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1. Add MS 53086 A

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Title:
'Illusions', by J. J. Dilley.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 20 May 1870 for performance at the Charing Cross. Miss E. Fowler noted as the producer of the play and William Steel noted as the theatre manager on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

48 folios.

2. Add MS 53086 B

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Title:
'Frou Frou', by A. Daly.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 20 May 1870 for performance at the St James's. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play as a drama rather than a comedy. Nicoll cites the play as having been previously performed on Fifth Avenue, New York, on 12 February 1870.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

123 folios.

3. Add MS 53086 C

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Title:
'Professor Wiggles, or, A tale of the wig'.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 23 May 1870 for performance at the Surrey. The name of the author is not noted on the script and Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

17 folios.

4. Add MS 53086 D

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Title:
'Miss Formosa, or, The road to blue ruin', by Charles Daly.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a new burlesque on a celebrated drama' on folio 1. Licence sent 31 May 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Wigan. The name and address 'Mr Charles Daly, 45 Poland Street, Oxford Street, London', seemingly cut from a letter, on folio i. Comments from W. B. Donne, Examiner of P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:
i + 32 folios.

5. Add MS 53086 E

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Title:
'The death trap', by J. R. Ware.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 31 May 1870 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1. Nicoll cites the title as 'The death trap, or, A catspaw'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1870
Extent:

32 folios.

6. Add MS 53086 F

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Title:
'Two roses', by J. Albery.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 3 June 1870 for performance at the Vaudeville. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. Albery. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

96 folios.

7. Add MS 53086 G

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Title:
'Escaped', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 6 June 1870 for performance at the East London. Morris Abrahams noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to W. Travers under the title 'Escaped, or, Thrice married'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

46 folios.

8. Add MS 53086 H

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Title:
L'Oeil Crevé, by F. Ronger.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'Bouffonnerie Musicale en trois actes' on folio 1 with 'paroles and musique de M. Hervé'. Licence sent 14 June 1870 for performance at the Princess's. Printed (1867), with a half-page illustration from the play, a dramatis personae together with the names of the original cast on fol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

8 folios.

9. Add MS 53086 I

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Title:
'Don Juan'.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 14 June 1870 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script and the play is not mentioned in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:
19 folios.

10. Add MS 53086 J

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Title:
Esmeralda, translated into English by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a lyric drama in four acts, the music by Campana, the libretto by Giorgio T. Cimino' on folio 1. Licence sent 14 June 1870 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by J. Miles and Co, 122 Wardour Street, Oxford Street (n.d.). Dramatis personae on folio 2 together with the names of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

35 folios.