Search

032-002003716

10021. Add MS 53009 U

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53009 U
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Margery Daw, or, The two bumpkins', farce in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 14 December 1861 for performance at the Adelphi. Signed B. Webster. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 798. ff. 14. John Maddison Morton, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1867.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 item

10022. Add MS 53012 J

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53012 J
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Catch a weazel' (sic), comedietta in one act by J. M. Morton. Licence sent 14 March 1862 for performance at the Strand. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 54, no. 809. ff. 21. John Maddison Morton, dramatist: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1867.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

10023. Add MS 53014 H

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53014 H
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Hearts that love us, or, Wild deeds in wild scenes', drama in two acts by W. J. Archer. Licence sent 17 May 1862 for performance at the Effingham. Cover identifies J. W Archer, No. 2 Lessada Street, Twig Folly, Bethnal Green for the City of London Theatre, also identifies Morris Abrahams. D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1862
Extent:
1 item

10024. Add MS 53019 Q

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53019 Q
Title:
Scope & Content:
'The armourer of Nantes', opera in three acts by J. V. Bridgeman (for the music by M. W. Balfe). Licensed for performance at Covent Garden; LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records date of licence as 5 February 1863. Signed W. Harrison, manager. Stage directions underlined in red ink. Numbers alongside s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

10025. Add MS 53020 H

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53020 H
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Lady Audley's secret', drama in two acts by W. E. Suter. Autograph. No details of licence on script, but LCO Day Book Add. 52703 records date of licence as 17 February 1863, for the Queen’s. Adapted from the novel Lady Audley’s secret by M. E. Braddon, first published 1862. Note signed C. S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1863
Extent:
1 item

10026. Add MS 52937 I

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52937 I
Title:
Scope & Content:
Un monsieur qui suit les femmes, comédie-vaudeville in two acts by Théodore Barrière and Adrien Decourcelle. Printed (Paris: Bibliothèque dramatique; théâtre moderne, 1852). French. Licence sent 25 January 1853 for performance at the St. James’s. Original first performance at the Théâtre de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
25 Jan 1853
Extent:
1 item

10027. Add MS 52963 S

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52963 S
Title:
Scope & Content:
‘Paul Pry on horseback! or, Harlequin and the magic horseshoe!’, grand comic equestrian pantomime written expressly for Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 19 December 1856 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 26 December 1856. Cover signed William Cooke, les...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item

10028. Add MS 52972 R

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52972 R
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Fra Diavolo! or, The beauty and the brigands', 'a new and original burlesque burletta, founded on a passage in the life of a certain Old Gentleman's Brother', burlesque in one act by H. J. Byron, the music by Auber 'and a few others'. Licence sent 19 March 1858 for performance at the Strand 5...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1858
Extent:
1 item

10029. Add MS 52977 V

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52977 V
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Undine, or, Harlequin and the spirit of the waters', pantomime by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 24 December 1858 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 27 December 1858. Keywords: German influence and settings, legend, abandoned women, nymphs, knights, death, transformation. ff. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1858
Extent:
1 item

10030. Add MS 53039 L

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53039 L
Title:
'The neglected home, or, The spirit child's prayer', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 11 February 1865 for performance at the City of London. Mr Nelson Lee, the theatre manager, noted 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:
Feb 1865
Extent:

32 folios.