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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53033 A-U

1. Add MS 53033 A

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Title:
'The down-fall of pride, or, The heiress and the mechanic's wife, or, Strange things happen in course of time', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 20 June 1864 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. No details of the author on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood and gives the title as 'The downfall of pride', also noting the alternat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1864
Extent:

38 folios

2. Add MS 53033 B

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Title:
'Troubled waters', by H. Hume.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 23 June 1864 for performance at the Victoria. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton noted on folio 100v. No details of the author recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. Hume and notes the alternative title of 'The family secret'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1864
Extent:

100 folios

3. Add MS 53033 C

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Title:
'Outwitted at last', by H. F. Youle.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 30 June 1864 for performance at Astley's. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1864
Extent:

41 folios

4. Add MS 53033 D

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Title:
Mirella.
Scope & Content:
Opera in five acts, composed by Charles Gounod with an English version and the music of the Principle Airs. Licence sent 4 July 1864 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by The Muisc Publishing Company, 19 Peter's Hill, St Paul's. (n.d. ) Italian with parallel English text. Dramatis personae...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Jul 1864
Extent:
19 folios

5. Add MS 53033 E

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Title:
'Deborah', by C. S. Cheltnam.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 8 July 1864 for performance at the Victoria. Folios 1, 26 and 48 are stamped 'Frederick: Fenton. Frampton'. No details of the author noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. S. Cheltnam and lists the alternative title 'The Jewish maiden's wrong'....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1864
Extent:

74 folios

6. Add MS 53033 F

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Title:
'Faust and Marguerite', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an im-morality' on folio 2. Licence sent 8 July 1864 for performance at the St James's. MS in three separate hands.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1864
Extent:

49 folios.

7. Add MS 53033 G

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Title:
'The boy pirate, or, Life on the ocean and on land', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 9 July 1864 for performance at the Effingham. Nicoll lists the title as simply 'The boy pirate'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1864
Extent:

25 folios

8. Add MS 53033 H

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Title:
'The slave of crime, or, Sowing the whirlwind and reaping the storm, or, Bitter fruits of disobedience', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 9 July 1864 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'The slaves of crime, or, Sowing the whirlwind and reaping the storm'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1864
Extent:

34 folios

9. Add MS 53033 I

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Title:
'Arline the lost child, or, The Pole, the policeman and the polar bear', by H. Bellingham and W. Best.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 22 July 1864 for performance at Sadler's Wells. The date of intended performance noted as Saturday 23 July 1864 on folio 2. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) requests a reference to the Prince of Wales be omitted in performance.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1864
Extent:

81 folios

10. Add MS 53033 J

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Title:
'Adam Strong the shipwright'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 July 1864 for performance at the Colosseum, Liverpool. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) asks for all oaths to be omitted in performance. 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:
Jul 1864
Extent:
31 folios