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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53030 A-R

1. Add MS 53030 A

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Title:
'The fallen one, or, The wide wide world', by Mrs H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 February 1864 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. A play of this title is not recorded in Nicoll but the author is credited with a play called 'The fallen star', also performed at the Effingham in 1864.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1864
Extent:

86 folios.

2. Add MS 53030 B

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Title:
'The outcasts', by H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 20 February 1864 for performance at the Marylebone. The theatre manager J. A. Cave [Joseph Arnold Cave] noted on folio 1. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1864
Extent:

41 folios.

3. Add MS 53030 C

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Title:
'Bunkum Muller', by H. T. Craven.
Scope & Content:
Sketch. Licence sent 24 February 1864 for performance at the Haymarket. MS in three different hands. The attribution of the play to H. T. Craven is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1864
Extent:

20 folios.

4. Add MS 53030 D

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Title:
The sisters, or, The rovers of Sallee
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 29 February 1864 for performance at the Cabinet. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) asks for all oaths and the word 'God' to be omitted, as well as references to the Devil and hell. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and the play is listed as author un...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:
25 folios.

5. Add MS 53030 E

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Title:
'The boy in blue'.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. The date of licence and the place of performance are not noted on the script, however the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) lists the play as for performance at the Garrick, with the licence sent on 22 December 1862, suggesting the play has erroneously found its way into the plays for Februa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1864
Extent:
21 folios.

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Title:
'The Alabama', by J. M. Morton.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a nautical extravaganza in one act' on folio 2. Licence sent 4 March 1864 for performance at Drury Lane.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

37 folios.

7. Add MS 53030 G

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Title:
'Eleanor's victory', by J. B. Johnstone.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 4 March 1864 for performance at the Victoria. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton noted as the lessees of the theatre on folio 1. Act II, the first page of which mentions the name of the dramatist, is in a different hand from acts I and III.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

81 folios.

8. Add MS 53030 H

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Title:
'The area belle', by W. Brough and A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 5 March 1864 for performance at the Adelphi. The name B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted on folio 1. The dramatists are also mentioned as the authors of 'Census' etc., on folio 1. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

34 folios.

9. Add MS 53030 I

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Title:
'Rumplestiltskin, or, The maid and what's his name, or, The woman at the wheels', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 15 March 1864 for performance at the Royalty. Nicoll lists the play with the title amended to 'Rumplestiltskin and the maid, or, The woman at the wheel'. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

47 folios.

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Title:
'The left handed marriage', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 March 1864 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood under the title 'Left-handed marriages'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

44 folios.