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2. Add MS 53038 AA
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- Add MS 53038 AA
- Title:
- 'Harlequin Jack Sprat and the three blind mice', by E. L. L. Blanchard and T. L. Greenwood.
- Scope & Content:
- Pantomime. First performed on 26 December 1864 at Astley's (neither the MS nor the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) contain a note of when the licence was sent). Comic scenes contained separately in folios 25-41. Folio 41v mentions E. T. Smith as lessee of the theatre. The attribution of the play to ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Dec 1864
- Extent:
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41 folios.
3. Add MS 53038 B
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- Add MS 53038 B
- Title:
- The bride of song, by H. B. Farnie.
- Scope & Content:
- Operetta in one act, with music composed by Jules Benedict. Licence sent 1 December 1864 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by Cramer & Co., 201 Regent Street. (n.d.). Dramatis personae together with the names of the performers, Fanny Huddart among them, on folio 1v.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Dec 1864
- Extent:
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12 folios.
4. Add MS 53038 BB
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- Title:
- 'Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, or, Harlequin and the happy valley', by J. B. Buckstone.
- Scope & Content:
- Pantomime, partly founded on Dr Johnson's well-known tale. Licence sent 24 December 1864 for performance at the Alexandra Theatre, Bradford. Partly printed (n.d.), the script consisting of printed pages pasted into a notebook which contains extensive manuscript additions. MS in two hands. Nicoll...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Dec 1864
- Extent:
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38 folios.
5. Add MS 53038 C
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53038 C
- Title:
- 'Little busy bee, or, The old woman of Threadneedle Street', by C. H. Hazlewood.
- Scope & Content:
- Pantomime. Licence sent 15 December 1864 for performance at the Britannia. The name of the theatre proprietor, Mr Samuel Lane, is noted on folio 1. Folios 21-27 consist of comic scenes. The attribution of the play to C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recor...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Dec 1864
- Extent:
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27 folios.
6. Add MS 53038 CC
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- Add MS 53038 CC
- Title:
- 'The Knotting 'em Brothers', by J. S. Coyne.
- Scope & Content:
- Farce in one act. Licence sent 24 December 1864 for performance at the Adelphi. The name of the theatre manager, Mr B. Webster (Benjamin Webster), is noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to J. S. Coyne is taken from Nicoll where the title is given as 'Dark doings in the closet by the Kn...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Dec 1864
- Extent:
-
57 folios
7. Add MS 53038 D
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53038 D
- Title:
- Punchinello, by H. B. Farnie.
- Scope & Content:
- Operetta in one act. Licence sent 15 December 1864 for performance at Her Majesty's. Printed (n.d.). The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. B. Farnie, also mentioning W. C. Levy as the composer of the music.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Dec 1864
- Extent:
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14 folios.
8. Add MS 53038 DD
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53038 DD
- Title:
- Old King Cole, or, Harlequin Hey Diddle-Diddle, the cat and the fiddle, and the four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie, by M. Dutnall.
- Scope & Content:
- Pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1864 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Printed by the Theatre Royal Printing Company, Birmingham (n.d.). The name of the manager, Mr H. M. Simpson Jnr, is noted on folio 1. Dramatis personae with the names of the actors taking the roles on foli...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Dec 1864
- Extent:
-
12 folios.
9. Add MS 53038 E
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- Add MS 53038 E
- Title:
- 'Harlequin Little Jack Horner, or, Mother Hubbard and her dog, Baron Makumawlschakeinthurschoosu and the fairies of the gold and silver haunts of imagination and sensation', by R. Soutar.
- Scope & Content:
- Pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1864 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. The date of intended performance noted as Monday 26 December 1864 on folio 1. Stage directions marked in blue ink. The attribution of the play to R. Soutar is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Dec 1864
- Extent:
-
46 folios.
10. Add MS 53038 EE
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53038 EE
- Title:
- Harlequin Gulliver and his wife, or, Three kings, the seven cyclops, and the fairy fauns of the living waters.
- Scope & Content:
- Pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1864 for performance at the Adelphi Theatre, Liverpool. Printed by W. McCall, Cartwright Place, Byrom Street, Liverpool. (n.d.). Mr W. S. Branson noted as the sole lessee of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and Nicol...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Dec 1864
- Extent:
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18 folios.