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11. Add MS 53058 C

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Title:
'The bridal eve', by J. B. Howe
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 13 March 1867 for performance at the Britannia. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. B. Howe and lists an alternative title as 'The wedding eve'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

26 folios.

12. Add MS 53058 A

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Title:
'Wanted, husbands for six', by C. L. Kenney.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a dramatic absurdity'. Licence sent 8 March 1867 for performance at Drury Lane. Printed (n.d.). The script consists of printed pages cut out and pasted to larger sheets of paper. Folio 1 is manuscript and lists the title and proposed place of performance.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

16 folios.

13. Add MS 53058 B

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Title:
'Faust, or, Marguerite's mangle', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a musical, magical, comical, diabolical burlesque extravaganza' on folio 1. Licence sent 13 March 1867 for performance at the Britannia. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for certain passages relating to Mephistopheles' claim to have deceived Eve be omitted in performance. The attri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

18 folios.

14. Add MS 53058 E

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Title:
'A dream in Venice', by T. W. Robertson.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act. Licence sent 15 March 1867 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. The names of the performers, including Mr German Reed, noted on folio 1v. The songs and duets are contained separately on folios 24-27.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1867
Extent:

27 folios.

15. Add MS 53058 P

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Title:
'The Great City', by A. Halliday.
Scope & Content:
Comedy drama in four acts. Licence sent 17 April 1867 for performance at Drury Lane. MS in two hands. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to A. Halliday.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1867
Extent:

110 folios.

16. Add MS 53058 S

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Title:
'The foundling of fortune, or, The next of kin', by F. G. Cheatham.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts and a prologue. Licence sent 22 April 1867 for performance at the Victoria. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to F. G. Cheatham. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a reference to a 'sleeping partner' be omitted.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1867
Extent:

92 folios.

17. Add MS 53058 W

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Title:
'Ready and willing, a working man's story', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 11 may 1867 for performance at the Effingham. The name Morris Abrahams noted by the theatre details on folio 1. The attribution of the play to E. Towers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1867
Extent:

26 folios.

18. Add MS 53058 M

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Title:
'Pygmalion, or, The statue fair', by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
A classical extravaganza. Licence sent 16 April 1867 for performance at the Strand. Nicoll lists the play as 'Pygmalion and the statue fair'. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 75).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1867
Extent:

39 folios.

19. Add MS 53058 V

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Title:
'Shadows of the past', by J. P. Simpson.
Scope & Content:
Comedy drama in two acts. Licence sent 11 May 1867 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. Nicoll notes the play being subsequently performed in Brighton on 1 November 1867 and at the Prince of Wales's, Birmingham on 7 May 1869. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1867
Extent:

77 folios.

20. Add MS 53058 O

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Title:
'A fretful porcupine', by L. S. Buckingham.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 16 April 1867 for performance at the Adelphi. The name B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) lists the play with the title 'A frightful porcupine'. The attribution of the play to L. S. Buckingham is taken from Nicoll, the name ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1867
Extent:

38 folios.