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1. Add MS 53083 A

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Title:
'Sampson's wedding', by G. F. Rowe.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 22 February 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. Letter dated 21 February 1870 from the dramatist to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, on Royal Lyceum headed notepaper on folios i - ii. A sketch of how the stage should look for the opening scene is included on folio 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1870
Extent:

ii + 42 folios.

2. Add MS 53083 B

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Title:
'Out of place'.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 23 February 1870 for performance at the Royalty. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1870
Extent:
26 folios.

3. Add MS 53083 C

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Title:
'The pace that kills, or, Fast life and noble life', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 February 1870 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1870
Extent:

26 folios.

4. Add MS 53083 D

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Title:
'Under a ban', by W. Duckworth.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 March 1870 for performance at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the line 'Seminary for young liars! He ought to be qualified for the Church by and by' to be omitted. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

52 folios.

5. Add MS 53083 E

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Title:
'Phobos fix', by the Vokes Family.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 3 March 1870 for performance at Drury Lane. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

9 folios.

6. Add MS 53083 F

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Title:
'Sea weed hall, or, Patricians and pensioners', by J. B. Johnstone.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 9 March 1870 for performance at the Variety. Nicoll also lists the play under the title 'Sea weed hall, or, Jack and Jill'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

24 folios.

7. Add MS 53083 G

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Title:
'Frou Frou, or, School for levity', adapted by B. Webster, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in a prologue and four acts, adapted from the French of H. Meilhac and L. Halévy. Licence sent 9 March 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. The name of the copyist is noted as B. L. Fairbrother at the end of acts I, II and IV. Act III is in a different hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

196 folios.

8. Add MS 53083 H

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Title:
'Widow's wit, or, Widow's weeds', by J. Oxenford.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 16 March 1870 for performance at the Strand. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. Oxenford under the title 'Widow's weeds'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

i + 53 folios.

9. Add MS 53083 I

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Title:
'The prompters' box', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 18 March 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. J. Byron under the longer title 'The prompter's box: A story of the footlights and the fireside', adding that the play was subs...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

75 folios.

10. Add MS 53083 J

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Title:
The King's Pleasure, by A. Thompson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in one act. Licence sent 19 March 1870 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed by Spottiswoode and Co, 38 Royal Exchange and New Street Square. (1870). A manuscript letter is included on folios i - ii, dated 17 March 1870 from Fred Pearson to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, stating that an ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

ii + 21