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11. Add MS 53083 D

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Title:
'Under a ban', by W. Duckworth.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 2 March 1870 for performance at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool. LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the line 'Seminary for young liars! He ought to be qualified for the Church by and by' to be omitted. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

52 folios.

12. Add MS 53083 S

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Title:
'A chamber of horrors', by A. Wood.
Scope & Content:
Farce in one act. Licence sent 6 April 1870 for performance at the Holborn. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to A. Wood under the title 'The chamber of horrors', noting further that the play was performed at Sadler's Wells on 1 April 1872 under ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

36 folios.

13. Add MS 53083 T

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Title:
Guy Fawkes, by J. T. Douglass.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 6 April 1870 for performance at the Standard. Printed (n.d.). LCO Day Book (Add MS 53704) asks for the lines 'like Fenian prisoners you'll pardon see / 'Tis England's greatest triumph - clemency' to be omitted. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Guy Fawkes, or, A new w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

16 folios.

14. Add MS 53083 H

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Title:
'Widow's wit, or, Widow's weeds', by J. Oxenford.
Scope & Content:
Comedietta in one act. Licence sent 16 March 1870 for performance at the Strand. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to J. Oxenford under the title 'Widow's weeds'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

i + 53 folios.

15. Add MS 53083 R

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Title:
'Behind the curtain', by G. Roberts.
Scope & Content:
Drama in three acts. Licence sent 6 April 1870 for performance at the Holborn. T. C. Burleigh noted as the theatre manager and Sefton Parry noted as the proprietor on folio 1. The name of the dramatist is not recorded on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to G. Roberts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

60 folios.

16. Add MS 53083 F

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Title:
'Sea weed hall, or, Patricians and pensioners', by J. B. Johnstone.
Scope & Content:
Drama in two acts. Licence sent 9 March 1870 for performance at the Variety. Nicoll also lists the play under the title 'Sea weed hall, or, Jack and Jill'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

24 folios.

17. Add MS 53083 Q

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Title:
Le Compositeur Toqué, by L. A. F. Ronger.
Scope & Content:
Bouffonnerie musicale in one act. Licence sent 2 April 1870 for performance at the Lyceum. Printed by P.H. Peuchot, Palais Bonne Nouvelle, Paris. (1854).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Apr 1870
Extent:

16 folios.

18. Add MS 53083 G

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Title:
'Frou Frou, or, School for levity', adapted by B. Webster, the younger.
Scope & Content:
Comedy in a prologue and four acts, adapted from the French of H. Meilhac and L. Halévy. Licence sent 9 March 1870 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. The name of the copyist is noted as B. L. Fairbrother at the end of acts I, II and IV. Act III is in a different hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

196 folios.

19. Add MS 53083 I

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Title:
'The prompters' box', by H. J. Byron.
Scope & Content:
Drama in four acts. Licence sent 18 March 1870 for performance at the Adelphi. The name of the dramatist is not noted on the script but Nicoll attributes the play to H. J. Byron under the longer title 'The prompter's box: A story of the footlights and the fireside', adding that the play was subs...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

75 folios.

20. Add MS 53083 L

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Title:
'Sir George and a dragon, or, Seven champions', by F. C. Burnand.
Scope & Content:
Burlesque. Licence sent 23 March 1870 for performance at the Strand. Nicoll lists the play with the title 'Sir George and a dragon, or, We are seven'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1870
Extent:

68 folios.