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1. Add MS 53053 A

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Title:
'Ours', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 12 September 1866 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. Note from the manager C. J. James [Charles James James] commenting that the play is intended for performance on Saturday 15 September 1866, on folio 1. Nicoll notes that the play was previously perform...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:

125 folios.

2. Add MS 53053 B

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Add MS 53053 B
Title:
'Arrah-ma-Beg!, or, Robbing the mail', by W. R. Waldron.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an Irish drama in two acts partly founded on the old drama of O' Keeffe's' on folio 1. Licence sent 13 September 1866 for performance at the City of London. Mr Nelson Lee noted as the sole lessee of the theatre, also on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:

54 folios.

3. Add MS 53053 C

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Add MS 53053 C
Title:
'Give a dog a bad name', by J. B. Johnstone.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts and four tableaux. Licence sent 14 September 1866 for performance at the Colosseum, Liverpool. Letter to W. B. Donne dated 12 September 1866 introducing the play from the theatre manager Thomas Theodore Heath on folio 2. Nicoll notes an alternative title 'England and Australia'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:

i + 40 folios.

4. Add MS 53053 D

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Add MS 53053 D
Title:
'Ivan the Terrible, or, Dark deeds of night'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 September 1866 for performance at the Britannia. The name of the author is not noted on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:
29 folios.

5. Add MS 53053 E

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Add MS 53053 E
Title:
'Desmoro Desmoro, or, The Red Hand'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 September 1866 for performance at the Pavilion. Act two is in a different hand to act one. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes a play titled 'Desmoro, or, The Red Hand', performed at the Marylebone on 6 October 1866, to W. J. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:
53 folios.

6. Add MS 53053 F

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Add MS 53053 F
Title:
'The king's advocate, or, Love and hate', by G. F. Warde.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 September 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Cambridge. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the line 'By him who died upon the Rood' to be omitted in performance. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:

39 folios.

7. Add MS 53053 G

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Add MS 53053 G
Title:
'The man and the shadow', by W. G. Wills
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 21 September 1866 for performance at the Alexandra, Bradford. The MS contains numerous annotations and amendments. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:

117 folios.

8. Add MS 53053 H

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Add MS 53053 H
Title:
'Desmoro, or, The Red Hand'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 21 September 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes a play with this title, performed at the Mary...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:
54 folios.

9. Add MS 53053 I

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Title:
'The whiteboy', by T. Taylor.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 24 September 1866 for performance at the Olympic. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. Taylor under the title 'The white boy'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:

106 folios.

10. Add MS 53053 J

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Title:
'The best way', by H. Wigan.
Scope & Content:
Petite comedy in one act. Licence sent 26 September 1866 for performance at the Olympic. The play was published by Lacy's (vol 75).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:

24 folios.