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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 53081 A-Z

21. Add MS 53081 U

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Title:
'Che-Chi-Chow-Chan, or, Harlequin the naughty man who kills all he can', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1869 for performance at the Victoria. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for references to 'death and suicide' and 'pauper's grave', etc., be omitted in performance on the grounds they are too tragic to have any part in a pantomime. The name of the dramatist is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

12 folios.

22. Add MS 53081 V

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Title:
Untitled play.
Scope & Content:
Untitled play containing characters called Indigestion, Mischief, Jack, Jill, Squire, Dame, etc. The play begins with scene 1 but any title page is no longer present. The play is not listed in the index for this volume (Add MS 53081 Z).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:
30 folios.

23. Add MS 53081 W

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Title:
'Valentine and Orson', by C. Merion.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1869 for performance at the Pavilion. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. Merion under the title 'Valentine and Orson, or, Harlequin, progress and the Peri of the period'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

29 folios.

24. Add MS 53081 X

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Title:
'Ye faire maide of Islington, or, Harlequin the cruel prince of Canonbury and the chivalrous knight of St John', by F. G. Cheatham.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1869 for performance at Sadler's Wells. A letter from Robert Edgar, manager of the theatre, to W. B. Donne and dated 24 December 1869, apologising for the late submission of the piece is included on folio i. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Ye Faire Maide...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

i + 57 folios.

25. Add MS 53081 Y

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Title:
'Timour the Tartar', by E. Chamberlaine.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 30 December 1869 for performance at the Alexandra. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to E. Chamberlaine and adds the alternative title 'The swell belle of the period'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

21 folios.

26. Add MS 53081 Z

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Add MS 53081 Z
Title:
Index
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office during December 1869, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:
1 folio