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1. Add MS 53082 V

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Title:
Index.
Scope & Content:
List of plays granted a licence in January and early February 1870, 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:
Jan 1870-Feb 1870
Extent:
2 folios.

2. Add MS 53082 S

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Title:
'Poor but honest'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 11 February 1870 for performance at the Bower. 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:
Feb 1870
Extent:
28 folios.

3. Add MS 53082 T

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Title:
'A suitor at sea'.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in two acts. Licence sent 18 February 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Greenwich. 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:
Feb 1870
Extent:
57 folios.

4. Add MS 53082 G

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Title:
Corrupt Practices, by F. Marshall.
Scope & Content:
Tragic-comedy in two acts. Licence sent 17 January 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. Printed by McGowan and Danks, Steam Printers, Great Windmill Street. (1870). The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Marshall.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1870
Extent:

32 folios.

5. Add MS 53082 P

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Title:
'Not found', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 9 February 1870 for performance at the East London. Morris Abrahams noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to E. Towers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1870
Extent:

38 folios.

6. Add MS 53082 H

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Title:
Chilpéric, by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Opera in three acts. Licence sent 17 Januray 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. Printed (n.d.). LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for references such as 'a pretty way to spend one's bridal nights', and comments which suggest assignations of a romantic nature to be omitted. The name of the dramat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1870
Extent:

12 folios.

7. Add MS 53082 R

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Title:
'Philomel', by H. T. Craven.
Scope & Content:
Romantic drama in three acts. Licence sent 9 February 1870 for performance at the Globe. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. T. Craven, noting further that the title was altered to 'The curse of kin' on 4 May 1885. LCO Day Book (Add MS 537...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1870
Extent:

i + 95 folios.

8. Add MS 53082 B

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Title:
The Nightingale, by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 6 January 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed (n.d.). Diagrams of the stage layouts are presented at the opening of each act. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. W. Robertson.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1870
Extent:

42 folios.

9. Add MS 53082 C

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Title:
'Open to conviction', by R. B. Brough.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 6 January 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to R. B. Brough under the title 'Open to correction'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1870
Extent:
23 folios.

10. Add MS 53082 D

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Title:
Dr Ambrosias, His Secret, by 'H. B.'.
Scope & Content:
Opera di Camera in two acts with music by R. D'Oyly Carte. Licence sent 10 January 1870 for performance at the St George's. Printed (1868). The date of the play's first performance recorded as 'Saturday evening, August 8th 1868' on folio 1. Nicoll attributes the play to 'H.B.', the author being ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1870
Extent:

10 folios.