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1. Add MS 53040 A

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Title:
'Faces in the fire', by L. S. Buckingham
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 21 February 1865 for performance at St James's. The name of the copyist noted as George French on folio 1. The attribution of the play to L. S. Buckingham is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. The play was also publis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:

76 folios.

2. Add MS 53040 B

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Title:
The Oracle, or, Christmas Eve!, by C. Gollmick
Scope & Content:
Comic opera in one act with music by Adolph Gollmick. Licence sent 21 February 1865 for performance at Victoria Hall, Bayswater. Printed by J. Miles and Co, Wardour Street, Oxford Street(n.d.). Dramatis personae with the names of the actors on folio 2v. Nicoll cites this play as 'almost certainl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:

11 folios.

3. Add MS 53040 C

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Title:
The Shy Man, by Mrs B. Daveney.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in two acts. Licence sent 21 February 1865 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Norwich. Printed by Henry Pigg, 7 London Street, Norwich. (1863). Manuscript annotations to the list of errata on folio 31. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:

31 folios.

4. Add MS 53040 D

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Title:
'Cahill euve dha rhug, or, He of the red hand', by T. Lyon.
Scope & Content:
Irish drama in three acts. Licence sent 22 February 1865 for performance at the Victoria. Each act is in a different hand. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton noted as the theatre lessees on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:

91 folios.

5. Add MS 53040 E

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Title:
'Heart strings and fiddle strings', by D. Fisher.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 22 February 1865 for performance at the Princess's. The attribution of the play to D. Fisher is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:

19 folios.

6. Add MS 53040 F

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Title:
'Settling day', by T. Taylor.
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 25 February 1865 for performance at the Olympic. The MS is in several different hands and contains numerous amendments and alterations throughout. The attribution of the play to T. Taylor is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the scri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:

91 folios.

7. Add MS 53040 G

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Title:
'The mock doctor', by C. L. Kennedy.
Scope & Content:
Opera in three acts. Licence sent 25 February 1865 for performance at Covent Garden. The name of the copyist is noted as George French on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. L. Kennedy is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:

38 folios.

8. Add MS 53040 H

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Title:
Iron Latch Farm, by W. Mackay.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 27 February 1865 for performance at the Pavilion. Printed (n.d.). Minor manuscript amendments to the musical arrangements made on folios 27-28.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:

29 folios.

9. Add MS 53040 I

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Title:
'Mariner's compass', by H. T. Leslie.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 27 February 1865 for performance at Astley's. The name E. J. Smith noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. MS in two different hands. The attribution to H. T. Leslie is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:

83 folios.

10. Add MS 53040 J

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Title:
'Baccarat, or, The knave of hearts', by W. E. Suter.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 1 March 1865 for performance at Sadler's Wells. Note addressed to Mr W.B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, from the theatre lessee R. Edgar and dated 25 February 1865 introduces the play and gives the date of intended performance as 4 March 1865 on folio 1. The script i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1865
Extent:

65 folios.