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1. Add MS 53029 A

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Title:
The House that Jack Built!, or, Harlequin Jack, the Three Witches, and the Fairy King of the Bower of Bouquets, by W. S. Branson.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 4 January 1864 for performance at the Adelphi Theatre, Liverpool. Printed by W. McCall, Cartwright Place, Liverpool. (1863). Nicoll lists the play as author unknown but the script has 'written by Mr W. S. Branson' added in ink below the title on folio 2. Mr Branson is als...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:

13 folios.

2. Add MS 53029 B

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Title:
'Our American cousin' (additional scenes), by T. Taylor.
Scope & Content:
Additional scenes for the play 'Our American Cousin' (see Add MS 53008 O), presumably by T. Taylor. Licence sent 2 January 1864 for performance at the Haymarket.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:

13 folios.

3. Add MS 53029 C

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Title:
'Margate Sands', by W. Hancock.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 5 January 1864 for performance at the Strand. The dramatist is noted as also the author of 'John Smith' on folio 1. The play was published by Lacy's (vol 61).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:

23 folios.

4. Add MS 53029 D

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Title:
'Night and morning, or, She's very like her mother', by E. Falconer.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a serio-comic dramatic episode from a suppostitious medieval chronicle of one of the Ducal Sovereignties in Italy' on folio 1. Licence sent 8 January 1864 for performance at Drury Lane. MS in two hands. The attribution of the play to E. Falconer is taken from Nicoll, the name of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:

93 folios.

5. Add MS 53029 E

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Title:
'Unlimited confidence', by A. C. Troughton
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 13 January 1864 for performance at the Strand. The play was published by Lacy's (vol 61).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:

31 folios.

6. Add MS 53029 F

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Title:
'Kiddle-e-wink', by B. Hill.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 January 1865 for performance at the Victoria. The lessees of the theatre noted as Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Saturday 25 January 1864. MS in two hands. The attribution of the pl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:

76 folios.

7. Add MS 53029 G

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Title:
'Lost in the snow, or, Tale of Christmas joys and Christmas sorrows', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 January 1864 for performance at the Pavilion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:

31 folios.

8. Add MS 53029 H

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Title:
'Doubts and fears'.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. A note on folio 1, in the hand of W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, records 'Received January 16, referred to the Lord Chamberlain'. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) notes the licence was finally sent on 18 January 1864 for performance at the Olympic. The name of the dramatist is not...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:
69 folios.

9. Add MS 53029 I

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Title:
'The kiddle-a-wink, or, The last of the doomed race', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 January 1864 for performance at the City of London. The name Nelson Lee noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to W. Travers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:
31 folios.

10. Add MS 53029 J

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Title:
'The pyramid', by C. W. S. Brooks.
Scope & Content:
Described as a 'novel Egyptian entertainment' on folio 1. Licence sent 26 January 1864 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Songs for the production included on folios 1 and 2. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'The pyramids, or, Footprints in the sand'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:

31 folios.