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11. Add MS 53056 S

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Title:
'Mountain Dhu', by A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque in one act. Licence sent 20 December 1866 for performance at the Adelphi. Benjamin Webster noted as the theatre manager on folio 1. MS in several different hands. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script. Nicoll also...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

74 folios.

12. Add MS 53056 C

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Title:
'My turn next', by T. J. Williams.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 12 December 1866 for performance at the Holborn. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being noted on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

19 folios.

13. Add MS 53056 R

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Title:
Terrible Hymen, by G. A. À Beckett.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act with music by Emile Jonas. Licence sent 20 December 1866 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by Chappell and Co., 50 New Bond Street (1866). A note on folio 1 records the date of proposed representation as 26 December 1866, signed by Edward Murray, acting manager for Al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

7 folios.

14. Add MS 53056 F

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Title:
'The elixir of love', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Extravaganza. Licence sent 18 December 1866 for performance at the St James's. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play with the title 'The elixir of life' but adds a note to the effect that the title was subsequently changed to 'Dulcamara, or, The little duck and the great quack'. The name of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:
24 folios.

15. Add MS 53056 L

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Title:
'Pandora's box', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the Prince of Wales's. A note from the theatre manager C. J. James [Charles James James] records the date of proposed representation as Wednesday 26 December 1866. MS in two different hands. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

34 folios.

16. Add MS 53056 B

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Title:
'Wildfire Ned, or, The skeleton crew', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 7 December 1866 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. H. Hazlewood under the title 'Skeleton crew'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:
20 folios.

17. Add MS 53056 J

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Title:
'A lesson for life', by T. Taylor.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 22 December 1866 for performance at the Haymarket. The date of intended representation noted as 26 December [1866]. MS in two different hands. LCO day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for all references to 'Lord' and 'God' be omitted in performance, as well as a passage...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

124 folios.

18. Add MS 53056 O

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Title:
'Harlequin Cock Robin and the children of the wood', by W. R. Osman.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1866 for performance at the Victoria. Messrs [Frederick] Frampton and Fenton noted as the lessees on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a reference to the Hyde Park riots be omitted. The attribution of authorship is taken from Nicoll, the name of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

139 folios

19. Add MS 53056 M

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Title:
'Harlequin Kafoozalum, or, The bean, the beauty and the babah', by J. H. Doyne.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1866 for performance at the Queen's Theatre, Manchester. The dramatist is also noted as the author of 'Aladdin', 'Valentine and Orson', 'Cherry and Fair Star', etc., on folio 1. The play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1866
Extent:

12 folios.

20. Add MS 53056 U

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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.