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1. Add MS 53085 Y

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Title:
Index
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office in late April and May 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:
Apr 1870-May 1870
Extent:
2 folios.

2. Add MS 53085 G

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Title:
Abu Hassan.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act. Licence sent 29 April 1870 for performance at Drury Lane. Printed (n.d.). Manuscript additions giving the title, place of performance and the proposed date of performance, signed 'George Wood' on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script and Nicoll list...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:
18 folios.

3. Add MS 53085 J

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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

4. Add MS 53085 U

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Title:
'Wooing one's wife'.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 14 May 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. LCO day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the line 'Moses did see his promised Land at least' to be omitted in performance. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:
31 folios.

5. Add MS 53085 K

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Title:
'The Naiad Queen', by E. Coles.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 30 April 1870 for performance at the King's Cross. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to Edmund Coles under the title 'La Reine des Naiades'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

35 folios.

6. Add MS 53085 C

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Title:
'Little mother', by J. M. Morton
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 20 April 1870 for performance at the Royalty.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

94 folios.

7. Add MS 53085 I

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Title:
'Truth against the world', by G. Spencer.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 2 May 1870 for performance at the East London. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

45 folios.

8. Add MS 53085 M

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Title:
'The wager', by J. A. Kappey.
Scope & Content:
Comic operetta in one act. Licence sent 30 April 1870 for performance at the Marine Barracks, Chatham. A letter from the dramatist to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, dated 25 April 1870 introducing the play included on folio i. Nicoll gives the date of the Chatam performance as 20 June 1871, wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

i + 27 folios.

9. Add MS 53085 P

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Title:
'Beggars' uproar', by H. J. Morice.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 7 May 1870 for performance at the Surrey.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

54 folios

10. Add MS 53085 B

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Title:
Barwise's Book, by H. T. Craven.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 20 April 1870 for performance at the Haymarket. Details of licence and theatre in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, on folio 1. Note, neither signed nor dated, to W. B. Donne introducing the play on folio 2v. Thereafter printed by Williams and Strahan, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

32 folios.