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11851. Add MS 53174 D

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Add MS 53174 D
Title:
'Matched and Mated', by F. C. Burnand
Scope & Content:
'Matched and Mated', by F. C. Burnand. Play approved 2 November 1876 for a licence to perform at St. George's Hall. 40 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 item

11852. Add MS 53031 X

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Add MS 53031 X
Title:
'Mazourka, or, The stick, the Pole and the Tartar', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 22 April 1864 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 1v. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1864
Extent:

37 folios.

11853. Add MS 53045 C

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Add MS 53045 C
Title:
Married in spite of himself, by W. J. Sorrell and A. Thomson.
Scope & Content:
Operetta. Licence sent 21 September 1865 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Printed (1865) with manuscript additions. Folio 1 notes 'To be performed for one night only ... for Miss Augusta Thomson's benefit. Thursday Sep 21 1865'. Dramatis personae with manuscript amendments to the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1865
Extent:

8 folios.

11854. Add MS 53049 D

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Add MS 53049 D
Title:
'Rip Van Winkle, or, Some nambulistic knickerbockers', by J. Strachan Jnr and H. Davis.
Scope & Content:
Described as a 'novel, sensational, emotional, farcical, musical, melo-dramatical and substantial burlesque', on folio 3. Licence sent 13 March 1866 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne. A letter from Henry Davis to W. B. Donne, dated 10 March 1866, introduces the play and men...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1866
Extent:

102 folios.

11855. Add MS 53051 S

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Add MS 53051 S
Title:
'Britomarte the man hater, or, Will he win her', by Mrs H. Young
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 28 June 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1866
Extent:

47 folios

11856. Add MS 53052 W

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Add MS 53052 W
Title:
The Lady of the Lake, plaid in a new Tartan, by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an ephemeral burlesque founded on Sir Walter Scott's immortal poem' on folio 2. Licence sent 8 September 1866 for performance at the Royalty. Printed - Lacy's Acting Edition (n.d.). (vol 71). List of characters with the names of the actors taking the roles given on folios 2v-3. Nic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1866
Extent:

20 folios.

11857. Add MS 53054 M

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Add MS 53054 M
Title:
'Der Frieschutz, or, The bride, the bullet and the bobby', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 16 October 1866 for performance at the Standard.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1866
Extent:

25 folios.

11858. Add MS 53055 I

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Add MS 53055 I
Title:
'Eyes in the dark, or, The grave on the sands', by Mrs H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 17 November 1866 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1866
Extent:

48 folios.

11859. Add MS 53056 U

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Add MS 53056 U
Title:
'Guy Faux, or, An ugly mug and a couple of spoons', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 21 December 1866 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 1v. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) and Nicoll both amend the spelling to 'Guy Fawkes'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:
39 folios.

11860. Add MS 53067 O

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Add MS 53067 O
Title:
Hit and "Miss", or, All my eye and Betty Martyn, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
An operatic absurdity. Licence sent 16 April 1868 for performance at the Olympic. Printed by John Bennett, Cheapside (n.d.). Dramatis personae on folio 3, together with the names of the actors - the playwright R. Soutar among them.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1868
Extent:

30 folios.