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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Robertson, Thomas William, playwright, 1829-1871

21. Add MS 53065 P

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Title:
'Play', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in four acts. Licence sent 12 February 1868 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. The name C. J. James [Charles James James] noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the comedy to T. W. Robertson. The play was ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1868
Extent:

64 folios.

22. Add MS 53073 C

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Title:
'Home', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 8 December 1868 for performance at the Haymarket. The date of intended performance noted as 26 December 1868 on folio 1. MS in two hands.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

83 folios.

23. Add MS 53074 C

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Title:
'School', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in four acts. Licence sent 13 January 1869 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. A note from C. J. James [Charles James James] on folio 2 states that the play is intended for representation on January 16 1869. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1869
Extent:

70 folios.

24. Add MS 53075 C

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Title:
'My Lady Clara', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 11 March 1869 for performance at the Alexandra, Liverpool. Printed (n.d.) but with the title added by hand. An alternative title, 'Dreams' is also noted. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the scri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:

46 folios.

25. Add MS 53076 B

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Title:
A Breach of Promise, adapted from the French by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Extravagant farce in two acts. Licence sent 7 April 1869 for performance at the Globe. Printed (n.d.). The names of the actors added by hand against the characters they are playing on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

22 folios.

26. Add MS 53079 K

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Title:
'Progress', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 15 September 1869 for performance at the Globe. Printed (n.d.), but with the title added in pen by W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays. A diagram of how the stage should be set out for the opening scene is included on folio 1. The attribution of the play to T. W. Ro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

58 folios.

27. Add MS 53082 B

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Title:
The Nightingale, by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 6 January 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed (n.d.). Diagrams of the stage layouts are presented at the opening of each act. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to T. W. Robertson.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1870
Extent:

42 folios.

28. Add MS 53084 J

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Title:
M.P, by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 16 April 1870 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. Printed (n.d.), with manuscript additions on folios 1 and 2. The name of the theatre manager C. J. James [Charles James James] noted on folio 2. A plan of the stage set-up at the beginning of Act 1 is incl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

57 folios.

29. Add MS 53089 N

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Title:
War, by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 21 November 1870 for performance at the St James's. Printed (n.d.). A note to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, dated 18 November 1870 from John Wood discussing the title of the play is included on folio i. T. W. Robertson also noted as the author of 'Society', 'O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1870
Extent:

i + 48 folios.

30. Add MS 53096 R

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Add MS 53096 R
Title:
'Which is Which', by Theyre Smith
Scope & Content:
'Which is Which', by Theyre Smith. Licence sent 23 May 1871 at the Royal Court Theatre, London. 43 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item