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1. Add MS 53073 A

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Title:
'Pietra', by Dr Mosenthal
Scope & Content:
Tragedy in three acts. Licence sent 4 December 1868 for performance at the Haymarket. The date of the play's intended performance is noted as Monday 7 December 1868 on folio 2. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a reference to 'Judgement Day' either be omitted or altered in performance. Nicoll...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

60 folios.

2. Add MS 53073 B

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Title:
'Tame cats', by E. Yates.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 4 December 1868 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. The name C. J. James [Charles James James] noted on folio 1, together with the date of the play's intended performance - Saturday 12 December 1868.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

85 folios.

3. Add MS 53073 C

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Title:
'Home', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 8 December 1868 for performance at the Haymarket. The date of intended performance noted as 26 December 1868 on folio 1. MS in two hands.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

83 folios.

4. Add MS 53073 D

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Title:
'Robert le Diable, or, The nun, the dun and the son of a gun', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 9 December 1868 for performance at the Gaiety. The original title, 'Robert the Devil', has been crossed through on folio 1. Adapted from the opera by G. Meyerbeer. The attribution to W. S. Gilbert is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the sc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:
45 folios.

5. Add MS 53073 E

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Title:
The Two Harlequins, by G. A. À Beckett
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act with music by Emile Jonas. Licence sent 9 December 1868 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed by Chappell and Co., 50 New Bond Street. (1867).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

8 folios.

6. Add MS 53073 F

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Title:
'Advertisements'.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 12 December 1868 for performance at the Standard. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and no attribution is made in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:
18 folios.

7. Add MS 53073 G

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Title:
'Glitter', by G. A. À Beckett
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 12 December 1868 for performance at St James's. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 83).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

21 folios.

8. Add MS 53073 H

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Title:
'Not such a fool as he looks', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 15 December 1868 for performance at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool. Nicoll lists the play as being performed in Manchester on 4 December 1868 and at the Globe on 23 October 1869, but no mention is made of a performance in Liverpool. The play was also publishe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

89 folios.

9. Add MS 53073 I

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Title:
'Blutzherrhanbhothrumb, or, The dwarf of the diamond dell', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folios 1 and 13. Comic scenes listed separately on folios 13-21. The attribution to F. Marchant is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the scri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

21 folios.

10. Add MS 53073 J

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Title:
'Jack and Jill and the sleeping beauty, or, Harlequin Humpty Dumpty', by R. Soutar.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 15 December 1868 for performance at the Surrey. Messrs Shepherd and Creswick, the lessees of the theatre, noted on folio 1. Comic scenes included separately on folios 28-33. The attribution of the play to R. Soutar is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

33 folios.