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11. Add MS 53049 K

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Title:
'Rip Van Winkle'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 23 March 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Oldham. 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:
46 folios.

12. Add MS 53049 L

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Title:
Chuck-a Ruck-a-Roo, or, Chanticleer, Sleepers and Wakers and the Union of Coal and Iron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 26 March 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Birkenhead. Printed by Willmer, Steam Printer, Chester Street, Birkenhead. (n.d.). The first part of the play's title, 'Chuck-a Ruck-a-Roo', has been added by hand. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:
18 folios.

13. Add MS 53049 M

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Title:
Untitled prologue.
Scope & Content:
Untitled prologue, partly printed (n.d.), for a play performed at the Alexandra Theatre, Bradford. Possibly from Add MS 53049 H.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:
3 folios.

14. Add MS 53049 N

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Title:
'Paris, or, Vivre Lampière', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 28 March 1866 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 84).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

43 folios.

15. Add MS 53049 O

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Title:
'Bound to the wheel'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 28 March 1866 for performance at the Pavilion. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a scene that takes place in a Court of Justice, including the pronouncement of a death sentence, to be shortened in performance. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:
68 folios.

16. Add MS 53049 P

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Title:
'Herne the Hunter, or, Bluff King Hal and the forest maiden'.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 28 March 1866 for performance at the Pavilion. 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:
16 folios.

17. Add MS 53049 Q

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Title:
'The key of the street, or, Night life in London', By J. H. Wilkins.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 28 March 1866 for performance at the Surrey. The alternative title 'The widow's son' has been crossed through on folio 1. The play, under the title 'The key of the streets' is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

28 folios.

18. Add MS 53049 R

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Title:
'True at last, or, Two roads of life', by T. H. Reynoldson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 28 March 1866 for performance at the Marylebone. The alternative title 'The Gitano boy' noted on folio 1, but this appears to have been superseded by the title given above which is listed on folio 1v. A note to W. B. Donne, written on behalf of J....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

50 folios.

19. Add MS 53049 S

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Title:
'Der Freischutz!', by J. Oxenford.
Scope & Content:
Opera in three acts, with music by Carl Maria von Weber. Licence sent 29 March 1866 for performance at Astley's. Partly printed (n.d.). The script includes a selection of printed pages pasted in to a notebook that contains the bulk of the play in manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

95 folios.

20. Add MS 53049 T

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Title:
'Boabdil el Chico, or, The Moor the merrier!', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza in one act. Licence sent 29 March 1866 for performance at Astley's. MS in two hands. The attribution of the play to F. C. Burnand is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

55 folios.