence sent 6 October 1869 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Bradford. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script and no play of this title is listed in Nicoll for performance in Bradford; however a play titled 'Never despair, for out of Evil cometh Good', a...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Oct 1869
- Extent:
-
58 folios.
3. Add MS 53079 C
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53079 C
- Title:
- 'Faust and Marguerite'.
- Scope & Content:
- Burlesque. Licence sent 17 August 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross. A printed page from a periodical has been cut-to-size and acts as the cover for the play on folio 1. An oval stamp marking the play as received August 9 1869 on folio 2. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the s...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Aug 1869
- Extent:
- 45 folios.
4. Add MS 53079 S
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53079 S
- Title:
- 'Escaped for Portland'.
- Scope & Content:
- Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 4 October 1869 for performance at the Princess's. MS in two hands. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a passage containing lines taking the form of a catechism be omitted in performance from Act I scene 2 of the play. The name of the dramatist is...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Oct 1869
- Extent:
- 79 folios.
5. Add MS 53079 J
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53079 J
- Title:
- 'Linda di Chamon', by A. Thompson.
- Scope & Content:
- Burlesque. Licence sent 16 September 1869 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed (n.d.). The script takes the form of a printed proof copy, with the title of the play and the name of the dramatist added in ink on folio 1. The LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for lines mocking the Lord Chamberlai...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Sep 1869
- Extent:
-
9 folios.
6. Add MS 53079 H
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53079 H
- Title:
- 'Little fibs', by E. Berry.
- Scope & Content:
- Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 10 September 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross. Dramatis personae with the names of some of the actors added in faint pencil on folio 3. The script contains annotations elaborating upon the stage directions in red and blue pencil throughout. Nicoll att...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Sep 1869
- Extent:
-
41 folios.
7. Add MS 53079 K
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53079 K
- Title:
- 'Progress', by T. W. Robertson.
- Scope & Content:
- Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 15 September 1869 for performance at the Globe. Printed (n.d.), but with the title added in pen by W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays. A diagram of how the stage should be set out for the opening scene is included on folio 1. The attribution of the play to T. W. Ro...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Sep 1869
- Extent:
-
58 folios.
8. Add MS 53079 E
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53079 E
- Title:
- 'The wanderers', by W. Travers.
- Scope & Content:
- Drama in three acts. Licence sent 3 September 1869 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager of the theatre on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - Monday 13 September 1869. Nicoll lists the play u...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Sep 1869
- Extent:
- 28 folios.
9. Add MS 53079 N
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53079 N
- Title:
- 'Plain English', by T. Morton, the younger.
- Scope & Content:
- Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 23 September 1869 for performance at the Holborn. A note stating that the play will be performed on 'Saturday 25th [September 1869]' and that a 'cheque will be sent' is to be found on folio 1.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Sep 1869
- Extent:
-
18 folios.
10. Add MS 53079 F
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53079 F
- Title:
- 'Quite by accident', by F. Walters
- Scope & Content:
- Farce in one act. Licence sent 4 September 1869 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. A note from C. J. James [Charles James James], lessee of the theatre, gives the date of intended performance as Saturday 11 September 1869 on folio 1. The title, together with the details of the licence, ha...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Aug 1869
- Extent:
-
12 folios.