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21. Add MS 53040 D

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53040 D
Title:
'Cahill euve dha rhug, or, He of the red hand', by T. Lyon.
Scope & Content:
Irish drama in three acts. Licence sent 22 February 1865 for performance at the Victoria. Each act is in a different hand. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton noted as the theatre lessees on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:

91 folios.

22. Add MS 53040 A

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53040 A
Title:
'Faces in the fire', by L. S. Buckingham
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 21 February 1865 for performance at St James's. The name of the copyist noted as George French on folio 1. The attribution of the play to L. S. Buckingham is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. The play was also publis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:

76 folios.

23. Add MS 53040 O

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53040 O
Title:
'A dark night's work, or, The murder at Dead Man's Pool', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 10 March 1865 for performance at the City of London. Mr Nelson Lee, the lessee of the theatre, noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to F. Marchant is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

19 folios.

24. Add MS 53040 L

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53040 L
Title:
'Going to the dogs', by W. Brough and A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'A new and entirely original farce in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 7 March 1865 for performance at Drury Lane. MS in two hands. Dramatis personae with the surnames names of the actors taking the roles added in pencil on folio 1v. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 65).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

31 folios.

25. Add MS 53040 Q

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53040 Q
Title:
'The assassins at the road side inn, or, The road side inn, or, Auberge des Ardets', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 9 March 1865 for performance at the Standard. Nicoll lists the play with the title as either 'Assassins of the roadside' or 'Assassins of the roadside inn'. The LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) lists the play under the title 'The road side inn' but records the play a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

43 folios.