Search

036-002006603

11. Add MS 53046 F

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53046 F
Title:
'Who killed Cock Robin?', by C. J. Mathews.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 9 November 1865 for performance at the Haymarket. The script is possibly incomplete with Act II ending rather abruptly. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. J. Mathews. The play was also published by Lacy's (vo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

76 folios.

12. Add MS 53046 H

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53046 H
Title:
Ida, or, The Guardian Storks, by J. P. Simpson.
Scope & Content:
Opera in three acts with music by Henry Leslie. Licence sent 10 November 1865 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by Chappell & Co., 50 New Bond Street. (1865). The date of proposed representation noted as Wednesday 15 November 1865 on folio 2, together with the name Edward Murray, act...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

19 folios.

13. Add MS 53046 J

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53046 J
Title:
Dido, The Celebrated Widow, by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 22 November 1865 for performance at the Royalty. Printed by Thomas Hailes Lacy, Theatrical Publisher, London. (n.d.). An extensive list of the dramatist's previous works included on folio 2. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folios 2v and 3.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

18 folios.

14. Add MS 53046 R

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53046 R
Title:
'Jessie, the Mormon's daughter', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 9 December 1865 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio1. 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:
Dec 1865
Extent:

18 folios.

15. Add MS 53046 O

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53046 O
Title:
'The knaves of the pack and the queen of diamonds, or, Pierre Bouillard, or, The rats of the Seine'.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 30 November 1865 for performance at the Marylebone. The date of intended performance noted as 29 November [1865] on folio 1, together with the name of the theatre manager, J. Arnold Cave. An alternative title 'Nathalie, or, The knaves of the pack' has been crossed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:
37 folios.

16. Add MS 53046 M

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53046 M
Title:
'Found drowned, or, Marry in haste and repent at leisure', by W. T. Townsend.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 27 November 1865 for performance at the Effingham. The attribution of the play to W. T. Townsend is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

26 folios.

17. Add MS 53046 I

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53046 I
Title:
'L'Africaine, or, The Queen of the Cannibal Islands', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 13 November 1865 for performance at the Strand. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

46 folios.

18. Add MS 53046 L

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53046 L
Title:
'Galway go bragh, or, Love, fun and fighting', by E. Falconer.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 24 November 1865 for performance at Drury Lane. Nicoll notes the play was subsequently performed at the Amphitheatre, Liverpool on 22 April 1871 under the title 'Charles O' Malley'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

100 folios.

19. Add MS 53046 P

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53046 P
Title:
'Henry Dunbar, or, The outcast', by T. Taylor.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Licence sent 7 December 1865 for performance at the Olympic. An alternative title 'A daughter's trials' has been crossed through on folio 1. MS in two different hands. The attribution to T. Taylor is taken fro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1865
Extent:

29 folios.

20. Add MS 53046 G

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 53046 G
Title:
'The kidnapper, or, London at night', by F. Fenton and W. R. Osman.
Scope & Content:
Drama in a prologue and four acts. Licence sent 10 November 1865 for performance at the Victoria. The script is imperfect, lacking most of Act I. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53703) asks for a reference to the (late) prime minister Lord Palmerston be omitted. The attribution to Fenton and Osman is taken...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1865
Extent:

145 folios.