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10031. Add MS 53052 G

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Add MS 53052 G
Title:
'True to the core! A story of the Armada', by A. R. Slous.
Scope & Content:
Nautical and national drama in five acts. Licence sent 31 July 1866 for performance at the Surrey. The names of the lessees of the theatre, Shepherd and Creswick, are noted on folio 1. The attribution of the play to A. R. Slous is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1866
Extent:

104 folios.

10032. Add MS 53058 S

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Title:
'The foundling of fortune, or, The next of kin', by F. G. Cheatham.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts and a prologue. Licence sent 22 April 1867 for performance at the Victoria. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. G. Cheatham. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a reference to a 'sleeping partner' be omitted.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1867
Extent:

92 folios.

10033. Add MS 53063 K

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Title:
'The jailors (sic) daughter, or, Brighter days in store', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 November 1867 for performance at the City of London. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to E. Towers under the title 'Brighter days in store'. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1867
Extent:

48 folios.

10034. Add MS 53073 X

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Title:
'Noughts and crosses, or, Harlequin Tit Tat Toe and the magic slate', by M. Andrew.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1868 for performance at the Garrick. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

9 folios.

10035. Add MS 53074 U

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Title:
'The Shinghawn, or, Ailleen the Rose of Kilkenny', by H. J. O'Donnell.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 23 February 1869 for performance at St James's. Folios i and ii consist of letters from the playwright Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, although seemingly in different hands, to William Bodham Donne enclosing payment in one instance and asking for the licence to be forwar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1869
Extent:

ii + 47 folios.

10036. Add MS 53081 U

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Title:
'Che-Chi-Chow-Chan, or, Harlequin the naughty man who kills all he can', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1869 for performance at the Victoria. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for references to 'death and suicide' and 'pauper's grave', etc., be omitted in performance on the grounds they are too tragic to have any part in a pantomime. The name of the dramatist is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

12 folios.

10037. Add MS 53138 H

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Add MS 53138 H
Title:
'He's Coming via Slumborough, Snoozleton and Snoreham', by F. C. Burnand
Scope & Content:
'He's Coming via Slumborough, Snoozleton and Snoreham', by F. C. Burnand. PLay read 15 May 1874 for a licence to perform at the St. George's Theatre. 46 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874
Extent:
1 item

10038. Add MS 53186 F

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Scope & Content:
Play by A. Duru, writer of plays; submitted: 1877 Play by H. Chivot, writer of plays; submitted: 1877
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877
Extent:
1 item

10039. Add MS 53267 D

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Scope & Content:
Play by Dionysius George Boucicault, called 'Dion Boucicault the younger'; actor-manager; 2nd son of D. L. Boucicault; submitted: 1882
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1882
Extent:
1 item

10040. Add MS 53267 J

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Scope & Content:
Play by T. Hardy; submitted: 1882 Play by J. W. C. Carr, writer of plays; submitted: 1882
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1882
Extent:
1 item