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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 52929-53708 Name Travers, William, writer of plays

11. Add MS 52994 T

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'Life for life, or, The reprieve', drama in three acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 31 July 1860 for performance at the Grecian on 6 August 1860. LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records the stipulation that all oaths be omitted, and that 'Heaven' be substituted for 'God'. Cover signed B. Conquest, ma...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1860
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 52995 M

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'The fortune-teller, or, The abduction of the Jew's daughter', drama in two acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 28 September 1860 for performance at the City of London Theatre. Note on title page that the script is the “License copy for Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee”, the theatre's proprietors....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1860
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 53006 G

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'The dead hand, or, The secret of the iron cabinet', drama in a prologue and one act by William Travers. Licence sent 28 August 1861 for performance at the Marylebone. Keywords: Germany, letters, poison, murder, doctors, forgery, eviction, wills, inheritance, blackmail, eavesdropping, tableau...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1861
Extent:
1 item

14. Add MS 53007 E

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'Poor Joe of Horsemonger Lane, or, The child of the hempen widow' ('Horsemonger Lane Joe'), melodrama in two acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 25 September 1861 for performance at the City of London. Nicoll cites a further performance as 'Horsemonger-Lane Joe', at the Marylebone on 14 October ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1861
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1 item

15. Add MS 53007 T

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'The gipsy girl of Granada', romantic drama in four acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 15 October 1861 for performance at the Standard. ff. 33. William Travers, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1861
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 53010 B

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'Okee pokee wangee fum, how do you like your taters done, or, Harlequin and the gorilla king of the Cannibal Islands', pantomime by William Travers. Licence sent 18 December 1861 for performance at the Pavilion on 24 December 1861. Described as "A grand historical, traditional, mythological, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1861
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1 item

17. Add MS 53011 N

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'Kathleen Mavourneen, or, St. Patrick's eve', drama in three acts by William Travers. Licence sent 7 February 1862 for performance at the Pavilion. ff. 33. William Travers, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1867.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1862
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 53013 M

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'The red lamp, or, The dark dens of the city', drama in two acts by W. Travers. Licence sent 17 April 1862 for performance at the Pavilion. ff. 27. William Travers, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1856-1867.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1862
Extent:
1 item

19. Add MS 53029 I

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'The kiddle-a-wink, or, The last of the doomed race', by W. Travers.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 18 January 1864 for performance at the City of London. The name Nelson Lee noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to W. Travers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1864
Extent:
31 folios.

20. Add MS 53031 D

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Add MS 53031 D
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'The brigand of London, or, A tale of the city and the mountains', by W. Travers.
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Drama in two acts. Licence sent 26 March 1864 for performance at the Effingham. Morris Abrahams noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. The attribution of the play to W. Travers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:
31 folios.

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