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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53047 A-AA

1. Add MS 53047 A

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Add MS 53047 A
Title:
'Old Daddy Longlegs and Sir Regent Circus, or, The race for the golden apples', by C. H. Hazlewood and D. Johnson.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime in one act. Licence sent 9 December 1865 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to Hazlewood and Johnson is taken from Nicoll, the names of the dramatists not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

28 folios.

2. Add MS 53047 AA

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Add MS 53047 AA
Title:
Index.
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office during December 1865, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation. Note that Add MS 53047 T, the untitled play from this run, is not recorded in this index.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:
1 folio.

3. Add MS 53047 B

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Add MS 53047 B
Title:
'Whitington and his cat', by C. Horsman.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 13 December 1865 for performance at the Queen's Theatre, Manchester. The name J. B. Egan noted beside the details of the theatre on folio 1. A letter from Egan to W. B. Donne, dated 9 December [1865], apologising for the lateness in submitting the play, included on folio ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

23 folios.

4. Add MS 53047 C

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Add MS 53047 C
Title:
'Remember the grotto!, or, Harlequin's rehersal'.
Scope & Content:
Described in the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) as a 'Christmas entertainment'. Licence sent 13 December 1865 for performance at the St James's. Comic scene included separately on folios 3 and 4. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and the only play of this title recorded in Nicoll ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:
20 folios.

5. Add MS 53047 D

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Add MS 53047 D
Title:
'Blue Beard, or, Harlequin the red rover, the fairy of the golden locks and the genie of the magic king', by F. G. Cheatham.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque pantomime. Licence sent 16 December 1865 for performance at the Alexandra. The play, under the title 'Bluebeard', is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

30 folios.

6. Add MS 53047 E

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Add MS 53047 E
Title:
'King Chess, or, Tom the piper's son and See-Saw Margery Daw'.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 16 December 1865 for performance at the Surrey. The name Mr R. Shepherd [Richard Shepherd] noted above the name of the theatre on folio 59. Comic scenes included separetely between folios 59-93. The MS is in two hands and contains numerous amendments throughout. The name o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:
93 folios.

7. Add MS 53047 F

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Add MS 53047 F
Title:
'Harlequin and Old Aesop, or, Dr Syntax and his animated alphabet', by F. Fenton and W. R. Osman.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 18 December 1865 for performance at the Victoria. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton, lessees of the theatre, noted on folio 1. MS in two hands. The attribution of the play to Fenton and Osman is taken from Nicoll, the names of the dramatists not being recorded on the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

81 folios.

8. Add MS 53047 G

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Add MS 53047 G
Title:
'Little Don Giovanni', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 20 December 1865 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. The name of the theatre manager Mr C. J. James [Charles James James] noted on folio 1, together with the date of intended representation - Tuesday 26 December 1865. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Little Don...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

35 folios.

9. Add MS 53047 H

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Add MS 53047 H
Title:
'The bottle imp, or, Harlequin , the witch of the woods and the beautiful princess and the five good little fairies', by G. Conquest and H. Spry.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 26 December 1865 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1, together with the date of intended representation - Saturday 23 December 1865. Comic scenes included separately on folios 22-2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

24 folios.

10. Add MS 53047 I

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Add MS 53047 I
Title:
'Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man', by B. Wright and J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1865 for performance at the Standard. Comic scenes included separately between folios 22-31. An alternative title 'Harlequin bah bah black sheep' is noted on folio1. The attribution of the play to Wright and Douglass is taken from Nicoll, the names of the dram...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

31 folios.