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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Marchant, Frederick, writer of plays

21. Add MS 53043 E

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Add MS 53043 E
Title:
'The idle apprentice, or, The two roads of life', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 31 May 1865 for performance at the City of London. The name of the theatre lessee, Mr Nelson Lee, is noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to F. Marchant is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:

21 folios.

22. Add MS 53045 Q

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Add MS 53045 Q
Title:
'Rose Mortimer, or, The ballet girl' by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 14 October 1865 for performance at the City of London. The play is not mentioned in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1865
Extent:

23 folios.

23. Add MS 53045 T

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Add MS 53045 T
Title:
'The water cress girl', by F. Marchant and W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 October 1865 for performance at the City of London. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'The watercress girl' and attributes it solely to W. Travers. The LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) lists the title as 'The water cup girl'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1865
Extent:

29 folios.

24. Add MS 53063 V

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Add MS 53063 V
Title:
'The Wood Demon, or, Harlequin One o'Clock and ye knight, ye maydenne and ye minstrel', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 12 December 1867 for performance at the Oriental. The name [Morris] Abrahams noted on folio 1, together with 'Oriental Theatre, High Street, Poplar'. The attribution of the play to F. Marchant is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1867
Extent:
21 folios.

25. Add MS 53065 C

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Add MS 53065 C
Title:
'The village blacksmith: a Christmas story of joy and sorrow', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in one act. Licence sent 13 January 1868 for performance at the Oriental. Michael Abrahams noted as the theatre manager on folios 1 and 13.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1868
Extent:

13 folios.

26. Add MS 53071 H

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Add MS 53071 H
Title:
'The old old story, or, The tale of the shattered flower', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 September 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The play is attributed to F. Marchant by Nicoll with the alternative title altered to 'The fall of a shattered flower', although the author's name does not ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1868
Extent:

19 folios.

27. Add MS 53073 I

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Add MS 53073 I
Title:
'Blutzherrhanbhothrumb, or, The dwarf of the diamond dell', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 17 December 1868 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folios 1 and 13. Comic scenes listed separately on folios 13-21. The attribution to F. Marchant is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the scri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

21 folios.

28. Add MS 53073 W

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Add MS 53073 W
Title:
'Bluffe King Hal, or, Herne the Hunter and the miller's daughter of the River Dee', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 22 December 1868 for performance at the Victoria. Mr J. A. Cave [Joseph Arnold Cave] noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. MS in two hands. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Marchant with the spelling of 'Bluff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

59 folios.

29. Add MS 53075 K

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Add MS 53075 K
Title:
'Foresaken, an every day story', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 March 1869 for performance at the Victoria. LCO day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for all oaths and the word 'damnation' to be omitted in performance.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

98 folios.

30. Add MS 53080 E

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Add MS 53080 E
Title:
'The old rag shop', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 28 October 1869 for performance at the Victoria. The name J. A. Cave [Joseph Arnold Cave] noted above the details of the theatre on folio 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

16 folios.