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9971. Add MS 53043 H

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Title:
'The female detective, or, The foundling of the streets', by G. B. Ellis.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and two acts. Licence sent 6 June 1865 for performance at the Britannia. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1865
Extent:

27 folios.

9972. Add MS 53044 E

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Title:
L'Africaine, music by G. Meyerbeer and English translation by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Lyric drama in five acts. Licence sent 24 July 1865 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed (n.d.). Italian with English translation. Dramatis personae together with the names of the performers on folio 3. Nicoll lists three productions with this name in 1865, but none in a translation by T. J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:

47 folios.

9973. Add MS 53044 G

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Title:
'The string of pearls, or, The Barber of Fleet Street', by F. Hazleton.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts, taken from the published work of the same title. Licence sent 25 July 1865 for performance at the Bower. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Sweeny Todd, the Barber of Fleet Street, or, The string of pearls'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:

39 folios.

9974. Add MS 53047 U

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Title:
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or, Harlequin and the Flying Palace, by E. L. Blanchard.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1865 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by J. Miles & Co, 105 Wardour Street, Oxford Street. (n.d.). The date of intended performance noted as Tuesday 26 December 1865 on folio 1, next to which the name of Edward Murray, acting manger, has been adde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

11 folios.

9975. Add MS 53047 Z

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Title:
Little Bo-Peep, or, Queen Butterfly's Ball, and King Grasshopper's Feast', by M. Dutnall.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime in one act. Licence sent 26 December 1865 for performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Birmingham. Printed by James Upton, Great Charles Street, Birmingham. (n.d.). The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

14 folios.

9976. Add MS 53048 H

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Title:
'Trap for trap, or, The fly and the web', by A. C. Troughton.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 31 January 1866 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. Nicoll lists the play with the title as simply 'The fly and the web'. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 69).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1866
Extent:

52 folios.

9977. Add MS 53051 H

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Title:
Papillonetta, or, the prince, the butterfly and the beetle, by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
An original burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 4 June 1866 for performance at Sadler's Wells. Printed (n.d.). Lacy's Acting Edition (Vol 68, no 1010). Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folios 2v-3. Nicoll lists the play as previously performed at the Prince of Wales's,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1866
Extent:

24 folios.

9978. Add MS 53051 M

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Title:
'Moon light Jack, or, The king of the road', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 12 June 1866 for performance at the Marylebone. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Moonlight Jack'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1866
Extent:

21 folios.

9979. Add MS 53052 D

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Title:
'The masked man, or, The victim of the Star Chamber', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Romantic drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 July 1866 for performance at the Effingham. Mr Morris Abrahams is noted above the details of the theatre and an alternative title for the play, 'Clement Lanyere, or, The masked man' has been crossed through on folio 1. MS in two hands. Nicoll lists the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1866
Extent:

25 folios.

9980. Add MS 53057 L

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Title:
'Life in the coal pits, or, Self doomed', by J. C. Levey.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 25 February 1867 for performance at the Victoria. The date of intended representation noted as Tuesday 26 February 1867 on folio 1. The attribution of the play to J. C. Levey is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1867
Extent:
159 folios.