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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Burnand, Francis Cowley, Knight, playwright and editor of 'Punch', 1836-1917

41. Add MS 53067 O

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Title:
Hit and "Miss", or, All my eye and Betty Martyn, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
An operatic absurdity. Licence sent 16 April 1868 for performance at the Olympic. Printed by John Bennett, Cheapside (n.d.). Dramatis personae on folio 3, together with the names of the actors - the playwright R. Soutar among them.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1868
Extent:

30 folios.

42. Add MS 53069 L

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Title:
'Chikkin Hazard', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act, being a version of 'Foul play'. Licence sent 20 June 1868 for performance at the Queen's. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Foul play, or, A story of Chikkin Hazard'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1868
Extent:

34 folios.

43. Add MS 53070 E

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Title:
'Enquire within', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act. Licence sent 8 July 1868 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Dramatis personae on folio 1v, together with the names of the performers, Mr German Reed among them.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1868
Extent:

22 folios.

44. Add MS 53071 B

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Title:
'The rise and fall of Richard III, or, A new front to an old Dicky', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'A Richardsonian burlesque drama in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 21 September 1868 for performance at the Royalty. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. C. Burnand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1868
Extent:

35 folios.

45. Add MS 53073 S

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Title:
'The frightful hair', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 23 December 1868 for performance at the Haymarket. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. The date of intended performance noted as Saturday 26 December 1868 on folio2v. The attribution of the play to F. C. Burnand is taken from Nic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

42 folios.

46. Add MS 53074 D

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Title:
'Claude du Val, or, The ladies highwayman, the king and the ring', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 13 Januray 1869 for performance at the Royalty. MS contains annotations, deletions and corrections throughout. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. C. Burnand and gives the title as 'Claude Duval, or, The highway...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:
59 folios.

47. Add MS 53074 R

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Title:
The Girls of the Period, or, The Island of Nowarparticilar, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a folly in two scenes of prose, rhyme, dance and song' on folio 2. Licence sent 20 February 1869 for performance at Drury Lane. Printed (n.d.), with slight manuscript amendments. The printed pages have been cut from their original booklet and attached to the pages of a notebook.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:
18 folios.

48. Add MS 53076 N

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Title:
'The military Billy Taylor, or, The war in Carribou', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Musical comedietta in one act. Licence sent 21 April 1869 for performance at the Royalty. A note on folio 1 describes the play as an adaptation of the incidents in the nautical 'Ballad of William Taylor' to those of military life.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

33 folios.

49. Add MS 53077 S

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Title:
'The turn of the tide', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts, ten scenes and four tableaux. Licence sent 9 June 1869 for performance at the Queen's. Privately printed, 1869, but with the original printed title The Seasons crossed through and replaced by 'The turn of the tide' on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1869
Extent:

29 folios.

50. 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.

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