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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53044 A-T

1. Add MS 53044 A

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Title:
'Glaucus, a fish-tale', by F. T. Traill.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 1 July 1865 for performance at the Olympic. Surnames of the actors taking the roles added in pencil against the list of characters on folio 2. Nicoll gives the title as 'Glaucus: A fish tale' and notes the music as being by J. H. Tully.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:

78 folios.

2. Add MS 53044 B

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Title:
'The Mudborough Election', By W. Brough and A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
An original farce in one act. Licence sent 12 July 1865 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. The name of the theatre manager, Charles James James is noted on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - Thursday 18 July 1865. Published by Lacy's (Vol 67).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:
19 folios.

3. Add MS 53044 C

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Title:
'The Mistress of Hawks Crag', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in one act. Licence sent 14 July 1865 for performance at the Effingham. The name of the theatre manager, Mr Morris Abrahams, is noted on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'The Mistress of Hawk's Crag'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:

19 folios.

4. Add MS 53044 D

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Title:
It's never too late to mend, by C. Reade.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 24 July 1865 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. Printed (n.d.). Nicoll lists the play as being previously performed at Leeds in 1864, and subsequently at the Princess's on 4 October 1865.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:

51 folios.

5. Add MS 53044 E

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Title:
L'Africaine, music by G. Meyerbeer and English translation by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Lyric drama in five acts. Licence sent 24 July 1865 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed (n.d.). Italian with English translation. Dramatis personae together with the names of the performers on folio 3. Nicoll lists three productions with this name in 1865, but none in a translation by T. J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:

47 folios.

6. Add MS 53044 F

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Title:
'Love's labyrinth, or, The duke and the demon'.
Scope & Content:
A grand musical ballet burlesque in one act. Licence sent 24 July 1865 for performance at the Royal Gardens, Cremorne. Music by J. H. Tully and ballet by M. Milano, as noted on folio 1. The name E. T. Smith appears separately at the top of the page. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:

15 folios.

7. Add MS 53044 G

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Title:
'The string of pearls, or, The Barber of Fleet Street', by F. Hazleton.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts, taken from the published work of the same title. Licence sent 25 July 1865 for performance at the Bower. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Sweeny Todd, the Barber of Fleet Street, or, The string of pearls'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:

39 folios.

8. Add MS 53044 H

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Title:
'The confederate's daughter, or, The tyrant of New Orleans', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 26 July 1865 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:

24 folios.

9. Add MS 53044 I

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Title:
'The cast away, or, The thorny path, or, The orphan's high-born husband', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and two acts. Licence sent 26 July 1865 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play with the same title but with 'cast away' amended to 'castaway' and with the date of performance given as 12 March 1866. LCO ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:

30 folios.

10. Add MS 53044 J

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Title:
Widows Bewitched, by C. H. Aïdé
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act with music by Virginia Gabriel. Licence sent 5 August 1865 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Printed (n.d.). Not mentioned in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:

10 folios.