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1. Add MS 53086 Y

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Title:
Index.
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office in May and June 1870, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870-Jun 1870
Extent:
2 folios.

2. Add MS 53086 I

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Title:
'Don Juan'.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 14 June 1870 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script and the play is not mentioned in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:
19 folios.

3. Add MS 53086 R

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Title:
Helen's Love.
Scope & Content:
Tragedy in five acts. Licence sent 30 June 1870 for performance at the Haymarket. Folio1 is manuscript, printed thereafter (n.d.). The name of the author is not noted on the script. Nicoll notes an alternative title of 'Helen Douglas' but no authorial attribution is made.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:
27 folios.

4. Add MS 53086 S

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Title:
'Ambition', by H. Walford.
Scope & Content:
Drama. Licence sent 30 June 1870 for performance at the Bijou Theatre, Bayswater.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:
64 folios.

5. Add MS 53086 M

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Title:
'Little Nell', by W. Roberts.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts, adapted from Charles Dickens's novel The Old Curiosity Shop. Licence sent 20 June 1870 for performance at the Olympic.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

17 folios.

6. Add MS 53086 F

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Title:
'Two roses', by J. Albery.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 3 June 1870 for performance at the Vaudeville. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. Albery. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

96 folios.

7. Add MS 53086 G

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Title:
'Escaped', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 6 June 1870 for performance at the East London. Morris Abrahams noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Travers under the title 'Escaped, or, Thrice married'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

46 folios.

8. Add MS 53086 C

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Title:
'Professor Wiggles, or, A tale of the wig'.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 23 May 1870 for performance at the Surrey. The name of the author 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:

17 folios.

9. Add MS 53086 K

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Title:
The Robust Invalid, by C. Reade.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts, adapted to the stage from the 'Malade Imaginaire', by Molière . Licence sent 14 June 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed by William Clowes and Sons, 14 Charing Cross, London (1857). The script contains manuscript annotations throughout and the original title, 'The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

30 folios.

10. Add MS 53086 B

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Title:
'Frou Frou', by A. Daly.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 20 May 1870 for performance at the St James's. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play as a drama rather than a comedy. Nicoll cites the play as having been previously performed on Fifth Avenue, New York, on 12 February 1870.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

123 folios.