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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53021 A-S

1. Add MS 53021 A

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'Aurora Floyd', prologue and drama in three acts by B. Webster, jun. Licence sent 13 March 1863 for performance at the Adelphi. For other versions, see Add. 53020 O, 53021 J, 53022 G, and 53022 H. The entry in the LCO Day Book Add. 52703 does not mention a prologue. Performance date cited a...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Mar 1863
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1 item

2. Add MS 53021 B

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'Taming the truant', comedy in three acts by Horace Wigan. Licence sent 16 March 1863 for performance at the Olympic. MS written in more than one hand. Cast list on title page. Nicoll lists play as an adaptation of Le papillon (sic) by Victorien Sardou. Sardou's 'La papillionne' was first...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1863
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1 item

3. Add MS 53021 C

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'Misplaced affections', drama in one act by Edward Draper. Licence sent 18 March 1863 for performance at the Princess's. Amendments in ink. No attribution given in Nicoll. ff. 26. Edward Draper, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1863.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1863
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1 item

4. Add MS 53021 D

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'The peep o'day by a new (lime) light; or, Savoureen deelishus (delicious)', burlesque by Thomas Jones. Licence sent 19 March 1863 but no details of theatre given. Cast list and programme details sent separately, two penny reds on back cover, inserted at front. Name and address (23 Moira Str...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1863
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1 item

5. Add MS 53021 E

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'Wreck and rescue, or, The labyrinth of death', drama in four acts by Thomas Mead. Licence sent 23 March 1863 for performance at the Grecian. Names of Thomas Mead, comedian and signature (illegible, but possibly G. Conquest) of actual and responsible manager, noted on script. ff. 41. Thoma...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1863
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1 item

6. Add MS 53021 F

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'The Chinese invasion of 1960', burlesque by Edward Draper and Ellis Reynolds. Licence sent 23 March 1863 for performance at the Princess's. Cuts and amendments in ink. Cues and stage directions in pencil. No attribution given in Nicoll. ff. 49. Ellis Reynolds, writer of plays: Plays by, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1863
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1 item

7. Add MS 53021 G

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'Jessie Ashton, or, London by day and night', drama in three acts by William Sawyer. Licence sent 23 March 1863 for performance at the Surrey. Name of Richard Shepherd (manager of the 'Royal Surrey') noted on the script. Nicoll lists performance on 6 April 1863. For another version, see Add...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1863
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1 item

8. Add MS 53021 H

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'The Rathboys, or, Shadragh the Shingawn and Ailleen the rose of Kilkenny', drama in three acts by Walter Williams. Licence sent 27 March 1863 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Sheffield. For another version, see also Add. 53016 L. Additions made to title to make title under which the sc...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1863
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1 item

9. Add MS 53021 I

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'The standard of England, or, The life of a soldier', drama in four acts by H. Young. Licence sent 28 March 1863 for performance at the Standard. Subtitle added in ink. Indicates "property of T. H. Cave". LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records place of performance as the Marylebone Theatre. ff. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1863
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1 item

10. Add MS 53021 J

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'Aurora Floyd, or, The deed in the wood', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Autograph. Licence sent 29 March 1863 for performance at the Queen’s. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records date of licence as 30 March 1863. Signed C. S. James. Stage positions indicated at end of play. Published in La...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1863
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1 item