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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53031 A-CC

1. Add MS 53031 A

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Title:
'The trap of gold, or, Nixas and the Bhargeist', by T. H. Higgie.
Scope & Content:
Ballet. Licence sent 23 March 1864 for performance at Astley's. The name E. J. Smith noted on folio 1, together with the date of intended production - 28 March 1864. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. H. Higgie, with music by J. H. Tully.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

13 folios

2. Add MS 53031 AA

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Title:
'David Garrick', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 27 April 1864 for performance at the Haymarket. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. W. Robertson and further notes that the play was performed at the Prince of Wales's, Birmingham in April 1864. The play was...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1864
Extent:

56 folios.

3. Add MS 53031 B

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Title:
'Rosalie, or, The chain of guilt'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 23 March 1864 for performance at Astley's. The name E. J. Smith noted above the theatre details on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:
38 folios.

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Title:
Falstaff, composed by O. Nicolai.
Scope & Content:
Opera in three acts. Licence sent 2 May 1864 for performance at Her Majesty's. Printed by The Music Publishing Company, 19 Peter's Hill, St Paul's. (n.d.). Italian with parallel English text. Dramatis personae together with the names of the performers on folio 3.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:
25 folios.

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Title:
'Venus and Adonis', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Described as an 'Easter burlesque' on folio 2. Licence sent 23 March 1864 for performance at the Haymarket. Dramatis personae on folio 2, together with the names of the actors. Details of the author are not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. C. Burnand and gives the full ti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

64 folios

6. Add MS 53031 CC

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Title:
Index
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office during March, April and May 1864, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation. In the hand of William Bodham Donne, Examiner of Plays.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864-May 1864
Extent:
1 folio.

7. Add MS 53031 D

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Title:
'The brigand of London, or, A tale of the city and the mountains', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 26 March 1864 for performance at the Effingham. Morris Abrahams noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. The attribution of the play to W. Travers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:
31 folios.

8. Add MS 53031 E

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Title:
'The lost will'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 4 April 1864 for performance at the Amphitheatre, Liverpool. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1864
Extent:
60 folios.

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Title:
'A blighted home, a true tale of Erin's Isle', by J. B. Howe.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 2 April 1864 for performance at the Pavilion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1864
Extent:

26 folios

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Title:
'Kate Kearney, or, The spirit of Killarney', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 April 1864 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager on folio 2, together with the date of intended performance - 4 April 1864.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1864
Extent:
32 folios.