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11. Add MS 53079 F

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Title:
'Quite by accident', by F. Walters
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 4 September 1869 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. A note from C. J. James [Charles James James], lessee of the theatre, gives the date of intended performance as Saturday 11 September 1869 on folio 1. The title, together with the details of the licence, ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1869
Extent:

12 folios.

12. Add MS 53079 V

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Title:
'Old gooseberry!', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 8 October 1869 for performance at the Olympic. The script is possibly incomplete, appearing to end rather abruptly. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 85).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

50 folios.

13. Add MS 53079 W

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Title:
'Won at last', by W. Reeve.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 12 October 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross. A letter from the author to W. B. Donne, Examiner of Plays, (n.d.), gives details of where the play is to be performed and discusses payment for the required licence on folios i-ii. The script contains numero...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

ii + 82 folios.

14. Add MS 53079 I

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Title:
'This house to let', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 13 September 1869 for performance at the East London. The name Morris Abrahams noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to E. Towers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

38 folios.

15. Add MS 53079 M

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Title:
'Wait for an answer', by H. Lemon.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 22 September 1869 for performance at the Holborn. A note stating that the play will be performed on 'Saturday 25 [September 1869]' and that a 'cheque will be sent' is included on folio 1. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 86).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

7 folios.

16. Add MS 53079 U

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Title:
'Little Emily', by A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 8 October 1869 for performance at the Olympic. The date of intended performance noted as Saturday 9 October 1869 on folio 1. The play is adapted from the novel David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

42 folios.

17. Add MS 53079 B

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Title:
'Jack Steadfast, or, Wreck and rescue', by C. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and two acts. Licence sent 12 August 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. Pitt is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1869
Extent:

18 folios.

18. Add MS 53079 D

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Title:
'Ino, or, The Theban twins', by B. J. Spedding.
Scope & Content:
Classical burlesque. Licence sent 23 August 1869 for performance at the Strand. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to B. J. Spedding, noting further that the play was performed at the Prince of Wales's, Liverpool on the 30 August 1869 and at the S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1869
Extent:

57 folios.

19. Add MS 53079 O

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Title:
'A hero for an hour', by K. Summers.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 25 September 1869 for performance at the Charing Cross. The date of intended performance noted as 29 September 1869 on folio 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1869
Extent:

10 folios.

20. Add MS 53079 R

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Title:
'Flower makers and heart breakers', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 4 October 1869 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as the actual and responsible manager of the theatre on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - Thursday 7 October 1869. The play, described as 'a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

29 folios.