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11. Add MS 53071 K

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Title:
'The rightful heir', by E. G. E. L. Bulwer-Lytton.
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 2 October 1868 for performance at the Lyceum. The MS contains numerous amendments and corrections in a separate hand throughout. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the word 'God' to be omitted wherever it appears in the script. Nicoll attributes the play to Bul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1868
Extent:

102 folios.

12. Add MS 53071 L

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Title:
'Spiders and flies, or, Caught in the web', by E. J. N. Galer.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 3 October 1868 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - Thursday 8 October 1868. The name of the author is not noted on the sc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1868
Extent:

35 folios.

13. Add MS 53071 M

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Title:
Monte Cristo, by C. Fechter.
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 19 October 1868 for performance at the Adelphi. The name Mr Benjamin Webster noted on folio 1. Printed by C. Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand (1868). The play is based on the romance by Alexandre Dumas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1868
Extent:

57 folios.

14. Add MS 53071 N

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Title:
'Lucrezia Borgia', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 22 October 1868 for performance at the Holborn. A note from the promptor, Mr L. B. Bennett, and dated 20 October 1868 introduces the play to Mr W. B. Donne and gives the date of the play's intended performance as Saturday 24 October 1868 on folio 2. MS in two hands. The n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1868
Extent:

51 folios.

15. Add MS 53071 O

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Title:
'The stranger stranger than ever!', by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a piece of extravagance in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 22 October 1868 for performance at the Queen's. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 82).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1868
Extent:

18 folios.

16. Add MS 53071 P

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Title:
'Fannette, or, A story in the dark', by J. B. Johnstone.
Scope & Content:
Drama in one act. Licence sent 22 October 1868 for performance at the Pavilion. Several alternative titles have been crossed through on folio 1 including 'Tiny, or, Up all night' and 'Up in the dark'. Also noted on folio 1 is the name of the theatre manager Mr Edward Levette. The script contains...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1868
Extent:

12 folios.

17. Add MS 53071 Q

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Title:
'A model uncle', by S. Z. M. Strauss.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 22 October 1868 for performance at Drury Lane. MS contains several corrections and deletions in pencil. The date of intended performance is noted as 2 November 1868 on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1868
Extent:

40 folios.

18. Add MS 53071 R

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Title:
'Hernani, or, The double wrong', by C. Osborne.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 22 October 1868 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Aberdeen. The play is adapted and considerably altered from Victor Hugo's romantic and historical drama of the same name, as noted on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as being performed in Belfast on 5 October ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1868
Extent:

62 folios.

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Title:
'Zaueri the Alchemist', by F. Charlton.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 29 October 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Charlton and gives the title as 'The alchemist of Modena, or, The wrong...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1868
Extent:

21 folios.

20. Add MS 53071 T

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Title:
'The Emerald Queen'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 29 October 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 and no play of this title is noted in Nicoll for 1868, however a play called 'The Emerald Queen' by W. Tra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1868
Extent:
27 folios.