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11571. Add MS 53050 R

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Title:
'The Cockney Caliph, or, Abou Hassam', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 30 April 1866 for performance at the Standard. MS in two hands.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1866
Extent:

20 folios.

11572. Add MS 53051 P

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Add MS 53051 P
Title:
Helen, or, Taken from the Greek, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
An original burlesque. Licence sent 23 June 1866 for performance at the Adelphi. Printed by the Strand Printing and Publishing Company,(1866), with one page of manuscript additions, including the name B. Webster [Benjamin Webster], added at the beginning. The play was also published by Lacy's (v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1866
Extent:

30 folios.

11573. Add MS 53052 B

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Title:
'Lions love, or, Still in the toils', by G. Conquest.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 10 July 1866 for performance at the Grecian. Mr B. O. Conquest [Benjamin Oliver Conquest] noted as actual and responsible manager on folio 1, together with the date of intended performance - Monday July 16 1866. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) records the play with ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1866
Extent:

30 folios.

11574. Add MS 53060 B

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Title:
Le Bourreau des Crânes, by E. Lafargue and P. Siraudin.
Scope & Content:
Comédie-Vaudeville in three acts. Licence sent 19 June 1867 for performance at St James's. Printed (1862).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Jun 1867
Extent:

34 folios.

11575. Add MS 53064 B

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Title:
'The Contrabandista, or, The law of the Ladrones', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Comic opera in two acts. Licence sent 18 December 1867 for performance at St George's Hall. The music by Arthur Sullivan as noted on folio 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1867
Extent:

16 folios.

11576. Add MS 53064 P

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Add MS 53064 P
Title:
'Oranges and lemons says the bells of St Clements', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Comic Christmas pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1867 for performance at the Standard. The date of intended representation noted as Thursday 26 December 1867 on folio 1. Comic scenes included separately on folios 49-53. The attribution of the play to J. T. Douglass is taken from Nicoll, the n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1867
Extent:

53 folios

11577. Add MS 53070 Q

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Add MS 53070 Q
Title:
'Blow for blow, John Denman's debt', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and three acts. Licence sent 1 September 1868 for performance at the Holborn. A letter to Mr W. B. Donne, dated 28 August 1868 and on Theatre Royal Holborn headed notepaper, introducing the script and noting that the play is intended for performance on Saturday 5 September 18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1868
Extent:

140 folios.

11578. Add MS 53072 D

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Add MS 53072 D
Title:
'Agnes of Bavaria, or, Love and love's vision', by F. Hawley.
Scope & Content:
Tragedy in three acts. Licence sent 4 November 1868 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. Each act is in a different hand. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. Hawley, noting further that the play was subsequently performed at t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1868
Extent:

57 folios.

11579. Add MS 53073 R

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Add MS 53073 R
Title:
'Tell tale tit, or, Harlequin dickery dickery dock', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 23 December 1868 for performance at the Standard. The intended date of performance noted as Saturday 26 December 1868 on folio 1. The comic scenes are included separately in folios 33- 40. The attribution of the play to J. T. Douglass is taken from Nicoll, the name of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868
Extent:

40 folios.

11580. Add MS 53076 N

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Add MS 53076 N
Title:
'The military Billy Taylor, or, The war in Carribou', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Musical comedietta in one act. Licence sent 21 April 1869 for performance at the Royalty. A note on folio 1 describes the play as an adaptation of the incidents in the nautical 'Ballad of William Taylor' to those of military life.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1869
Extent:

33 folios.