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1. Add MS 53070 A

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Title:
'Saved by a song', by H. R. Addison.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act with music by E. J. Loder. Licence sent 2 July 1868 for performance at the Princess's.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1868
Extent:

29 folios.

2. Add MS 53070 B

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Title:
'Tom Thrasher', by A. G. Harris.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 3 July 1868 for performance at the Adelphi. The name B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to A. G. Harris. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 81).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1868
Extent:

26 folios.

3. Add MS 53070 C

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Title:
'Lady Anne's Well, or, The warning spirit', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 July 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Travers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1868
Extent:

20 folios.

4. Add MS 53070 D

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Title:
'Fair words and foul deeds, or, The children of the abbey', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 6 July 1868 for performance at the East London. Morris Abrahams noted as the lessee of the theatre on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1868
Extent:

57 folios.

5. Add MS 53070 E

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Title:
'Enquire within', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act. Licence sent 8 July 1868 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Dramatis personae on folio 1v, together with the names of the performers, Mr German Reed among them.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1868
Extent:

22 folios.

6. Add MS 53070 F

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Title:
'The animated statue'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play as being granted a licence on 17 January 1869 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. The MS contains a note, on folio 1, headed Theatre Royal, Haymarket and dated 18 July 1868 asking for permission to perform the play in Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1868
Extent:
107 folios.

7. Add MS 53070 G

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Title:
Il Domino Nero, translated by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Comic opera in three acts with music by [Daniel] Auber. Licence sent 22 July 1868 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by J. Miles & Co, Wardour Street (n.d.). Dramatis personae with the original cast list on folio 3. Italian with parallel English text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Jul 1868
Extent:
46 folios.

8. Add MS 53070 H

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Title:
'Land rats and water rats', by W. Phillips.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 15 August 1868 for performance at the Surrey. Messrs Shepherd and Creswick, lessees of the theatre, noted on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Phillips.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1868
Extent:

53 folios.

9. Add MS 53070 I

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Title:
'Alarcos', by B. Disraeli.
Scope & Content:
Play in four acts. Licence sent 31 July 1868 for performance at Astley's. The title of the play is given as 'Count Alarcos' on folio 2. Nicoll notes the play as being first performed in 1839.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1868
Extent:

29 folios.

10. Add MS 53070 J

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Title:
'The dead reckoning, or, Pressed for the navy', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 31 July 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1868
Extent:

24 folios.