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1. Add MS 53049 A

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Title:
'The beautiful bride and the bouncing bachelor, or, The bragging bravos of the brigand band'.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 3 March 1866 for performance at the Beaufort House Theatre, Fulham. The name William Wilberforce Bird noted on folio 1 in pencil. 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:
Mar 1866
Extent:
36 folios.

2. Add MS 53049 B

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Title:
'Rip Van Winkle', by W. Sidney and F. Phillips.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 5 March 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Norwich. Partly printed (n.d.). The script consists of several heavily annotated printed pages that have been pasted into a notebook, the pages of the notebook themselves containing numerous additional manuscript...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:
58 folios.

3. Add MS 53049 C

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Title:
'A night at the Bal Masqué'.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 13 March 1866 for performance at the Surrey. The name Richard Shepherd noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The alternative title 'Out for a lark' has been crossed through. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script and the play is listed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:
17 folios.

4. Add MS 53049 D

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Title:
'Rip Van Winkle, or, Some nambulistic knickerbockers', by J. Strachan Jnr and H. Davis.
Scope & Content:
Described as a 'novel, sensational, emotional, farcical, musical, melo-dramatical and substantial burlesque', on folio 3. Licence sent 13 March 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. A letter from Henry Davis to W. B. Donne, dated 10 March 1866, introduces the play and men...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

102 folios.

5. Add MS 53049 E

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Title:
'May Brierly, or, The ticket of leave man's wife', by S. Parry and C. S. Cheltnam.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 14 March 1866 for performance at the Greenwich. Nicoll lists the play under the title 'Six years after, or, The ticket-of-leave man's wife', noting further that the play was performed at the Olympic on 4 August 1866. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 69).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

141 folios.

6. Add MS 53049 F

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Title:
'Borrowed plumes', by C. A. Maltby.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 14 March 1866 for performance at Sadler's Wells. A note from the playwright to W. B. Donne, (n.d.), introduces the play and gives the date of intended performance as either the 23rd or 24th [March 1866]. The script contains sketched plans of the stage layouts throu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

23 folios.

7. Add MS 53049 G

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Title:
'The Dark King of the Black Mountains, or, The adventures of Floris the Foundling Prince', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 17 March 1866 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play, minus its alternative title, to C. H. Hazlewood.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:
12 folios.

8. Add MS 53049 H

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Title:
'Troubled hearts'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in one act. Licence sent 17 March 1866 for performance at the Alexandra, Bradford. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:
22 folios.

9. Add MS 53049 I

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Title:
The Rose of Salency, by W. C. Masters.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act. Licence sent 22 March 1866 for performance at the Royalty. Printed by Lamborn Cock, 62 & 63 New Bond Street. (n.d.).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

8 folios.

10. Add MS 53049 J

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Title:
'The favourite of fortune', by W. Maston.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in four acts. Licence sent 22 March 1866 for performance at the Haymarket. MS contains numerous annotations and amendments throughout.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

113 folios.