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11. Add MS 53081 B

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Title:
'The Hebrew Maiden, or, Harlequin Prince Leoline and the fairy of the chain of brilliants'.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 20 December 1869 for performance at the City of London. Comic scenes included separately in folios 19-22. Damaged Penny Red stamp on folio 22v. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script and the play is listed as author unknown in Nicoll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:
22 folios.

12. Add MS 53081 H

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Title:
'The Princess', by W. S. Gilbert.
Scope & Content:
Described as 'a dramatic experiment in one act' on folio 1. Licence sent 17 December 1869 for performance at the Olympic. The date of intended performance noted as 'December 1869' on folio 1, but Nicoll gives the actual date of performance as 8 January 1870. The drama is a playful parody of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

35 folios.

13. Add MS 53081 R

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Title:
'Gulliver's travels', by R. Soutar.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 23 December 1869 for performance at the Alfred (also known, formerly and subsequently, as the Marylebone). Prompt copy. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for disparaging remarks about policemen be omitted in performance on the grounds that they 'stigmatise an entire body o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

74 folios.

14. Add MS 53081 C

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Title:
'Wat Tyler M.P.', by G. A. Sala.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 11 December 1869 for performance at the Gaiety. Printed (n.d.). The script is in the form of a proof copy, but with the title and the name of the author noted separately by hand on folio 1. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for a reference to a character having a temper as...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

11 folios.

15. Add MS 53081 E

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Title:
'As good as gold', translated from the French by C. Coghlan.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 16 December 1869 for performance at the Lyceum.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

30 folios.

16. Add MS 53081 F

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Title:
'Gold is nothing!! Happiness is all', by J. C. Levey.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 16 December 1869 for performance at the East London. Dramatis personae together with the names of the actors on folio 2. Nicoll notes that the play was previously performed at the Amphitheatre, Leeds on 5 October 1868.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

97 folios.

17. Add MS 53081 K

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Title:
'I'm not myself at all', by A. Maltby
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 21 December 1869 for performance at Drury Lane.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

23 folios.

18. Add MS 53081 L

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Title:
'Beauty and the beast', by E. L. L. Blanchard.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 21 December 1869 for performance at Drury Lane. Partly printed (n.d.). The first part of the script (folios 1-14) consists of printed pages cut from their original format and pasted into a notebook. Comic scenes, which are entirely manuscript, included separately in folio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

30 folios.

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Title:
'Che-Chi-Chow-Chan, or, Harlequin the naughty man who kills all he can', by F. Marchant.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 24 December 1869 for performance at the Victoria. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for references to 'death and suicide' and 'pauper's grave', etc., be omitted in performance on the grounds they are too tragic to have any part in a pantomime. The name of the dramatist is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1869
Extent:

12 folios.

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Title:
'Harlequin Jack and the beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood and the wicked wolf', by R. Soutar.
Scope & Content:
Pantomime. Licence sent 23 December 1869 for performance at the East London. Mr Morris Abrahams noted above the details of the theatre on folio 1. The attribution of the play to R. Soutar 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:

40 folios.