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1. Add MS 53091 A

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Title:
The Mistletoe Bough! A Merrie Jest of an Old Oak Chest, by H. B. Farnie.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 19 December 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed (n.d.). The names of B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] and F (?) B. Chatterton are noted on folio 1. The LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for references to the Marquis of Lorne and a separate couplet of a suggestive nat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

32 folios.

2. Add MS 53091 B

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Title:
'Smoke', by B. Webster, Jnr.
Scope & Content:
Comic drama in one act. Licence sent 19 December for performance at the Adelphi. The names B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] and F (?) B. Chatterton are noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to B. Webster the younger is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

29 folios.

3. Add MS 53091 C

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Title:
'Deedle Deedle Dumpling and the eleven dancing princesses, Little Tom Tittlemouse and the silver frog', by T. Greenwood.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime with comic scenes. Licence sent 19 December 1870 for performance at Astley's. Nicoll lists the play under the title 'Little Tom Tittlemouse and the eleven dancing princesses'. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play as 'Harlequin Deedle Deedle Dumpling and the eleven dancing princes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

37 folios.

4. Add MS 53091 D

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Title:
'Little Jack Horner, or, Harlequin babes in the wood and the cruel uncle'.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at the Bower. 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:
Dec 1870
Extent:

47 folios.

5. Add MS 53091 E

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Title:
'My name is Jones', by J. H. G. Whittaker.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Bradford. Nicoll lists the play as subsequently performed at the Amphitheatre, Leeds on 28 October 1872.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

29 folios.

6. Add MS 53091 F

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Title:
'Harlequin and the white cat', by R. Soutar.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at the East London. The name Morris Abrahams noted by the details of the theatre on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to R. Soutar and gives the full title as 'Harlequin and the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

24 folios.

7. Add MS 53091 G

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Title:
'Rule Britannia', by M. Becher.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at Drury Lane.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

19 folios.

8. Add MS 53091 H

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Title:
'The dragon of Wantley', by E. L. L. Blanchard.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at Drury Lane. Comic scenes included separately between folios 41-57. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to E. L. L. Blanchard and lists the play as 'The dragon of Wantley, or, Old Mother Sh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

57 folios.

9. Add MS 53091 I

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Title:
Aladdin II, or, An old lamp in a new light, by A. Thompson.
Scope & Content:
Opera-bouffe with music by M. Herve. The dramatist is also noted as the author of 'On the Cards', 'Columbus' and 'Linda Burlesque'. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed (n.d.). A list of characters together with the names of the actors included on folio 2. Nicoll ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

24 folios.

10. Add MS 53091 J

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Title:
Little Gil Blas and how he played the Spanish Deuce, by H. B. Farnie.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 22 December 1870 for performance at the Princess's. Printed (n.d.) with manuscript annotations throughout.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1870
Extent:

32 folios.