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1. Add MS 53035 A

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Title:
'Second to none'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 20 September 1864 for performance at the Adelphi Theatre, Liverpool. The name of the author is not noted on the script. Nicoll also lists the play as author unknown but gives the date of first performance as 5 November 1864 at the Standard, and th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:

82 folios.

2. Add MS 53035 B

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Title:
'Fast friends up a tree, or, How to shave the govenor', by J. R. Anderson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 20 September 1864 for performance at the Surrey. The attribution of the play to J. R. Anderson is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:

142 folios.

3. Add MS 53035 C

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Title:
'The market cross', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a drama in three acts and an episode', on folio 1. Licence sent 26 September 1864 for performance at the Standard.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:

70 folios.

4. Add MS 53035 D

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Title:
'Milky white', by H. T. Craven.
Scope & Content:
A serio-comic drama in two acts. Licence sent 26 September 1864 for performance at the Strand. Nicoll lists the play as being previously performed at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool on 20 June 1864.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:

51 folios.

5. Add MS 53035 E

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Title:
'The pet heiress, or, The gypsy's secret', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 25 September 1864 for performance at the Effingham. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:

25 folios.

6. Add MS 53035 F

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Title:
'Arrah-na-Pogue, or, The Wicklow Wedding', by D. Boucicault.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 26 September 1864 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. Partly printed (n.d.). The first two acts consist of cut-out printed texts pasted to the pages of a bound volume embellished with considerable manuscript annotations. Act three is wholly manuscr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:

75 folios.

7. Add MS 53035 G

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Title:
'Right and might, or, The call of fate', by W. R. Waldron.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 29 September 1864 for performance at the Grecian. A playbill containing a cast list together with the names of the actors taking the roles is on folio 2. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] also mentioned as the actual and responsible theatre manager on ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:

164 folios.

8. Add MS 53035 H

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Title:
'The phantom captain', by G. Conquest.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 29 September 1864 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager of the theatre on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:

40 folios.

9. Add MS 53035 I

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Title:
'We all have our little faults', by W. E. Suter.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 30 September 1864 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] mentioned as the actual and responsible manager of the theatre on folio 1, as is the date of proposed performance - Thursday 6 October 1864. The attribution of the play t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:

20 folios.

10. Add MS 53035 J

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Title:
'The witch finder', by R. W. Buchanan.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a chronicle of ancient Salem in three acts' on folio 1v. Licence sent 30 September 1864 for performance at Sadler's Wells. Robert Edgar mentioned as theatre manager on folio 1, as is the date of the play's intended performance - Monday 3 October 1864. MS in two hands.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:

37 folios.