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036-002007211 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 53081 V

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Title:
Untitled play.
Scope & Content:
Untitled play containing characters called Indigestion, Mischief, Jack, Jill, Squire, Dame, etc. The play begins with scene 1 but any title page is no longer present. The play is not listed in the index for this volume (Add MS 53081 Z).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:
30 folios.

2. Add MS 53081 Z

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Title:
Index
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office during December 1869, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:
1 folio

3. Add MS 53081 M

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Title:
Performance Bill
Scope & Content:
Performance bill for Astley's Theatre, the lessee of the theatre noted as Mr W. H. C. Nation. Plays and performances advertised include The Wonderful Trained Elephant, 'A Terrible Tinker' and 'Jack and the Beanstalk'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:
1 folio

4. Add MS 53081 P

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Title:
'Furnished apartments'.
Scope & Content:
Manuscript notes for scenes 2 and 3 of a play on folios 1 and 2. The pages being separated at some point from the play to which they originally belonged. The bottom section of a printed performance bill with the words 'Furnished Apartments' is included on folio 3.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:
3 folios.

5. Add MS 53081 G

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Title:
'Elizabeth Queen of England'.
Scope & Content:
Play in five acts. Licence sent 17 December 1869 for performance at the Lyceum. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script and Nicoll, while noting that the play was previously performed at the Amphitheatre, Liverpool, on 14 June 1869, makes no attribution as to authorship.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:
38 folios.

6. Add MS 53081 A

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Title:
'Babes in the wood', by C. Rice.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 10 December 1869 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Bradford. Nicoll lists a play with the title 'The babes in the wood, or, The big bed of Ware', by Rice, as being performed at Covent Garden in 26 December 1874 but no mention is made of a play by this author being per...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

71 folios.

7. Add MS 53081 I

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Title:
'The forty thieves', by F. Hazleton.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1869 for performance at the Bower. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:
30 folios.

8. Add MS 53081 W

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Title:
'Valentine and Orson', by C. Merion.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1869 for performance at the Pavilion. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. Merion under the title 'Valentine and Orson, or, Harlequin, progress and the Peri of the period'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

29 folios.

9. Add MS 53081 Y

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Title:
'Timour the Tartar', by E. Chamberlaine.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 30 December 1869 for performance at the Alexandra. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to E. Chamberlaine and adds the alternative title 'The swell belle of the period'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

21 folios.

10. Add MS 53081 B

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Title:
'The Hebrew Maiden, or, Harlequin Prince Leoline and the fairy of the chain of brilliants'.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1869 for performance at the City of London. Comic scenes included separately in folios 19-22. Damaged Penny Red stamp on folio 22v. 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:
Dec 1869
Extent:
22 folios.