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11. Add MS 53032 D

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Title:
'Esperanza, or, The stranger in black', by G. Conquest.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 11 May 1864 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 - 16 May 1864. The attribution to G. Conquest is taken from Nicoll, the na...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

33 folios

12. Add MS 53032 T

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Title:
'The Monastery of St Justa', by J. Oxenford.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 20 June 1864 for performance at the Princess's. The manuscript is incomplete. The attribution of the play to J. Oxenford is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1864
Extent:

120 folios.

13. Add MS 53032 K

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Title:
'Helen Porter, a secret of the sewers of London', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 14 May 1864 for performance at the City of London. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

30 folios

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Title:
'Timothy to the rescue', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 11 May for performance at the Strand. The date of proposed performance is noted as Monday 16 May 1864 on folio 1. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors taking the roles on folio 1v. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

27 folios

15. Add MS 53032 S

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Title:
'Dundreary married and done for', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an absurdity' on folio 2. Licence sent 20 June 1864 for performance at the Haymarket. Details of an earlier performance on 14 December 1863 at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool, noted on folio 1. MS in two separate hands. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Lord Dundreary ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1864
Extent:

29 folios.

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Title:
'Rob Roy, the bold outlaw his great wife and small family', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 19 May 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 shorter title of 'Rob Roy, the bold outla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

15 folios.

17. Add MS 53032 N

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Title:
Alonzo the Brave, or, Faust and the Fair Imogene, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Described as a 'tragical, comical, demonical and whatever-you-like-to-call-it burlesque' on folio 2. Licence sent 20 May 1864 for performance at the Greenwich. Printed, Lacy's Acting Edition No 864, Thomas Hailes Lacy, 89 Strand. (n.d.). An extensive list of the author's previous productions rec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

20 folios.

18. Add MS 53032 R

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Title:
'The emigrant family, or, A tale of New Zealand', by J. B. Johnstone.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 20 June 1864 for performance at the Marylebone. Nicoll lists the play as author unknown.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1864
Extent:

19 folios.

19. Add MS 53032 C

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Title:
'The fox chase', by D. Boucicault
Scope & Content:
Comedy in five acts. Licence sent 10 May 1864 for performance at St James's. Act 5 appears to be incomplete. MS in three separate hands. The author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to D. Boucicault, noting further that the play was performed under the title 'The fox hunt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

66 folios

20. Add MS 53032 B

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Title:
'The Bard and his birthday', by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
Described as a 'new allegorical, musical, comical, satirical, phantasmagorical, tercentennial séance [...], a Shakespearian reverie' on folio 2. Licence sent 5 May 1864 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. Folio 2 is a printed note, glued to folio 1v, giving the details of the product...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1864
Extent:

11 folios.