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1. Add MS 53048 A

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Title:
'Simon the thief'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 4 January 1866 for performance at the Victoria. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton noted as the lessees of the theatre on folio 1. The script is imperfect, lacking part of the prologue. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1866
Extent:
80 folios.

2. Add MS 53048 B

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Title:
Love's Limit, by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Comic opera in one act with music by J. E. Mallandaine. Licence sent 5 January 1866 for performance at the Royalty. Printed by Metzler & Co., Great Marlborough Street. (n.d.). Dramatis personae on folio 2, together with the names of the actors. The directress of the theatre is noted as Miss ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1866
Extent:

12 folios.

3. Add MS 53048 C

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Title:
'Lending a hand', by G. A. À Beckett.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 10 January 1866 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1866
Extent:

28 folios.

4. Add MS 53048 D

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Title:
'Princess Primrose and the four pretty princes', by H. Bellingham and W. Best.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 12 January 1866 for performance at the Olympic. MS in two hands. The attribution of the play to Bellingham and Best is taken from Nicoll, the names of the dramatists not being noted on the script. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 68).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1866
Extent:

82 folios.

5. Add MS 53048 E

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Title:
'Pipkins rustic retreat', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 13 January 1866 for performance at the Adelphi. The name Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play, with the title amended to 'Pipkin's ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1866
Extent:

33 folios.

6. Add MS 53048 F

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Title:
'Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, or, Love rules the world'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 24 January 1866 for performance at the City of London. The playwrights Messrs F. Marchant and W. Travers noted beneath the details of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1866
Extent:
19 folios.

7. Add MS 53048 G

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Title:
'The divorce, or, Better than gold', by E. J. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 January 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name of the theatre proprietor, Morris Abrahams, noted on folio 1. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1866
Extent:

36 folios.

8. Add MS 53048 H

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Title:
'Trap for trap, or, The fly and the web', by A. C. Troughton.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 31 January 1866 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. Nicoll lists the play with the title as simply 'The fly and the web'. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 69).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1866
Extent:

52 folios.

9. Add MS 53048 I

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Title:
'East Lynne', by J. Oxenford.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 3 February 1866 for performance at the Surrey. The name Richard Shepherd noted above the theatre details on folio 1. Based on the novel of the same name by Ellen Wood.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1866
Extent:

37 folios.

10. Add MS 53048 J

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Title:
'The casual ward, or, Workhouse life', by J. A. Cave.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 8 February 1866 for performance at the Marylebone. A note from J. A. Cave, to W. B. Donne, (n.d.), introduces the play and gives the date of intended performance as Saturday 10 February 1866 on folio 2. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a considerable number ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1866
Extent:

62 folios.