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1. Add MS 53089 S

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Title:
Index
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office during October and November 1870, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1870-Nov 1870
Extent:
1 folio.

2. Add MS 53089 O

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Title:
'Ashlynn'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 14 November 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Croydon. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for all oaths to be omitted. The name of the author is not noted on the script and no attribution is made in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:
85 folios.

3. Add MS 53089 J

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Title:
'Ballet of Stella Queen of the Stars'.
Scope & Content:
Ballet. Licence sent 8 November 1870 for performance at the Standard. The name of the author is not noted on the script and the production is not recorded in either the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) or in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:
6 folios.

4. Add MS 53089 N

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Title:
War, by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 21 November 1870 for performance at the St James's. Printed (n.d.). A note to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, dated 18 November 1870 from John Wood discussing the title of the play is included on folio i. T. W. Robertson also noted as the author of 'Society', 'O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

i + 48 folios.

5. Add MS 53089 B

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Title:
'The bouquet', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 21 October 1870 for performance at the East London. Mr Morris Abrahams noted as the manager on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to E. Towers under the title 'The bouquet, or, The language of flowers'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1870
Extent:

29 folios.

6. Add MS 53089 Q

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Title:
'A lost life', by Miss H. L. Walford
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 16 November 1870 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Nicoll also lists the play under the title 'A life lost'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:
101 folios.

7. Add MS 53089 H

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Title:
'Don Juan considerably aided', by J. Burnley.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a musical burlesque extravaganza' on folio 1. Licence sent 7 November 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Bradford. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a pun on 'tedious' and 'Te Deum' be omitted in performance. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

52 folios.

8. Add MS 53089 L

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Title:
'Whittington Junior', by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 14 November 1870 for performance at the Royalty. A letter dated 11 November [1870] to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, introducing the play on behalf of '[illegible] Hodson', proprietor of the theatre included on folio i. The name of the author is not noted on the script b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

i + 39 folios.

9. Add MS 53089 P

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Title:
The Palace of Truth, by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in three acts. Licence sent 17 November 1870 for performance at the Haymarket. Printed by Thomas Scott, Warwick Court, Holborn. (n.d.).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

28 folios.

10. Add MS 53089 R

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Title:
'The veiled prophet of Khorassan, or, The maniac, the mystery and the Malediction', by Miss H. L. Walford.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 15 November 1870 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for puns on the names of various politicians to be omitted.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:
37 folios.