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11. Add MS 53080 C

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Title:
'At the foot of the ladder', by W. Travers.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a drama in four parts' on folio 1. Licence sent 13 October 1869 for performance at the East London. The name of Mr Morris Abrahams noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to W. Travers is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

31 folios.

12. Add MS 53080 I

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Title:
'Ages ago, a ghost story', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Operetta in one act with music by Frederick Clay. Licence sent 23 November 1869 for performance at the Gallery of Illustration. The date of intended performance noted as Monday evening 22 November 1869 on folio 1. Dramatis personae together with the names of the performers, Mr German Reed among ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1869
Extent:

17 folios.

13. Add MS 53080 G

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Title:
'Pure as driven snow, or, Tempted in vain', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 5 November 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre 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:
Nov 1869
Extent:

29 folios.

14. Add MS 53080 N

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Title:
'Bob Lumley's secret, or, The murder in Bluegate Fields', by C. Pitt.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 December 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to C. Pitt is taken from Nicoll, who lists the play with the title 'Bob Lumley's secret, or, The dark deeds of Bluegate Fie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

16 folios.

15. Add MS 53080 O

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Title:
'True as steel, or, The Regent's daughter', by C. H. Hazlewood.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 3 December 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre 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:
Dec 1869
Extent:

21 folios.

16. Add MS 53080 R

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Title:
'Uncle Dick's darling', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 8 December 1869 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed (n.d.), but with the title added in ink by W. B. Donne. The play was also published by French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

42 folios.

17. Add MS 53080 P

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Title:
'The giant of the mountains, or, The savage, the shipwreck and the girl of the period', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 8 December 1869 for performance at the Britannia. Samuel Lane noted as the proprietor of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to F. Marchant is taken from Nicoll, the name of the dramatist not being recorded on the script.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

20 folios.

18. Add MS 53080 D

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Title:
'In and out of place', by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Farce in 1 act. Licence sent 27 October 1869 for performance at the Standard. A letter to W. B. Donne from J. C. Morgan and dated 21 October 1869 gives the title of the play and indicates that the absence of the title on the manuscript is the fault of the copyist is included on folio i. The titl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

i + 19 folios.

19. Add MS 53080 A

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Title:
'A life chase', by J. Oxenford and H. Wigan.
Scope & Content:
Drama in five acts. Licence sent 11 October 1869 for performance at the Gaiety. 'Adapted from the French of Le drame de la Rue de la Paix by Adolphe Belot', as noted on folio 1. MS appears to be in three separate hands. The play was also published by Lacy's (vol 86).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1869
Extent:

117 folios.

20. Add MS 53080 M

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Title:
'Mind your points', by W. Sidney and H. P. Grattan.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'an original realistic life-like drama in three acts' on folio 1. Licence sent 30 November 1869 for performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Rochdale. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for passages suggesting Eve would never have left Paradise if it had contained a fashionable m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1869
Extent:

131 folios.