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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53074 A-V

1. Add MS 53074 A

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Title:
'Gertrude's money box', by H. Lemon.
Scope & Content:
Serio-comic sketch in one act. Licence sent 9 January 1869 for performance at Sadler's Wells. The script, which is dated May 21 1868 on folio 48, contains numerous amendments and deletions throughout. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 83).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

48 folios.

2. Add MS 53074 B

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Title:
Something Like a Nugget, by 'Lyulph'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts and an epilogue. Licence sent 7 January 1869 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Norwich. Printed by W. Rayner, 26 Brydges Street, Covent Garden. (1868). LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for references to prayers be removed, together with the word 'God'. Nicoll lists the pla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

22 folios.

3. Add MS 53074 C

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Title:
'School', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in four acts. Licence sent 13 January 1869 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. A note from C. J. James [Charles James James] on folio 2 states that the play is intended for representation on January 16 1869. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

70 folios.

4. Add MS 53074 D

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Title:
'Claude du Val, or, The ladies highwayman, the king and the ring', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 13 Januray 1869 for performance at the Royalty. MS contains annotations, deletions and corrections throughout. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. C. Burnand and gives the title as 'Claude Duval, or, The highway...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:
59 folios.

5. Add MS 53074 E

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Title:
'Brown and the Brahmins, or, Captain Pop and the Princess Pretty Eyes', by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 13 January 1869 for performance at the Globe. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to R. Reece. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 82).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

52 folios.

6. Add MS 53074 F

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Title:
Mrs Beflat's Blunder and Leah, A Hearty Joke in a Cab Age, by W. Routledge.
Scope & Content:
Two plays, a farce and a burlesque. Licence sent 18 January 1868 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Printed (n.d.). The performances noted as taking place on Saturday, January 23 1869 and being 'For the benefit of a lady in reduced circumstances' on folio 1. Dramatis personae togeth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

26 folios.

7. Add MS 53074 G

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Title:
'The snowdrift, or, The cross on the shoe', by A. Coates.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 January 1869 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 Alfred Coates under the title 'The snow drift, or, The cross on the boo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

16 folios.

8. Add MS 53074 H

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Title:
'The red hands', by G. A. À Beckett.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts and a prologue. Licence sent 27 January 1869 for performance at the St James's. A letter to Mr Donne from the theatre manager George (illegible) accompanies the script, dated 27 January 1869, and regretting that the name of the deity has been made use of, and various curses h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

i + 38 folios.

9. Add MS 53074 I

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Title:
'The homewreck', by J. S. Coyne.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 1 February 1869 for performance at the Surrey. The names of the theatre lessees, Messrs Shepherd and Creswick, noted on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. S. Coyne, although completed by J. Dennis. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

45 folios.

10. Add MS 53074 J

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Title:
'For sale', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 1 February 1869 for performance at the Standard. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. T. Douglass.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

35 folios.