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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53074 A-V

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Title:
'Arda'.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a grand ballet d'action' on folio 1. The play was intended for performance at the St James's on Saturday 6 February 1869. No details of a licence being granted are noted on the script and the play is not mentioned in the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704), possibly because the performance...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:
7 folios.

12. Add MS 53074 L

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Title:
'The little man in green, or, The volunteer review', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 22 February 1869 for performance at the Lyceum. Dramatis personae with the names of selected actors added in pencil on folio 2. The name of the copyist is noted as Edward Hastings on folio 38. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attribut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

38 folios.

13. Add MS 53074 M

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Title:
'The very Grand Dutch-s', by C. Bernard.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an operatic extravaganza' on folio 1. Licence sent 9 February 1869 for performance at St George's Hall. The names of the theatre proprietors, Messrs G. Wilsom and H. Montague noted on folio i. A printed playbill is included on folio 39 announcing the appearance of the Royal Origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

i + 39 folios.

14. Add MS 53074 N

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Title:
Complete Repetoire of Plantation Melodies performed by Christy's Minstrels.
Scope & Content:
'Plantation melodies'. Licence sent 9 February 1869 for performance at St George's Hall. Printed by Matthews Brothers, Paradise Street, Liverpool (n.d.). Theatre proprietors noted as Messrs Wilsom and Montague on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the performance under the heading 'Christ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:
25 folios.

15. Add MS 53074 O

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Title:
'Fettered', by W. Phillips.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 12 February 1869 for performance at the Holborn. A note to Mr W. B. Donne from L. B. Bennett indicates that the play is intended for performance on the 'twelfth day of February 1869' included on folio 2v. MS in three hands. The play was published by Lacy's (vol ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

97 folios.

16. Add MS 53074 P

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Title:
'Not guilty', by W. Phillips.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 12 February 1869 for performance at the Queen's. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) notes that the title was later changed to 'Back from the hand of yesterday'. MS in two hands. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Ph...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

66 folios.

17. Add MS 53074 Q

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Title:
'When the clock strikes nine, or, Ruth the mountain rose', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 12 February 1869 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 C. H. Hazlewood.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

22 folios.

18. Add MS 53074 R

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Title:
The Girls of the Period, or, The Island of Nowarparticilar, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a folly in two scenes of prose, rhyme, dance and song' on folio 2. Licence sent 20 February 1869 for performance at Drury Lane. Printed (n.d.), with slight manuscript amendments. The printed pages have been cut from their original booklet and attached to the pages of a notebook.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:
18 folios.

19. Add MS 53074 S

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Title:
'Destiny, or, A fight with fate', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 20 February 1869 for performance at the East London. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to E. Towers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

88 folios.

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Title:
'The toilers of the Thames, or, The dark side of London', by W. R. Waldron.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 February 1869 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 - Monday 1 March 1869. Nicoll lists the play with the alternative title...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

33 folios.