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1. Add MS 53076 U

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Title:
Index.
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office and granted a licence during April 1869, 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:
Apr 1869
Extent:
1 folio.

2. Add MS 53076 M

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Title:
An Eligible Villa.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act. Licence sent 22 April 1869 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed by Woodfall and Kinder, Milford lane, Strand. (n.d.). Dramatis personae with the names of the performers on folio 3. The name of the author is not noted on the script. Nicoll lists the opera as a version of 'L'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:
9 folios.

3. Add MS 53076 E

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Title:
'Barely possible'.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a piece of nonsense' on folio 1. Licence sent 9 April 1869 for performance at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool. 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:
Apr 1869
Extent:
19 folios.

4. Add MS 53076 R

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Title:
Les Parisiens, by T. Barrière.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 30 April 1869 for performance at St James's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, Rue Vivienne, Paris. (n.d.). Half-page illustration and dramatis personae with the names of the actors on folio 1. The play is bound with Schahabaham II (see Add MS 53076 S).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

15 folios.

5. Add MS 53076 P

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Title:
Les Inutiles, by E. Cadol.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in four acts. Licence sent 14 April 1869 for performance at St James's. Printed by Librairie Internationale, 15 Boulevard Monmartre, Paris (1869). The play was first performed on 24 September 1868 at the Théatre de Cluny, as noted on folio 1. A list of other publications by the same compa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

92 folios.

6. Add MS 53076 H

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Title:
Nos Bons Villageois, by V. Sardou.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 14 April 1869 for performance at St James's. Printed by Michel Lévy Frères, Rue Vivienne, Boulevard des Italiens, Paris. (1867). First performance noted as 3 October 1866 at the théatre du Gymnase, Paris, on folio 2. A list of the author's previous works include...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

94 folios.

7. Add MS 53076 D

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Title:
'Found', by F. Haywell.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 8 April 1869 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Haywell, noting further that the play was subsequently performed on 14 November 1883 at the Gaiety.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

53 folios.

8. Add MS 53076 C

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Title:
'A lame excuse', by F. Hay.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 7 April 1869 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. The name C. J. James [Charles James James] noted on folio 1, together with the date of intended representation - 10 April 1869.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

24 folios.

9. Add MS 53076 A

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Title:
'A roving commission', by J. Besemeres.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 3 April 1869 for performance at the Royalty. The attribution of the play to J. Besemeres is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

35 folios.

10. Add MS 53076 T

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Title:
Seraphine, or, A Devotee, by D. Boucicault.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 30 April 1869 for performance at the Queen's. Acts I, II and III (folios 2-48) are printed (n.d.), with manuscript additions, while Act III (folios 49-58), apparently re-written, is included again in manuscript. Letter to W. B. Donne, dated 26 April 1869, on beha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:
iii + 58 folios.