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1. Add MS 53088 A-R

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Title:
Lord Chamberlain's Plays: September - October 1870. (Box 209).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1870-Oct 1870
Extent:

18 items (17 plays and 1 index).

2. Add MS 53088 R

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Add MS 53088 R
Title:
Index
Scope & Content:
List of plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office from late September to mid October 1870, together with the names of the theatres of intended representation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1870-Oct 1870
Extent:
2 folios.

3. Add MS 53088 I

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Title:
'Captain Jack'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 6 October 1870 for performance at the Bower. Acts one and two are in different hands. The name of the author is not noted on the script and the play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1870
Extent:
33 folios.

4. Add MS 53088 G

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Title:
Zampa, by A. Thompson.
Scope & Content:
Operatic drama in three acts with music by F. Hérold. Licence sent 30 September 1870 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed (n.d.).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1870
Extent:

16 folios.

5. Add MS 53088 B

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Title:
The Odds, by S. Parry.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 24 September 1870 for performance at the Standard. Printed by Thomas Scott, Warrick Court, Holborn (n.d.), with manuscript additions. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to S. Parry under the title 'The odds - what the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1870
Extent:

61 folios.

6. Add MS 53088 J

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Title:
'Wealth', by M. R. Lacy
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 6 October 1870 for performance at the Royalty. The date of intended performance noted as 8 October 1870 on folio 1. The name of the copyist is recorded as Austin Lee on folio 70.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1870
Extent:

70 folios.

7. Add MS 53088 Q

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Title:
'Paul and Virginia', by A. Wood.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 17 October 1870 for performance at the Olympic. Prompt copy with additional stage directions. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for Latin phrases from the church service to be omitted.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1870
Extent:

55 folios.

8. Add MS 53088 D

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Title:
'David Copperfield', by J. Brougham.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts, adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens. Licence sent 27 September 1870 for performance at the Grecian. Printed by Samuel French, 122 Nassau-Street, New York (n.d). No CXXXIII in French's Standard Drama. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1870
Extent:
15 folios.

9. Add MS 53088 P

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Title:
'The Norman Invasion', by J. M. Killick.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an original burlesque historical and otherwise (rather more of the otherwise)' on folio 1. Licence sent 15 October 1870 for performance at the St George's. The alternative title 'William the Conqueror conquered, or, The Normandy pippin and the English pair' has been crossed through...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1870
Extent:

65 folios.

10. Add MS 53088 K

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Title:
'Fernande', by H. S. Edwards.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 7 October 1870 for performance at St James's. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) notes that the theatre management has agreed the names 'Peachbloom' and 'Gibraltar' will be struck from the dramatis personae. The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1870
Extent:

152 folios.