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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53077 A-Z

1. Add MS 53077 A

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Title:
'A goose chase', by W. Brough and J. D. Stockton.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 4 May 1869 for performance at the Strand. An alternative title 'Fox and Goose' is noted on folio 2 while the index to this selection of plays (Add MS 53077 Z) has 'Fox v. Goose'. The names of the dramatists are not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:

102 folios.

2. Add MS 53077 B

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Title:
'A mysterious disappearance', by J. Barwell.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 4 May 1869 for performance at St Andrew's Hall, Norwich. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:

32 folios.

3. Add MS 53077 C

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Title:
Blossom of Churnington Green, or, Love, Rivalry and Revenge, by F. R. Hoskins.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque drama in one act. Licence sent 4 May 1869 for performance at St James's. Printed by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 89 Strand. (n.d.). Lacy's Acting Edition no 1242.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:

16 folios.

4. Add MS 53077 D

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Title:
La Ligne Droite, by Marc Monnier.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in one act. Licence sent 6 may 1869 for performance at St James's. Printed by Beck, Libraire-Éditeur, 20 Rue Des Grands-Augustins, Paris. (1869). The first performance of the play was at L'Odéon, Paris, on 24 October 1854, as noted on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:

14 folios.

5. Add MS 53077 E

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Title:
'Cupid in plush', by A. R. Phillips and E. Mith.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 8 May 1869 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. The date of the intended performance noted as Saturday 15 May 1869 on folio 1. An incomplete 'Lacy, Theatrical Bookseller' stamp is to be found on folio i. MS in two hands.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:

i + 12 folios.

6. Add MS 53077 F

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Title:
'Mercy Dodd, or, Presumptive evidence', by D. Boucicault.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 8 May 1869 for performance at the Princess's. Mostly printed (n.d.). A letter from '[illegible]. B. Bennett' to W. B. Donne, dated 7 May 1869, gives the title of the play and the name of the author and notes the date of intended performance as Monday 10 May on foli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:
34 folios.

7. Add MS 53077 G

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Title:
'Eve', by B. Webster, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 11 May 1869 for performance at the Olympic. Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to B. Webster, the younger, but with the Adelph...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:

69 folios.

8. Add MS 53077 H

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Title:
'Under two flags, or, Race for life through flood and flame'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 12 May 1869 for performance at the Surrey. Messrs Shepherd and Creswick, the lessees of the theatre, noted on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:
96 folios.

9. Add MS 53077 I

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Title:
Columbus, or, A New Pitch in A-Merry-Key, by A. Thompson.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 12 May 1869 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed by Woodfall and Kinder, Milford Lane, Strand. (n.d.). Noted as a proof copy on folio 1. A letter to W. B. Donne, dated 11 May 1869 introduces the play and notes the date of intended performance as Monday [17 May 1869] ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:

ii + 24 folios.

10. Add MS 53077 J

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Title:
'The Corsican bothers, or, The troublesome twins', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 13 May 1869 for performance at the Globe. The date of intended performance noted as 17 May 1869 on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play with the title 'The Corsican brothers'. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 88).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1869
Extent:

63 folios.