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1. Add MS 53058 A

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Title:
'Wanted, husbands for six', by C. L. Kenney.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a dramatic absurdity'. Licence sent 8 March 1867 for performance at Drury Lane. Printed (n.d.). The script consists of printed pages cut out and pasted to larger sheets of paper. Folio 1 is manuscript and lists the title and proposed place of performance.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

16 folios.

2. Add MS 53058 B

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Title:
'Faust, or, Marguerite's mangle', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a musical, magical, comical, diabolical burlesque extravaganza' on folio 1. Licence sent 13 March 1867 for performance at the Britannia. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for certain passages relating to Mephistopheles' claim to have deceived Eve be omitted in performance. The attri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

18 folios.

3. Add MS 53058 C

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Title:
'The bridal eve', by J. B. Howe
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 13 March 1867 for performance at the Britannia. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. B. Howe and lists an alternative title as 'The wedding eve'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

26 folios.

4. Add MS 53058 D

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Title:
'Carynthia', by E. J. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a dramatized tale from Bow Bells'. Drama in three acts. Licence sent 13 March 1867 for performance at the Effingham. Nicoll attributes the play to E. Towers and gives the title as 'Carynthia, or, The legend of the black rock'. MS notes the author as 'E. J. Towers'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

46 folios.

5. Add MS 53058 E

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Title:
'A dream in Venice', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act. Licence sent 15 March 1867 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. The names of the performers, including Mr German Reed, noted on folio 1v. The songs and duets are contained separately on folios 24-27.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

27 folios.

6. Add MS 53058 F

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Title:
'Shadow and sunshine', by A. Thomson
Scope & Content:
Musical drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 March 1867 for performance at the Marylebone.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

118 folios.

7. Add MS 53058 G

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Title:
'The French exhibition', by F. Hay.
Scope & Content:
Farce. Licence sent 27 March 1867 for performance at the Strand. A list of characters together with the surnames of the actors taking the roles included on folio 2v. The play was published by Lacy's as The French Exhibition, or, The Noodles in Paris, (vol 75).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

26 folios.

8. Add MS 53058 H

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Title:
'Caste', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 2 April 1867 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. Mr C. J. James [Charles James James], the lessee of the theatre, noted on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - April 6 1867. MS in two hands. Government stamp on folio 1 with the date 6...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1867
Extent:

55 folios.

9. Add MS 53058 I

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Title:
'The life signal', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 3 April 1867 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the playto C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1867
Extent:

15 folios.

10. Add MS 53058 J

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Title:
'The wild goose', by D. Boucicault.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 16 April 1867 for perfomance at the Haymarket. Printed (n.d.). The title of the printed edition - The Scamp - has been crossed through and replaced by 'The wild goose'. Nicoll lists the play as written in collaboration with J. L. Wallack.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1867
Extent:

80 folios.