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11. Add MS 53063 Q

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Title:
'Highly improbable', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 30 November 1867 for performance at the Royalty. A letter, dated 29th Nov [1867] to William Bodham Donne, Examiner of Plays, introducing the play and featuring a stamp at the top: 'Royalty Theatre. Black Susan', on folio 1. The address of Mr Gilbert is noted as '28...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1867
Extent:

33 folios.

12. Add MS 53063 X

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Title:
'Humbug', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 17 December 1867 for performance at the Royalty. A note to the copyist regarding alterations to be made to various character names is included on folio 1. MS in several different hands. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1867
Extent:

64 folios.

13. Add MS 53063 B

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Title:
The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, by C. L. Kenney.
Scope & Content:
Opera in three acts. Licence sent 9 November 1867 for performance at Covent Garden. Printed by C. W. Reynell. (n.d.). The name of the author is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to C. L. Kenney with music by J. Offenbach. The LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for four passage...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1867
Extent:

50 folios.

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Title:
Ten Nights in a Bar-Room, By W. W. Pratt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 26 November 1867 for performance at the Victoria. Printed, French's Standard Drama No 339 (New York. n.d.) with pencil annotations and deletions throughout. Based on the novel of the same name by T. S. Arthur. The names of the original cast members noted on folio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1867
Extent:

19 folios.

15. Add MS 53063 T

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Title:
'Up for the cattle show', by H. Lemon.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 5 December 1867 for performance at the Adelphi. The name B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted on folio 1. The play was published by Lacy's (vol 79).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1867
Extent:

19 folios.

16. Add MS 53063 U

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Title:
'Honeydove's troubles', by R. Reece.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 12 December 1867 for performance at Drury Lane.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1867
Extent:

19 folios.

17. Add MS 53063 K

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Title:
'The jailors (sic) daughter, or, Brighter days in store', by E. Towers.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 November 1867 for performance at the City of London. The name Morris Abrahams noted on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to E. Towers under the title 'Brighter days in store'. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1867
Extent:

48 folios.

18. Add MS 53063 J

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Title:
'Captain Gerald, or, False and fair', by J. B. Howe.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 25 November 1867 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the theatre proprietor on folio 1. The attribution of the play to J. B. Howe is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1867
Extent:

26 folios.

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Title:
'From grave to gay', by B. Webster, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in three acts. Licence sent 29 November 1867 for performance at the Olympic. The name of the theatre manager, Mr B. Webster [Benjamin Webster] noted on folio 1. The name of the author is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to B. Webster, the younger.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1867
Extent:

78 folios.

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Title:
'Kind to a fault', by W. Brough.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in two acts. Licence sent 6 November 1867 for performance at the Strand. An alternative title, 'The bump of benevolence', has been crossed through on folio 2. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 78).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1867
Extent:

71 folios