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1. Add MS 53078 A

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Title:
'Our cousins', by A. Romer.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 14 June 1869 for performance at the Bijou Theatre, Bayswater. MS in two hands. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to A. Romer, noting further that the production was an amateur number.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

34 folios.

2. Add MS 53078 B

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Title:
'Mary Warner, or, Tried in the fire', by T. Taylor.
Scope & Content:
Domestic drama in four acts. Licence sent 17 June 1869 for performance at the Haymarket. The date of intended performance noted as Monday 21 June 1869 on folio 2. MS in two hands. The attribution to T. Taylor is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

39 folios.

3. Add MS 53078 C

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Title:
'The young man of the period', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 18 June 1869 for performance at the Standard. An alternative title of 'Ladies man' has been crossed through on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

35 folios.

4. Add MS 53078 D

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Title:
'Fashion', by W. Stephens.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and four acts. Licence sent 21 June 1869 for performance at the Olympic. A printed advertisement for 'The Wandering Thespians' announcing performances on Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd June 1869 at the Olympic in aid of the Royal Dramatic College included on folios i-ii. LCO Da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

ii + 150 folios.

5. Add MS 53078 E

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Title:
'Love and hate', by H. Wigan.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 June 1869 for performance at the Olympic. Edward Hastings noted as the copyist on folio 67. The attribution of the play to H. Wigan is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

67 folios.

6. Add MS 53078 F

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Title:
'All for money', by G. Le Thierne.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 23 June 1869 for performance at the Haymarket. A line noting that the play was written in April 1866 included on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

82 folios.

7. Add MS 53078 G

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Title:
'The bird of paradise', by A. Thompson.
Scope & Content:
Farce. Licence sent 23 June 1869 for performance at the Gaiety. The attribution of the play to 'Alfred Thompson' is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

19 folios.

8. Add MS 53078 H

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Title:
'Poor Ray the drummer boy', by C. Pitt and W. H. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 1 July 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:

35 folios.

9. Add MS 53078 I

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Title:
'For love or money', by A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 1 July 1869 for performance at the Haymarket. A note indicating the play is to be performed at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, and then afterwards at the Haymarket included on folio 2. The title has been altered to simply 'Love or money', on folio 3. The attribut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:

53 folios.

10. Add MS 53078 J

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Title:
'The chops of the channel', by F. Hay.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 3 July 1869 for performance at the Strand. The stamp of the Royal Strand Theatre is embossed on the paper at the top of folio 2. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 84).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:

25 folios.