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11. Add MS 53079 K

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Title:
'Progress', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 15 September 1869 for performance at the Globe. Printed (n.d.), but with the title added in pen by W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays. A diagram of how the stage should be set out for the opening scene is included on folio 1. The attribution of the play to T. W. Ro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

58 folios.

12. Add MS 53079 L

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Title:
'Far away where angels dwell', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 September 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

22 folios.

13. Add MS 53079 M

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Title:
'Wait for an answer', by H. Lemon.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 22 September 1869 for performance at the Holborn. A note stating that the play will be performed on 'Saturday 25 [September 1869]' and that a 'cheque will be sent' is included on folio 1. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 86).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

7 folios.

14. Add MS 53079 N

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Title:
'Plain English', by T. Morton, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 23 September 1869 for performance at the Holborn. A note stating that the play will be performed on 'Saturday 25th [September 1869]' and that a 'cheque will be sent' is to be found on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

18 folios.

15. Add MS 53079 O

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Title:
'A hero for an hour', by K. Summers.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 25 September 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross. The date of intended performance noted as 29 September 1869 on folio 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

10 folios.

16. Add MS 53079 P

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Title:
'Lost at sea, a London story', by D. Boucicault and H. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 30 September 1869 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed (n.d.), but with the title, the name of the authors and the list of characters added in ink on folios 1 and 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

64 folios.

17. Add MS 53079 Q

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Title:
'Beauty and the beast, or, No rose without a thorn' by F C Burnand
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 30 September 1869 for performance at the Royalty. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and the play is not listed in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

70 folios.

18. Add MS 53079 R

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Title:
'Flower makers and heart breakers', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 4 October 1869 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager of the theatre on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - Thursday 7 October 1869. The play, described as 'a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

29 folios.

19. Add MS 53079 S

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Title:
'Escaped for Portland'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 4 October 1869 for performance at the Princess's. MS in two hands. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a passage containing lines taking the form of a catechism be omitted in performance from Act I scene 2 of the play. The name of the dramatist is...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:
79 folios.

20. Add MS 53079 T

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Title:
Never despair
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 6 October 1869 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Bradford. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script and no play of this title is listed in Nicoll for performance in Bradford; however a play titled 'Never despair, for out of Evil cometh Good', a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

58 folios.