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11. Add MS 53056 J

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Title:
'A lesson for life', by T. Taylor.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the Haymarket. The date of intended representation noted as 26 December [1866]. MS in two different hands. LCO day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for all references to 'Lord' and 'God' be omitted in performance, as well as a passage...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

124 folios.

12. Add MS 53056 K

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Title:
'Prince Pippo and the Fair Mayde of Islington, or, Harlequin, the fairy magpie and the 12 magic spoons', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the Alexandra. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:
21 folios.

13. Add MS 53056 L

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Title:
'Pandora's box', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. A note from the theatre manager C. J. James [Charles James James] records the date of proposed representation as Wednesday 26 December 1866. MS in two different hands. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

34 folios.

14. Add MS 53056 M

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Title:
'Harlequin Kafoozalum, or, The bean, the beauty and the babah', by J. H. Doyne.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1866 for performance at the Queen's Theatre, Manchester. The dramatist is also noted as the author of 'Aladdin', 'Valentine and Orson', 'Cherry and Fair Star', etc., on folio 1. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

12 folios.

15. Add MS 53056 N

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Title:
'Number nip'.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1866 for performance at Drury Lane. Comic scenes included separately as folios 37-67. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the alternative title 'Harlequin and the Gnome King of the giant mountain'. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script and the p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:
67 folios.

16. Add MS 53056 O

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Title:
'Harlequin Cock Robin and the children of the wood', by W. R. Osman.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1866 for performance at the Victoria. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton noted as the lessees on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a reference to the Hyde Park riots be omitted. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

139 folios

17. Add MS 53056 P

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Title:
'Ding dong bell', by R. Soutar.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1866 for performance at the Marylebone. J. Arnold Cave noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) and Nicoll both list the play with the title 'Ding, Dong, Bell, pussy's in the well, or, Harlequin, who killed Cock Robin?'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

49 folios.

18. Add MS 53056 Q

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Title:
Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves, or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Arabian Nights!, by G. A. À Beckett
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1866 for performance at Covent Garden. Folios 1-13 Printed (n.d.). The date of first performance noted as 26 December 1866 on folio 1. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. Folios 14-22 are manuscript, containing the comic scenes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

22 folios.

19. Add MS 53056 R

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Title:
Terrible Hymen, by G. A. À Beckett.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act with music by Emile Jonas. Licence sent 20 December 1866 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by Chappell and Co., 50 New Bond Street (1866). A note on folio 1 records the date of proposed representation as 26 December 1866, signed by Edward Murray, acting manager for Al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

7 folios.

20. Add MS 53056 S

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Title:
'Mountain Dhu', by A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 20 December 1866 for performance at the Adelphi. Benjamin Webster noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. MS in several different hands. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. Nicoll also...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

74 folios.