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651. Add MS 53100 X

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53100 X
Title:
Index for Plays at Add MS 53100
Scope & Content:
Index for Plays submitted to Lord Chamberlain's Office at Add MS 53100, A-X 1 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

652. Add MS 53030 E

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53030 E
Title:
'The boy in blue'.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. The date of licence and the place of performance are not noted on the script, however the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) lists the play as for performance at the Garrick, with the licence sent on 22 December 1862, suggesting the play has erroneously found its way into the plays for Februa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1864
Extent:
21 folios.

653. Add MS 53037 I

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53037 I
Title:
'The workmen of Paris'.
Scope & Content:
A drama in nine tableaux. Licence sent 23 November 1864 for performance at the Adelphi. 'Mr Benjamin Webster, New Theatre Royal, Adelphi, Strand', noted on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) enters the play as 'The working men of Paris'. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1864
Extent:

163 folios.

654. Add MS 53038 I

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53038 I
Title:
An address on a farewell benefit.
Scope & Content:
'Address intended to be spoken on Friday 16th [1864] on the occasion of the farewell benefit of Mr Singleton', noted on folio 1. Licence sent 17 December 1864 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) lists the piece as 'Address to be delivered at the Theatre ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1864
Extent:

10 folios.

655. Add MS 53060 G

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53060 G
Title:
La Forza del Destino.
Scope & Content:
Opera in four acts. Licence sent 21 June 1867 for performance at Her Majesty's. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for certain religious passages 'highly inappropriate to the stage' be omitted in performance. Printed (n.d.). Italian with parallel English translation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Jun 1867
Extent:

15 folios.

656. Add MS 53070 T

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53070 T
Title:
'Rail, river and road'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 7 September 1868 for performance at the East London. Morris Abrahams noted as the theatre lessee and manager on folio 1. Folios 14-19 are printed, (n.d.),and contain the heading 'Under the gaslight'. The name of the author is not noted on the script and no author ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1868
Extent:
52 folios.

657. Add MS 53077 M

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53077 M
Title:
The Admiral's Daughter.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in two acts. Licence sent 22 May 1869 for performance at the Corn Hall, Maidstone. Printed by Grundy, Maidstone. (n.d.). The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and the play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:
10 folios.

658. Add MS 53085 J

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53085 J
Title:
L'Oca del Cairo.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in two acts. Licence sent 30 April 1870 for performance at Drury Lane. Printed (n.d.). Manuscript annotations giving the theatre and proposed date of performance, signed 'George Wood', on folios 1 and 27. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for one cut to be made.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:
1 item

659. Add MS 53090 N

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53090 N
Title:
'Le petit de la bonne'.
Scope & Content:
Folie-vaudeville in one act. Licence sent 1 December 1870 for performance at the Opera Comique. Folio 26 contains a drawing of the stage layout while folio 27 contains a plot outline to another play with the title 'Les trois gamins'. No details of the author are noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:
27 folios.

660. Add MS 53093 T

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53093 T
Title:
'Jack the Joiner' by unknown author
Scope & Content:
Jack the Joiner; or, The Appropriating Prentice and Winsome Winny of Wych Street' by unknown author. Licence refused. 65 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item