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11. Add MS 53030 P

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Title:
'The root of all evil', by W. E. Suter.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 March 1864 for performance at the Queen's. The name C. J. James [Charles James James] noted on folio 1, together with the date of intended representation - Saturday 26 March 1864. The script is in the hand of the dramatist. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) notes tha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

33 folios.

12. Add MS 53030 G

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Title:
'Eleanor's victory', by J. B. Johnstone.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 4 March 1864 for performance at the Victoria. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton noted as the lessees of the theatre on folio 1. Act II, the first page of which mentions the name of the dramatist, is in a different hand from acts I and III.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

81 folios.

13. Add MS 53030 N

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Title:
'Caught at last', by N. Lee Jnr.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 21 March 1864 for performance at the City of London. Mr Nelson Lee noted as the sole lessee of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to N. Lee, Jnr is taken from Nicoll, although the play is listed as being performed in March 1863.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

41 folios.

14. Add MS 53030 J

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Title:
'The left handed marriage', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 17 March 1864 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood under the title 'Left-handed marriages'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

44 folios.

15. Add MS 53030 L

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Title:
'The soldier of fortune, or, The devils death tower', by J. R. Anderson.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 18 March 1864 for performance at the Surrey. Adapted from the French of Frederick Gaillardet and Alexandre Dumas, as noted on folio 3v. The play is listed in Nicoll with the alternative title amended to 'The devil's death tower'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

164 folios.

16. Add MS 53030 M

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Title:
'Hunt for a husband', by J. P. Wooler.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 21 March 1864 for performance at the Strand. The date of intended performance noted as 7 March 1864 on folio 1, as is the fact that the play has been adapted from the original French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

33 folios.

17. Add MS 53030 A

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Title:
'The fallen one, or, The wide wide world', by Mrs H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 19 February 1864 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. A play of this title is not recorded in Nicoll but the author is credited with a play called 'The fallen star', also performed at the Effingham in 1864.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1864
Extent:

86 folios.

18. Add MS 53030 I

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Title:
'Rumplestiltskin, or, The maid and what's his name, or, The woman at the wheels', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 15 March 1864 for performance at the Royalty. Nicoll lists the play with the title amended to 'Rumplestiltskin and the maid, or, The woman at the wheel'. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

47 folios.

19. Add MS 53030 H

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Title:
'The area belle', by W. Brough and A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 5 March 1864 for performance at the Adelphi. The name B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted on folio 1. The dramatists are also mentioned as the authors of 'Census' etc., on folio 1. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1864
Extent:

34 folios.