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11. Add MS 53065 H

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Title:
'The peep show man', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 January 1868 for performance at the Surrey. Messrs Shepherd and Creswick noted as the theatre managers on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. J. Williams with the title corrected to 'The peep-show m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

29 folios.

12. Add MS 53065 K

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Title:
'The better angel, or, An inheritance', by W. Reeve.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 January 1868 for performance at the Theatre Royal, South Shields. The script contains sketched plans of how the stage should be set-up on folios 1v and 14v. A letter from the author to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, dated January 28 (?) is to be found on folio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

37 folios.

13. Add MS 53065 T

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Title:
'The woman of the world', by J. S. Coyne
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 15 February 1868 for performance at the Olympic. Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. An alternative title, 'The wonderful woman', has been crossed through. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attrib...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1868
Extent:

65 folios.

14. Add MS 53065 G

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Title:
'Who's to win him', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 20 January 1868 for performance at the Lyceum. The name E. J. Smith is noted on folio 1, and the name of the copyist is recorded as Thomas J. Anderson on folio 2. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. J. William...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

59 folios

15. Add MS 53065 O

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Title:
'One too many for him', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 8 February 1868 for performance at the Olympic. B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted on folio 1 as the theatre manager. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. J. Williams, although giving the theatre of performance ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1868
Extent:

26 folios.

16. Add MS 53065 F

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Title:
La Vivandiere: True to the Corps!, by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Operatic extravaganza founded on Donizetti's opera 'La Giglia del Regimento'. Licence sent 18 January 1868 for performance at the Queen's. Printed by Matthews Brothers, Liverpool. (1867). W.S. Gilbert noted as the author of 'Dulcamara, or, the Little Duck and the Great Quack' on folio 1, togethe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

18 folios.

17. Add MS 53065 Q

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Title:
'The Express, or, A brother's sacrifice', by A. Masson.
Scope & Content:
Serio-comic drama in three acts. Licence sent 12 February 1868 for performance at St George's. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to A. Masson.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1868
Extent:

73 folios.

18. Add MS 53065 M

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Title:
'The guiding star, or, The adventurer's bride', by W. E. Suter.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 30 January 1868 for performance at the East London. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. Act three is in a different hand to acts one and two. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. E. Suter.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

37 folios.

19. Add MS 53065 C

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Title:
'The village blacksmith: a Christmas story of joy and sorrow', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in one act. Licence sent 13 January 1868 for performance at the Oriental. Michael Abrahams noted as the theatre manager on folios 1 and 13.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

13 folios.

20. Add MS 53065 L

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Title:
'The convict, or, Hunted to death', by C. H. Stephenson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and four acts. Licence sent 30 January 1868 for performance at the Pavilion. An alternative title, 'Sampson, or, A fight with fate' appears on folios 1 and 38, crossed through on both occasions. Act four is in a separate hand to acts one, two and three.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

58 folios.