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11. Add MS 53042 O

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Title:
'The magic wishing cap', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque extravaganza. Licence sent 22 May 1865 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. H. Hazlewood is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:

14 folios.

12. Add MS 53042 D

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Title:
'Hearts and hands', by T. Taylor.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 6 May 1865 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. Dramatis personae together with the names of the original cast on folio 2. MS in two hands. The attribution of the play to T. Taylor is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:

82 folios.

13. Add MS 53042 J

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Title:
'Fair Lillias, or, The three lives', by Mrs H. Young.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 22 May 1865 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:

31 folios.

14. Add MS 53042 K

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Title:
'Worryburry's whims', by C. H. Ross and D. Murray.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a piece of absurdity in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 22 May 1865 for performance at the Alexandra. 'Proposed representation 20th May 1865 at the Alexandra Theatre, Highbury. E. Giovannelli Esq. Lessee and Manager', as noted on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) lists the pla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:

24 folios.

15. Add MS 53042 C

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Title:
'Love's ordeal, or, The old and new regime', by E. Falconer.
Scope & Content:
Play in five acts. Licence sent 3 May 1865 for performance at Drury Lane. MS in more than one hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:

191 folios.

16. Add MS 53042 A

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Title:
'In jest and earnest, or, Warranted sound and quiet in harness', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 2 May 1865 for performance at the Standard. Nicoll and the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) both give the main title as 'In jest or in earnest'. Nicoll also notes the play being performed with the title 'Warranted sound and quiet in harness' at Greenwich on 10 Novembe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:

34 folios.

17. Add MS 53042 F

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Title:
'Up-stairs and down-stairs, or, The great percentages question', by W. Brough and A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 11 May 1865 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the surnames of the actors on folio 2. Nicoll and the LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) both list the play with the title 'Upstairs and downstairs, or, The great percentage question'. The play was...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:

28 folios.